The last five years of car ownership : fesuvious

[anonymous-user]

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[al1991]

What a wonderfully eclectic mix of motors!

[PLamborghini]

Wow loving The Esprit and 'Bertie'

[Xenocide]

Excellent history. Thanks for sharing!

[R60EST]

Wonderful varied collection. I'm not to sure about the 30mpg (urban) with the day van though , unless the last 25 miles were on the back of an AA van

[martin mrt]

What a wonderful and varied selection.

I particularly liked your description of "Harvey" for some reason it made me laugh a little

[martin mrt]

If I wereto have a motorhome it would be something alot like Harvey

[French Carnut]

I love reading threads like this, thankyou for sharing.

[Beefmeister]

These two:




Make me a little weak at the knees. The perfect two cars - so much style and grace, beautiful in extremis.

Also potentially two utterly ruinous motors! Brilliant!

Edited by Beefmeister on Wednesday 1st December 14:57

[Aydogflipper]

Thats a nice set of motors you have had.

[slomax]

fesuvious said:

Currently, 32, so thats fifteen years of having held a driving license.

Previous chariots from the last fifteen years (taken from profile)including those pictured.

Esprit S4S
Subaru Impreza WRX
928GTS
BMW E39 M5
E28 M5 X2
E28 M535I
Fiat X19
Mini x2
205 GTI 1.6 will have another one day
Volvo 360GLT
Volvo 240
BMW 318
Rover 827SLI - bodykit, lowered, 18" wheels....proper chav'd (I was 18)
Sierra 2.0GLSI
BMW 525e
BMW 535M
BMW 316 (1982model)
BMW 316 (1985model)
BMW 328 (1996/7)
BMW 840CSI will have another one day
BMW 735SE
Lotus Esprit GT3 - sparked my love of Esprits
RX7 3rd Gen
Jaguar XJ12 (X2)
Jaguar X-Type 2.5
XJR Supercharged
Porsche 944 (220bhp version - to 288BHP)
944, 250 BHP version, > 304 BHP oh, how I miss thee
Porsche 996 will have another one day
Smart 1st gen
Smart 2nd Gen
Ford Granada 2.8 (1983)
XR2
MR2 turbo
2x Range Rover 3.9's 'Classic' - find me a minter and I'm there!
2x Land Rover Discovery's
two off road prepped Discoverys
Chevy Astro day van
Land Rover based Dakar
Does a 37ft American motorhome qualify for this list?

As before, probably a few I've missed but hey ho

46 cars in 15 years?!
thats more than three a year!

[Shaw Tarse]

fesuvious said:

Currently, 32, so thats fifteen years of having held a driving license.

Previous chariots from the last fifteen years (taken from profile)including those pictured.

Esprit S4S
Subaru Impreza WRX
928GTS
BMW E39 M5
E28 M5 X2
E28 M535I
Fiat X19
Mini x2
205 GTI 1.6 will have another one day
Volvo 360GLT
Volvo 240
BMW 318
Rover 827SLI - bodykit, lowered, 18" wheels....proper chav'd (I was 18)
Sierra 2.0GLSI
BMW 525e
BMW 535M
BMW 316 (1982model)
BMW 316 (1985model)
BMW 328 (1996/7)
BMW 840CSI will have another one day
BMW 735SE
Lotus Esprit GT3 - sparked my love of Esprits
RX7 3rd Gen
Jaguar XJ12 (X2)
Jaguar X-Type 2.5
XJR Supercharged
Porsche 944 (220bhp version - to 288BHP)
944, 250 BHP version, > 304 BHP oh, how I miss thee
Porsche 996 will have another one day
Smart 1st gen
Smart 2nd Gen
Ford Granada 2.8 (1983)
XR2
MR2 turbo
2x Range Rover 3.9's 'Classic' - find me a minter and I'm there!
2x Land Rover Discovery's
two off road prepped Discoverys
Chevy Astro day van
Land Rover based Dakar
Does a 37ft American motorhome qualify for this list?

As before, probably a few I've missed but hey ho

Superb list of cars, I hate you

[J.R.B.]

Impressive list. Seen a number of these knocking around Solihull over the last few years (or parked outside your place on Cranmore).

[Stu R]

Quite an eclectic and interesting list there chap! Some smashing motors

[Don1]

I like they way this goes - good man!

[robsco]

Very interesting and eclectic mixture of cars. That Jag is stunning, and agree on the smell. I'd buy an old Jag just for that smell of leather and musty Britishness

[dbdb]

Beefmeister said:

These two:




Make me a little weak at the knees. The perfect two cars - so much style and grace, beautiful in extremis.

Also potentially two utterly ruinous motors! Brilliant!

These two would be my choice too! Beautiful.

You're right about the Jag smell - they're very distinctive. Mine is the same; the leather smelled almost sweet like bubblegum when it was new, now it has that classic British mix of leather, wood and a hint of oil and petrol. The BMW too; a strange mix of glue and plastic but all together it smells pretty good. Smell is important in a car!

[Pothole]

fesuvious said:

Harvey was great, overhauled the watert system, and the waste pipes (wretch).

Replacing waste valves crusty with 10 years worth of st on a cold saturday morning....just great.

Brilliant fun overall. The neighbours faces when I pulled into our quiet cul de sac was brilliant. Even more so when I reversed a 37ft RV onto our 29ft drive and promptly started with a bucket and sponge.....

better on a cold morning than a hot one, perhaps?

[Doofus]

al1991 said:

What a wonderfully eclectic mix of motors!

"Eclectic" is exactly the word I was thinking of!

Nice work, OP