jimmy boo Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 1 hour ago, Loonytoons said: And turn the wheels to point to the kerb. Always leave my car in gear anyway irrespective of it being on a hill or not and, as you say, in reverse if pointing down hill. Always leave mine in opposite gear to incline of road. Never bother with leaving steering towards the kerb but it doesn't do any harm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Y10 lancia Fiesta - came to a spectacular end Clio sport Pugeot 306 Cabrio Punto Sporting 2x Mini Cooper S 2 x Audi TT Panda 100hp Citroen C2 VTS Sean Leon Supercopa Seat Leon Cupra Alfa 147x2 BMW m135i Golf GTi mk7.5 BMW Z4 3.0 Jaguar XE Abarth 500 Jaguar E Pace Cupra Formentor Vauxhall Combo Sportive Van And quite a few more sensible cars for work etc. My dad had a red Capri 2.0s which I thought was pretty cool when I was about 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonBud Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 On 26/07/2024 at 17:13, Shandon Par said: Y10 lancia Fiesta - came to a spectacular end Clio sport Pugeot 306 Cabrio Punto Sporting 2x Mini Cooper S 2 x Audi TT Panda 100hp Citroen C2 VTS Sean Leon Supercopa Seat Leon Cupra Alfa 147x2 BMW m135i Golf GTi mk7.5 BMW Z4 3.0 Jaguar XE Abarth 500 Jaguar E Pace Cupra Formentor Vauxhall Combo Sportive Van And quite a few more sensible cars for work etc. My dad had a red Capri 2.0s which I thought was pretty cool when I was about 5. I also had a z4 3.0 it was a manual coupe from 2007 rather than the soft top, a future classic and I would love to get another one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonBud Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 I started with a Pug 106 diesel, really slow but totally suited my 40 mile each way commute at the time. Swapped for a VW Polo which was the worst car I have ever owned, loads of electrical problems and each time the dealer tried to fix it, it came back with even more issues, sold after a year. Replaced with a Honda Civic Coupe, nice but bland, a couple of years later it was the first of the BMW’s, started with a 318ti, then a 3 series saloon and touring before a 3.0 Z4 Coupe, best car I’ve owned and good examples are now worth more than I paid for it about 15 years ago. A couple of 5 Series diesels followed and I’m now on my 3rd X3 this one is the 3.0 hybrid. Probably my last BM, nothing wrong with it but the current range doesn’t inspire me much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 28/07/2024 at 20:32, DumbartonBud said: I also had a z4 3.0 it was a manual coupe from 2007 rather than the soft top, a future classic and I would love to get another one. They are lovely. Sure they’ll keep going up in value. Mrs saw through my man maths as I told her mine would be worth a fair amount one day but when you factor in it costing about £150 a month to just keep it ticking over then it’s just an expensive toy. Loved owning it for a couple of years though and glad it has gone to a real nerd who has already done various bodywork repairs etc (car, not wife). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 26/07/2024 at 17:13, Shandon Par said: Fiesta - came to a spectacular end Go on then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 12 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Go on then. There were some very angry police, a very angry farmer but also a nice police lady who looked like a young Halle Berry. Can’t really elaborate. The recovery company may have been paid with the remnants of the Fiesta. Forgot to add Mx5 2.0 Sport Tech to the list. It entered policeman’s country cottage garden via his dry stone wall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 3 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: also a nice police lady who looked like a young Halle Berry. L I’d rather you did elaborate on this to slow us to get a fuller picture of the incident. 4 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: . It entered policeman’s country cottage garden via his dry stone wall. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 On 26/07/2024 at 17:13, Shandon Par said: Y10 lancia Fiesta - came to a spectacular end Clio sport Pugeot 306 Cabrio Punto Sporting 2x Mini Cooper S 2 x Audi TT Panda 100hp Citroen C2 VTS Sean Leon Supercopa Seat Leon Cupra Alfa 147x2 BMW m135i Golf GTi mk7.5 BMW Z4 3.0 Jaguar XE Abarth 500 What made you give up working in the Salon? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumpy Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1st car was an ex-taxi Mercedes 200D when I lived in Germany, awesome beast started 1st time even in -0 conditions. Best feature was I could fit 20 cases of big bottle Becks in it when coming back to the UK. Went through the usual bland collection of Astras, Escorts, a 408 etc then went through a list of company vans the last one being a Vauxhall Vivaro Sports, peach of a vehicle drove round a lot of mainland Europe quite comfortably. Now I have a Mercedes C200 Sport Edition, you just sit there and it basically drives itself. I don't really like cars, my thing is trucks and cranes. This was my favourite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumpy Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 And the Gottwald AK912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 On 01/08/2024 at 00:27, Alert Mongoose said: What made you give up working in the Salon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 On 31/07/2024 at 18:27, Alert Mongoose said: What made you give up working in the Salon? Dug objected to his new dress code 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Bought my first car in 1981. It was an old Hillman Avenger Estate. Built like a tank ......with the acceleration of a tank. Perfect starter car back in the day when the roads were quieter and the parking spaces were aplenty. Been driving 43 years and had 10 cars in all that time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 On 26/07/2024 at 17:13, Shandon Par said: Y10 lancia Fiesta - came to a spectacular end Clio sport Pugeot 306 Cabrio Punto Sporting 2x Mini Cooper S 2 x Audi TT Panda 100hp Citroen C2 VTS Sean Leon Supercopa Seat Leon Cupra Alfa 147x2 BMW m135i Golf GTi mk7.5 BMW Z4 3.0 Jaguar XE Abarth 500 Jaguar E Pace Cupra Formentor Vauxhall Combo Sportive Van And quite a few more sensible cars for work etc. My dad had a red Capri 2.0s which I thought was pretty cool when I was about 5. Lehs. Your vehicle history is thus: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 On 02/08/2024 at 22:38, tamthebam said: Lehs. Your vehicle history is thus: Pretty accurate! First one was as a nipper my dad opened the back door of our Marina. I was fast asleep and tumbled backwacks landing on a metal grate that turned my head into a toast rack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Pug 306 Rover 214 Fiat Punto Another Fiat Punto VW Golf BMW 32O Vauxhall Vectra Skoda Octavia Estate VW Golf Pug 2008 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davi3j Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Here's my 24 years worth of car history. Mk4 Ford Escort First car, cost £90 from Shotts auction. Was a 1.1 and slow as shit, wrote it off after 6 months. Ford Orion This got nicked, it was also shit. Cavalier Boring but comfy as f**k. Astra F Meh. Laguna Also meh. Pug 206 Base model but beautiful colour. Vectra Sri Slow off the lights but comfy motorway cruiser Ford Focus Was okay'ish. Corsa E Meh. Astra k sri Current car, looks boring as f**k but a decent drive and pretty nippy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FK1Bairn Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 22/07/2024 at 11:20, FK1Bairn said: Passed my test in October 1997 and used my mum's car(s) for a bit until I was "grown up enough" to buy and pay for my own. My history is something like: D reg white Nissan Micra bought for £200 from my mum's cousin in 1998. Had this for about two years but it was weird having the indicators on the right and wipers on the left of the steering wheel. Sold to a scrappy for £50 in 2000 K reg red Volkswagen Polo, bought in 2000. Traded in in 2001, 3 months after having to pay £600 to get a new petrol tank. V reg blue Ford Fiesta bought in 2001. Nothing special about this but it got me out and about around Scotland following Falkirk more. Was the first car I bought on finance 53 plate maroon Rover Streetwise. Horrible car, should never have bought it but I wanted to have something different to my pals, it was definitely different! 09 plate silver/grey Corsa. Was the first and only car I've bought brand new. Kept it for 8 months and sold to we buy any car so I could start saving for a house and shared my partners car with her 12 plate grey Meriva is the first car my partner and I bought together, was a decent car and I liked the way the back doors opened. 64 plate "Bocarai Blue" Mokka. Bought in the same week my son was due as we needed a bigger car for the travel system and is the car we brought him home from hospital in. I was also travelling Falkirk to Kirkcaldy every day for work at the time so it being diesel made financial sense. Liked it a lot but traded in in 2017 when I moved jobs closer to home and we needed to save some cash. 64 plate white Meriva. Purely to cut running costs from the Mokka. For the mileage we do it was definitely worth buying, but it was a nightmare going uphill. Electrics went in September 2020 Current car is a 19 plate Tucson. Best car I've ever driven. Haven't had any issues with it. 64 plate white Meriva was spotted by my son and I parked outside East End Park before the game yesterday! Anybody else clocked sight of an old car of yours somewhere you weren't expecting to? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 6 hours ago, FK1Bairn said: 64 plate white Meriva was spotted by my son and I parked outside East End Park before the game yesterday! Anybody else clocked sight of an old car of yours somewhere you weren't expecting to? We went to buy my wife a car a couple of years ago, my car that we’d traded in about 3 years previously was on the forecourt. I’d spotted that one about town a few times in the years before that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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