A post I read today got me all nostalgic and thinking of my tinkering time under the bonnet when I was a wee lad. So just wondered what cars we've all owned from first to our XT's?
2 MK1 Escorts 1.3 and 1.6 or 1300 and 1600 as we said back then (both went like stink)
MK2 Escort 2.0 (tried to convert to an RS2000 nose-cone... a proper shambles )
Triumph Dolomite 1.8 I think :-? (given to me by a neighbour... never quite ran properly)
Fiat Mirafiori 2.0 twin cam (a rapid rust bucket)
Austin Princess 2.2 (proper rust bucket)
Triumph Stag 2.5 (both front wings smashed in trying to go through width restricting concrete bollards )
BMW 528i (Old T reg, floated down the road like a Roller)
Vauxhall Royale 2.8 (plush velvet interior in electric blue... we'll say no more )
MK3 Escort 1.4 (tin can but it could shift)
Vauxhall Cavalier MK2 1.6 (was a general A to B car... never looked after it but it always seemed to motor on without any real fuss)
Fiat Panda 1.0 (Bought from a neighbour for £100 who had it sitting in the garden under a taup for 2 years, non-runner, spent about £150, got it running and sold it for £600... easy money :lol: )
Peugeot 405 1.6 (hated this car... had it about 2 months and sold part ex'd it for
Ford Orion 1.6 (hot a bad little runner... always had trouble with the electric windows)
Renault Laguna 2.0 (Joke of a car, was only 3 years old when I bought it... never failed to fail on numerous things)
Volvo 740 saloon (Incredibly quick car, 2.5, straight 5, 20 valve, road eater, great car, reluctantly sold when we moved to Spain for 5 years)
(In Spain) Had a Peugeot 206, 2.0 diesel (completely gutless pile of s**t, 4 yrs old, no turbo)
(In Spain) Fiat Familia 2.0 diesel (not a bad little runabout, until it blew a gasket and had to get the warped head skimmed... they had to take so much off, that it pinked like a bu**er after, sold it to a car salesman for peanuts as we were coming back to the UK)
(Back in the UK) Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 estate (nice car, drove well but always banged my head on the roof getting in and out :headbang: )
And now my XT... which I have to say has been the best car I have EVER owned. She's far from the newest or most expensive (****** Laguna :x ) but I love, love, love her :grin: :thumbs:
2 MK1 Escorts 1.3 and 1.6 or 1300 and 1600 as we said back then (both went like stink)
MK2 Escort 2.0 (tried to convert to an RS2000 nose-cone... a proper shambles )
Triumph Dolomite 1.8 I think :-? (given to me by a neighbour... never quite ran properly)
Fiat Mirafiori 2.0 twin cam (a rapid rust bucket)
Austin Princess 2.2 (proper rust bucket)
Triumph Stag 2.5 (both front wings smashed in trying to go through width restricting concrete bollards )
BMW 528i (Old T reg, floated down the road like a Roller)
Vauxhall Royale 2.8 (plush velvet interior in electric blue... we'll say no more )
MK3 Escort 1.4 (tin can but it could shift)
Vauxhall Cavalier MK2 1.6 (was a general A to B car... never looked after it but it always seemed to motor on without any real fuss)
Fiat Panda 1.0 (Bought from a neighbour for £100 who had it sitting in the garden under a taup for 2 years, non-runner, spent about £150, got it running and sold it for £600... easy money :lol: )
Peugeot 405 1.6 (hated this car... had it about 2 months and sold part ex'd it for
Ford Orion 1.6 (hot a bad little runner... always had trouble with the electric windows)
Renault Laguna 2.0 (Joke of a car, was only 3 years old when I bought it... never failed to fail on numerous things)
Volvo 740 saloon (Incredibly quick car, 2.5, straight 5, 20 valve, road eater, great car, reluctantly sold when we moved to Spain for 5 years)
(In Spain) Had a Peugeot 206, 2.0 diesel (completely gutless pile of s**t, 4 yrs old, no turbo)
(In Spain) Fiat Familia 2.0 diesel (not a bad little runabout, until it blew a gasket and had to get the warped head skimmed... they had to take so much off, that it pinked like a bu**er after, sold it to a car salesman for peanuts as we were coming back to the UK)
(Back in the UK) Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 estate (nice car, drove well but always banged my head on the roof getting in and out :headbang: )
And now my XT... which I have to say has been the best car I have EVER owned. She's far from the newest or most expensive (****** Laguna :x ) but I love, love, love her :grin: :thumbs: