Car History

[david@a8parts]

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.