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david@a8parts 10th October 2012 08:47 AM

OK well I guess its time I should chime in.....

1988 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit
1993 Citroen ZX Volcane TD Brand New! "The First Diesel Hot Hatch"
1996 Peugeot 405 GLX TD
1998 Audi A4 1.9 TDi 110 SE Sport Suspension Comp Alloys
2001 Ford Mondeo 1.8 TD LX (Company Car)
2001 Ford Focus 1.8 TD LX (Company Car)
1995 Audi 100 2.0E Avant
2002 Ford Focus 1.8 TD LX (Company Car) 84,000 Miles in 9 months
1999 Subaru Impreza RB5
1997 Audi A8 4.2 QS Green LPG Converted (The car that started it all!)
1998 Landrover Discovery V8i ES
2002 BMW M3 SMG Carbon Black 19s Sunshine Nav HK
1993 Citroen Xantia 1.9 TD SX (not quite a DS!)
1998 S8 Silver EX IT
2002 S8 Dolphin Grey EX IT
2003 A8 D3 4.2
2005 A8 W12 LWB
2005 A8 W12 SWB Current

Quite a few of these overlapped and there have been other company cars, various vans and other workhorses but these are the highlights (I think!). Noteworthy points are the A4 I bought was only a few months old, ex demo and was quite high spec and actually cost more than a brand new one (without the spec) at the time...It covered about 150,000 miles wonderfully and reliably and was finally sold in 2002. The first A8 I owned, the one which started the love of A8's off for both myself and IT was bought as a company 'opt out' instead of the stream of Ford Focus's I was going through (hence the need to gas convert it). I covered 50k miles in it during the first year of ownership and enjoyed every mile whilst costing pennies to run back when gas was 29p a litre :) Service and parts Bills were a different story however.
The M3 was an excellent car, the best gearbox I have ever used, but it was absolutely hopeless in the Snow, Ice, wet, damp, even vaguely moist.

IT 10th October 2012 10:29 AM

Couldnt resist the use of the word 'moist' could you..... ;)

Anyway, you've missed a car off your list. Quite unlike you.

Lets see how long it takes for you to figure it out :p

IT 10th October 2012 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by david@a8parts (Post 47748)
The M3 was an excellent car, the best gearbox I have ever used

Much as it pains me, I do have to +1 on this.... The SMG is an awesome piece of kit...

david@a8parts 10th October 2012 11:23 AM

I had to rack my brain but I assume you mean:

2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Prodrive Black with Gold Wheels

Bought brand new as an impulse purchase when the RB5 was taken off my drive by some rather unpleasant charachters. They removed my kitchen window and placed it carefully on the lawn, took the keys to my Dads Merc and moved it out of the way, returned the keys to the kitchen and then took the Subaru keys (removing them from my key ring thus leaving the rest of my keys in the kitchen) and pushed it off down the village so the noise of the big exhaust didnt wake us.....but it still did.
It was later used as a getaway car apparently according to plod, and it was clearly very successful as I never saw it again.

IT - we will keep the gate post incident between the two of us ;)

IT 10th October 2012 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by david@a8parts (Post 47760)
IT - we will keep the gate post incident between the two of us ;)

*the* gatepost incident.... I recall more than one sadly.... :hammer:

cozza 11th October 2012 03:34 PM

Regplates from my previous cars +++:

K234PPO: '93 Mondeo Lx 1.8 [K]
S384RLC: '98 Mondeo 1.8 TD [S]
N71FWX: '95 A6 Avant 2.6 [N]
VO52VGU: '02 Vectra 2.2 DTi [52]
BD55MWE: '05 A4 Avant 2.0 TDi [55]

Regplates from Anna's previous cars +++:

M971UWB: '94 80 1.9 TDi [M]
ML02TMY: '02 Mondeo 2.0TD [02]

Regplate from Anna's current car +++:

PL04ZNK: '04 Octavia

Regplates from my current cars +++:
OY58GHF: '08 A8 [The Big'un :rockin::rockin::snigger::snigger:]
OV61WUU: '12 A5

Singh 11th October 2012 10:22 PM

Who is this guy? :ROFL:

HPsauce 11th October 2012 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Singh (Post 47971)
Who is this guy? :ROFL:

You have all his personal details, and even more about his wife, mother-in-law, next-door-neighbours.............. :ROFL:

MAM 12th October 2012 07:48 PM

I suppose my car list is exceedingly short if I just look at the ones I have owned for my use:

1999 1.8L Peugeot 306 Meridian
1991 4.0L V8 Lexus Soarer
2006 4.2L Audi A8


I have however had the following company cars

Citroen BX (I had it one day and the heater matrix died, spent the rest of its life visiting the garage)

2.0L Diseasel Citroen Xantia - Rolled down a hill twice with the handbrake full on - Finally had the hydraulic system drain itself on an ASDA carpark on a Bank Holiday weekend

1.6L Hyundai Lantra - Surprisingly quick, but naff - My long term hire car after the previous pieces of Citroen junk

2.0L Diseasel Ford Focus Saloon - Someone nicked the alloys and windscreen wipers while parked at a nice hotel - There were even tinies and a sandwich carton left behind.


Family cars (The wifes)

1.4L MG Metro - she crashed it the first weekend after I bought it for £1500 - £600 damage - didn't damage the Granadas tow bar though!!!

1.8L Sierra - ex taxi with a talking alarm - did not keep this long

1.6L Peugeot 306

1.6L Diseasel Peugeot 206 - Bought this brand new - when it was 21 miles old, on the way to holiday the Lakes, a pulley siezed and shredded the serpentine belt.

1.4L Peugeot 206

2.0L Diseasel XSara Picasso - Still have it - absolutely rubbish, but does the family stuff and trips to the skip well. Will run it until it dies.

thebluewhale 12th October 2012 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MAM (Post 48019)

2.0L Diseasel XSara Picasso - Still have it - absolutely rubbish, but does the family stuff and trips to the skip well. Will run it until it dies.

Don't be dissin' the Picomobile they're feckin' brill. Does what it says on the tin and will run forever. Cheap to run and cheap to fix.

No point having anything expensive with a young family, everything just gets trashed.

I'll set the missus on you if you diss her motor again :D


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