How long we keep cars for?

[Adrian E]

I generally keep my cars quite a long time, but I'm now getting to the age where I can't remember when I sold some of them!

In rough order:

1968 Mk2 Cortina - bought 1992 as 2nd owner - sold about 10 years ago so in the family over a decade
1969 Mk2 Cortina 2 door - bought 1993 - sold 2002ish - recently stolen from owner in the Midlands after the bloke I sold it to converted it to a V6 and sprayed it white
1981 Golf GTI - bought 1997 and only on the road for 2 years before rust got too bad to manage
1984 Passat GL5 - 1999-2002 - cheapest car I've ever owned and sold for a profit after 40k miles!
1992 Citroen BX 16Valve - bought 2001 - sold 2005
1993 Citroen ZX Furio 1.8 - wife's first car! 1999 till it was scrapped after both my parents and sister owned it after us! Only died in about 2010
1988 Citroen BX GTI 16V (v early one) - bought about 10 years ago and still have it!
2005 Seat Leon Cupra R - new-2008 - did hardly any miles in it and sold when it got scratched!
1998 VW Passat 1.8T Sport auto estate - 2005-2009 - bought to save the wheels on the LCR!
2004 Audi A6 Avant 3.0 QS - bought 2008 - sold 2014 - definitely the longest owned daily driver in the family and now with a happy new owner
2002 S8 - bought 2010 and still got, so 4 years and counting!

Guess I fall into the long term ownership camp since most seem to have stayed at least 3 years!

[moltuae]

Originally Posted by tersono

moltuae: I share your like of old Citroens. I've owned 4 CXs over the years - the last one a CX Gti, which I loved. The 8s are superior in just about every way, though - and as you say are a lot better screwed together!

Absolutely. Especially the electric window mechanisms. The sound of the cable snapping as the glass drops into the door still gives me nightmares!

I very nearly bought a CX, a few years before I bought my first BX. I always loved the look of the CX, and I found one at the right price too, but on closer inspection it appeared to be fabricated entirely out of painted rust!

I've always been a fan of big old Citroens, especially the DS. The SM has got to be the ultimate big old Citroen to own though; Citroen's suspension coupled with a Maserati engine -- superb!

[Delboy]

I'll join in too, brings back some memorys

1. Mk1 1.1L Ford Fiesta in Cosmos Blue Sold
2. Mk1 Fiesta Supersport (Never made it onto the road ) Sold
3. Renault 5 GTL with no brakes and a clutch that wouldn't disengage, used for 3 weeks while Fiesta was getting repaired after crash Scrapped
4. Ford Sierra 2.0i GLS D Reg Met its demise after jumping a hump back bridge
5. Ford Sierra XR 4x4 D reg (lasted 2 weeks before written Off)
6. Ford Sierra XR 4x4 With Janspeed and K&N woooo Sold
7. Numerous Company Vans many of them crashed too
8. Yamaha RD 125LC Bought because I borrowed it and crashed it LOL Sold
9. Dutton Phaeton sold engine and swapped remains for Supra
10. Toyota Supra Sold
11. Yamaha FZ 600 R Sold
12. Ford Sierra 1.6 L Scrapped
13. Volvo 360 GLE Scrapped
14. Yamaha YB 100 Sold
15. Yamaha RD 250 Sold
16. Yamaha RD 400 D Loved the RD's Sold
17. Yamaha XJ 600 Diversion Seized the engine
18. Kawasaki ZZR 600 Crashed
19. Go Ped Swapped for a bicycle after getting lifted by the fuzz
20. MZ 250 Sold
21. Audi Coupe GT Sold
22. BMW 525 E28 Written off
23. BMW 520 E34 x 2 Sold
24. Mk 2 VW GOLF Sold
25. Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 Sold (Worst car I ever owned)
26. BMW 320 SE E46 Sold
27. Audi S8 D3