Gorgie greatness Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 30 minutes ago, Doctor Manhattan said: Last Century: too many to list, some decent, some clunkers, but my favourite was my first, a basic 1989 Astra 1.3 (silver; many, many speeding tickets.) Worst was a Renault Laguna (also Silver, woeful electrics.) This Century I have been mostly driving Jaguars: S-Type 3.0 (Ultraviolet), S-Type R 4.2 (British Racing Green), F-Pace (Caesium Blue), and currently an XJR (Yulong White), and my wife's iPace (Firenze Red.) All-time favourite, by an absolute mile, is the XJR, an absolute fucking beast of a car. Never thought I'd say this, but I must confess to a sneaking liking for the wife's iPace, whose acceleration isn't far off the XJR. Feels more "car-like" than a Tesla too. Gay is gay don’t try & lay the dark side on us Tesla boys! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 (edited) For the west coasters how many of you were regular visitors to Ayr shore on a Friday night and Strathclyde Park on a Sunday? I saw some sights in both of those places back in the day. ETA - by back in the day I’m talking about 2004/2005/2006 roughly. Edited July 21 by Sortmeout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 31 minutes ago, Rugster said: He meant it looked like a frog. There was actually a worse post in response with pretty much outright racism which has gone now. Nigel Farage looks like a frog m8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: Nigel Farage looks like a frog m8. Rather look like a frog than a mushroom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Manhattan Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 7 minutes ago, Sortmeout said: For the west coasters how many of you were regular visitors to Ayr shore on a Friday night and Strathclyde Park on a Sunday? I saw some sights in both of those places back in the day. ETA - by back in the day I’m talking about 2004/2005/2006 roughly. I lived within almost literal spitting distance of Strathclyde Park until the early eighties. Some of the "wee Sengas" that hung out by the secluded car parks then were probably still around in your day, but 25 years rougher and more than slightly shop-soiled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I generally keep my cars for donkeys as can't be hooped changing and do very little mileage so not a huge list Toyota Starlet - not the cooly boy racer one but the granny mobile looking type. I liked it though even though it had no power steering and couldn't go above 70 in windy conditions as you lost the ability to steer. Ended up forcibly scrapping it after getting pulled over by the polis and then didn't bother my arse fixing anything within the 21 day notice. MG ZT - I quite liked it but inevitably the head gasket went, wrecked the turbo and all of the exhaust in the process. Didn't realise I had done it at the time as was on the motorway and eventually came off to a set of lights and there was smoke everywhere. I can remember thinking ooft somebody's car is fucked it was the second set of traffic lights before I clicked. Volkswagen Scirocco - Old style one with the flippy lights that I always wanted. It was temperamental AF and would often cut out for no reason. When you put your lights on full beam it would also kill all the instruments on the dash to zero. Renault Clio -An absolute meh car Porsche Cayman S - Despite the impracticality of it I loved it. Wasn't even a flashy Porsche person but it was a more understated racing green and my pal was selling it so bought it for a laugh. Would buy another Porsche now. Volkswagen California - Fancied a camper and thankfully bought it before the post lockdown boom. Thought it would be strange going from a two seater sports car to this but I quite like the high riding position 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 First car, C reg Beetle. (That’s C at the end of the number plate, not at the start). It had a 6 volt electrical system, so when I installed a radio I had to buy a 12 volt battery, place it under the back seat and using alligator clips connect the radio to the battery. Put it in for MOT and it was instantly condemned. Wings, sills, chassis etc were essentially being held together by strips of glass fibre. It was an absolute death trap. And yet my abiding memory of it is going down the hill on the M90 at 70mph heading for the Forth Bridge. I was 18 years old and to be honest health and safety wasn’t really up there as a priority. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Far too many to mention them all but this is the best car I have driven, just a pity it was only a few laps of Knockhill, I did try and persuade Mrs Soze to sell the house and buy a caravan but she unpolitely declined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 5 hours ago, carpetmonster said: I had a red car and it was fucking shit. Being French probably didn’t help it either. ^^^ xenophobic driver. My last three cars in reverse order were Swedish, German and German. They were great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I will try to remember them all Vauxhall Nova. Huge amounts of smoke out of the exhaust every time I started her up. Vauxhall Cavalier (estate). Loved it. To this day the number plate forms part of my computer password. Ford Orion. Pile of shite. Regretted buying it pretty much right away. Should have kept the Vauxhall. Daewoo Nexia. An Astra by any other name... Citroen Xsara. Drank petrol by the gallon. Written off when a guy drove jnto the side of it, injuring the wife. Vauxhall Corsa. forgettable. Vauxhall Zafira. The engine literally exploded one day. Parts if it came through the side of the car. Kia Rio. Made of melted action men. Horrible. Suzuki Wagon. Wonderful wee car. Loved that one. But too small when we were expecting another baby. Citroen something or other. Written off when the computer died. Mazda 2. Decent car, had it for years. Ford Ka. Kennedy Cars in Bargeddie utterly ripped me off with this one. Pile of dung. Dacia Duster. The best ever (so far) Vauxhall Crossland. So far so good. In addition the wife has had various cars. Including Micras, Fiat 500s and, as of Friday, an MG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Not had many tbh, tend to keep them as long as I can. L reg Mk3 1.4 Golf Ryder - A pile of shite with 4 gears and locks that froze every winter. Almost blew it up going to Ninewells one night at 80mph, blew virtually every possible oil seal and it spent the night steaming away in the car park. Loved it. Fairly sure the person bought it from me solely for the reg number, which is now on a 375bhp Mercedes W reg Mk4 1.4 Golf - Felt like total luxury after the first. Gear linkage was tight and I could never be arsed sorting it so almost never used 1st gear. Clutch lasted surprisingly long. Changed it solely because I was young and wanted the next one. E46 1.8 BMW 318 compact - Felt even more like luxury than the last one, and was surprisingly reliable. Had to do almost every brake pipe and the timing chain jumped, but didn't actually damage anything. Got rid of it at the right time as the back end started to rot and it was scrapped a year after I sold it. 51 reg Mk2 1.8 Octavia - Wanted more power, but wanted something reliable and cheap to sort. Done all sorts of daft shite to this like CAIs and blow off valves, and it was a great laugh tbh. Was fun as f**k to launch around the place too. 63 reg Mk3 2.0 Octavia - Current car. Wanted an upgrade and was very reasonably priced. Bigger turbo (is38) and a remap that makes it "normal" at low speeds, but launches you off the road when you floor it because the traction can't cope with the torque, has made it more fun than it was. Extra size, plus the extra power, makes it hard for me to upgrade too without going to (for me) large money, but I feel like we're approaching a point for me wanting something new too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Bugatti Vayron. Gets me from A to B. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) Riley 1.5 Triumph TR4 Saab 96 2-stroke Triumph TR5 PI Triumph Herald Mini Jaguar XJ6 4.2 Mk1 Plymouth Satellite 318ci Triumph TR6 PI Vauxhall Astra Lancia Beta Monte Carlo BMW E30 325I Porsche 911 SC Rover 820i Triumph Dolomite Sprint Citroen BX19 GT Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 BMW 535i Sport Mercedes 300E Citroen 2CV Citroen BX19 RD Ford Fiesta Fiat Tipo Austin Maestro Mayfair Mercedes W123 240D Rover 218SD Fiat Panda Peugeot 106 Peugeot 406 VW Golf 1.9 TDI Toyota Yaris - Current So much money spent on cars... Edited July 21 by beefybake 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 12 minutes ago, beefybake said: Riley 1.5 Triumph TR4 Saab 96 2-stroke Triumph TR5 PI Triumph Herald Mini Jaguar XJ6 4.2 Mk1 Plymouth Satellite 318ci Triumph TR6 PI Vauxhall Astra Lancia Beta Monte Carlo BMW E30 325I Porsche 911 SC Rover 820i Triumph Dolomite Sprint Citroen BX19 GT Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 BMW 535i Sport Mercedes 300E Citroen 2CV Citroen BX19 RD Ford Fiesta Fiat Tipo Austin Maestro Mayfair Mercedes W123 240D Rover 218SD Fiat Panda Peugeot 106 Peugeot 406 VW Golf 1.9 TDI Toyota Yaris - Current So much money spent on cars... Jaguar, Tipo, Panda, 2CV, Porsche . . . that’s a full deck of cards you’ve got there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Folk on here are either 150 years old or changing their car every year. A jag to a 2CV ffs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) Morris 1100 x 2, Ford Cortina, Toyota Corona x 3, Holden Torana, Mitsubishi Magna x 2, Hyundai Elantra. Edited July 21 by Eednud 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Too many to list. Went for best and worst cars. Best 1987 Renault 5 turbo (leased) Flying machine! 2004 Seat Toledo 1.8T (looked boring, went like shit off a shovel) 2003 Skoda Octavia VRS (see Toledo comment) 1971 VW Beetle 2004 Mercedes CLK320 (current car) Worst 1995 Fiesta Deisel. (leased from new. It had rust appear on both front and rear valances at 6 weeks old. Had no power steering. As a result you needed to be Shwarzenneger to reverse park it. Numerous squeaks and rattles from new). Daf 33 can't remember what year it was. The most granny of granny cars. Had the first CVT transmission to be fitted to any car. Kept it a few weeks then gave it to a friend who had just passed his test. Volvo 340. Ugly, overweight and underpowered. 1988 Fiat Panda 750. To make any progress the accelerator had to be buried into the carpet at all times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Ford Fiesta Ford Ka Audi A4 Lexus iS200 Ford Mondeo Toyota Raize Not all that many for me considering I'm an older c***. Didn't start driving until 39 and then didn't drive between 2004 and 2023 (living abroad, not in the jail before anybody asks). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 8 hours ago, beefybake said: Riley 1.5 Triumph TR4 Saab 96 2-stroke Triumph TR5 PI Triumph Herald Mini Jaguar XJ6 4.2 Mk1 Plymouth Satellite 318ci Triumph TR6 PI Vauxhall Astra Lancia Beta Monte Carlo BMW E30 325I Porsche 911 SC Rover 820i Triumph Dolomite Sprint Citroen BX19 GT Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 BMW 535i Sport Mercedes 300E Citroen 2CV Citroen BX19 RD Ford Fiesta Fiat Tipo Austin Maestro Mayfair Mercedes W123 240D Rover 218SD Fiat Panda Peugeot 106 Peugeot 406 VW Golf 1.9 TDI Toyota Yaris - Current So much money spent on cars... There can be only one explanation for that eclectic mix, (and it doesn’t even feature on the list!)… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 8 hours ago, Eednud said: Morris 1100 x 2, Ford Cortina, Toyota Corona x 3, Holden Torana, Mitsubishi Magna x 2, Hyundai Elantra. V8 or straight 6? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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