Car History

[thebluewhale]

I've had:

1980 Mk11 Escort.

Started off as a 1100 ended up being a 1760 with RS2000 bits on it. Rotted and rusted in front of my eyes. Great first car though, teaches you car control on wet roundabouts

Replaced with a red 1985 Sierra 2.0 GLSi.

Not bad but started having problems so part ex-ed for a

1987 MkIV Escort 1.4L

The biggest pile of crap I have ever owned. I don't know what possessed me to buy it.
It had to go

1992 Mk3 Golf Gti 8V

Great around corners but a bit underpowered. Loved it

Next was a 1983 Audi 80 Quattro 2.2 Straight 5.

Falling to bits but it was the second best car I've ever owned. The exhaust noise is second only to the 8! Sold it onto a mate and wanted to buy it back as a project car but he'd sold it before I had a chance

After that a 1989 Ford Scorpio 4x4 2.9i

Another car I enjoyed owning but it was a bit thirsty and not very quick.

Then I bought back the Golf and the cam belt snapped at 165k so that was sold on to a mechanic.

Needed a car in a hurry and bought a '98 Passat Estate TDi. Great on fuel but I hated it.

Then the company cars started

'05 Vectra from new. Horrendous
'07 Astra Sri. Still got that. 100 times better than the Vectra but suspect build quality.

And finally

'00 S8. The wife's daily driver and the best car I have ever owned without a doubt.

Steve