RX8 now...... but whats your car history?

themodernman · Post by **themodernman** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:13 am

I've seen a lot of chat on here about the cars people owned in the past and others they own now. As a relatively young driver i think i've had more than my fair share of cars and recently i seem to follow a pattern in buying- practical to sporty to practical and so on.....

So i'll get the ball rolling with my automobile family tree!

S Reg Peugot 106 1.4 (written off by an old git)
S Reg Toyota Corolla 1.3 (a gift from the Gran)
V Reg Volvo V40 1.6
T Reg Hyundai Coupe 2.0 SE
New Ford Galaxy 1.9 TDCI (God damn deisels)
54 Reg Vauxhall Monaro 5.7 V8 (a stupid buy but fun!)
New Mazda Premacy 1.8 GLS
04 Reg MAZDA RX-8 231 Winning Blue (PEACE AT LAST)

TMM

Combover · Post by **Combover** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:35 am

Mine is a bit boring:

E Reg Escort 1.6 Red
T Reg Saxo 1.1 Blue (Brand new)
Y Reg Saxo 1.4 Dark Blue (Brand new)
53 Reg C3 1.4 Dark Blue (Brand new) Nicked by some scrote
K Reg Golf 1.8 White (Bit of a short order solution)
53 Reg RX8 231 Titanium Grey

I am Spartacus! · Post by **I am Spartacus!** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:48 am

S reg Ford Fiesta LX
X reg Citroen Saxo VTR
95 model Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX (4wd turbo)
T reg Mazda Mx5 1.8S
52 reg VW Golf 2.0 GTi
N reg Mitsubishi FTO GR (Still have)
53 reg Mazda rx8 231Ps model

to come......possibly

Datsun 260z or a Mazda Rx7 FB

Nitrous86 · Post by **Nitrous86** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:53 am

03 Plate Fiesta Diesel 1.4
55 Plate Fiesta Diesel 1.6

55 Plate Mazda RX-8 192!

Peacey · Post by **Peacey** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:09 am

F reg Citroen AX GT 1.4 (for 2 years)
K reg Vauxhall Corsa LS 1.2 (for 2 years)
03 plate Mazda Nevada 1.6 (for 3 years)
...and motoring heaven (forever!)

auger · Post by **auger** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:11 am

Volvo 240 Estate
Audi 100cc
Ford Granada 2.9i (Stolen)
Triumph acclaim
Ford Granada 2.9i (recovered)
Alfa 155 (Company car)
Ford Granada 2.9i (Yes its the same car) (Written off) (Driver with frozen windscreen ran into it whilst it was parked)
Peugeot 405 x2 (First one written off after 2 weeks by idiot running into me)
Citroen Xsara (Saddest car I ever owned)
Landrover Defender 90 county
Landrover Defender 90 (High lift)
Landrover Discovery ES premium
RX8 Black
RX8 R3

Lost count of how many Company pool cars I have had

Emvel · Post by **Emvel** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:16 am

B reg 2.0ltr Austin Maestro (what was I thinking)
B reg 1.6 Escort Ghia
D reg 1.1 VW Polo
E reg BMW 525i (written off in a disagreement with a lamppost)
G reg 1.6 Fiesta Ghia (stolen by a scrote)
P reg Rover 220 TDi
X reg Rover 214 (written off by the Mrs)
Y reg Rover 214s
51 plate Renault Laguna dCi (worst car I ever owned)
02 plate Vectra 1.6i (still own)
55 plate RX-8 192ps

Jeez I've owned some shockers

Post by **Will66** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:34 am

Hehe. My history is quite haphazard but here it goes:

1963 Land Rover Series IIA SWB Ford Fiesta Seats, rebuilt the engine myself, still runs apparently, sold because of MPG that would make an RX8 blush.
1989 Austin Rover Maestro 1.3 Clubman, three radiators and a clutchcable, sold for a tenner
1988 Austin Rover Maestro 1.3 L Wheel bearing failed
1987 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular Short time drive, scrapped when front cross member broke under braking, front links on suspension ripped out.
1983 Volkswagen Golf 1.3L Early Mk II, took no end of abuse, sold it an old lady who never drives it, just washes it.
2000 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 LS Company Car, it is a bad idea to give a 20 year old CarYob anything with a modicum of power and absolve him of all responsibility for its running cost. It had two new gearboxes in 3 months after some speed testing and burnouts!
1996 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 LS Company Car, Fleet wreck given to me after second gearbox in nice astra, died when I tried to take a roundabout at 80 on the day I was leaving the job!
1991 Rover 218D No turbo, No Power Steering, did 55mpg, I did over 25,000 miles in this car without a hitch. My sister spun it into a hedge.
1995 Ford Mondeo 1.8TD LS First half decent car bought with my own money. Used to do 450 miles on a tank of diesel. Survived an encounter with a motorway crash barrier. Still running with new front wing.
1999 Ford Mondeo V6 Si First car with proper power I bought, used to cruise from home to various naval bases at ridiculous speed in it. Survived being run into by a woman in a peugeot at some traffic lights and spun into a bank by me. V6 made a lovely growl, handled well for a big old bus.
1991 Range Rover Vogue SE Drunken Ebay impulse purchase. Drove it for six months before the V8 started making nasty noises, have harboured desires to restore it with a new bigger motor and more power but I am now resigned to ebaying it for peanuts. It's got a good chassis, bodywork okay, interior good, transmission good, new tyres and it still ran when I parked it up.
2004 Mazda RX8 230 Sunlight Silver. Just behind the oil cap (new rotary one, Cheers Velocity_RXB) is the small hole where I am pouring all my money, but I don't care, without a lottery win I don't reckon I could get a better car! It'll soon be lower, stiffer, faster and even louder! My tacit objective is to make it into a proper trackday weapon without making too big a compromise on everyday use.

That's just the cars I've had long term. If you include the parents stuff I've used the list could go on forever!

968csreading · Post by **968csreading** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:32 am

Here goes

1) Opel Kaddett (Astra) in yellow Yuk - Crashed it
2) Citreon AX 1.0 Brought to replace the above, stayed in my family for over 15yrs
3) Sierra 2.0GLS - First company car on its second engine but RWD so lots of fun
4) Escort 1.8 Ghia X Company car
5) Pug 306DT Compay Car
6) Seat Toledo 2.3 V5 - Loved this car, 5 Cylinder with lots of kit
7) Volvo S60 D5SE My last company car

MG ZTT CDTI - Brought with a car allowance
9) Porsche 968CS - Cost me a fortune but I loved it
10) RX8

Others cars that my wife owned - Triumph Toledo, Fiesta, Volvo 480 (Owned for 1 day cos it was stolen), Fiat Punto, MGF, Alfa 147, Picasso

falconer · Post by **falconer** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:35 am

Here is mine:

1). 1996 - 1.4 Diesel Rover Metro (White) Plus very funny when seeing a 6 foot 3 ex rugby player getting out of it!!

2). 1998 - 1.4 Nissan Almera (Or the Bread Van) As it was affectionately known to my friends
3). 2001 - 2.0 Hdi Pug 307 (Died through Water Ingestion after flooding in 2004)
4). 2003 - 2.0 Hdo Pug 307 (Because My Cousin was the Boss at Peugeot for a while).
5). 1996 - 1.5 Mitsubishi Lancer (All I could afford when I moved to Cyprus)
6). 2005 - 1.3 Mazda RX8 BB HP
7). Who Knows maybe an R3, EVO X

iKenndac · Post by **iKenndac** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:48 am

Mine was boring up to my first RX-8:

1) 54 Reg Vauxhall Astra 1.8 SRi
2) 05 Reg RX-8 231 (Sold Astra)
3) 06 Reg MX-8 2.0L Sport
4) 08 Reg Volvo C30 2.0D R-Design

- For a brief period, owned three cars! -
- Sold RX-8 and MX-5 -

5) RX-8 R3 to be delivered mid-October.

D9 COR · Post by **D9 COR** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:23 pm

Red Vauxhall Nova 1.2L Merit (1990 H-Reg) 2000-01
White Citroen AX GT 1.4L (1992 J-Reg) 2001-04
White Honda Integra Type R (1999 T-Reg) 2004-This Thursday 02/10/08
Yellow Mazda RX-8 230 bhp ('04 plate) pick up this Thursday 02/10/08

Otacon · Post by **Otacon** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:39 pm

Here's mine:

1999-2008 Honda CRV (Mum's Car)
Aug 2008 Mazda RX-8 231PS (mine at last!!!)

JWatts · Post by **JWatts** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:43 pm

Opel Manta GTE - RWD Fun
Renault 21Turbo - remapped to 230bhp, great FWD chassis
Mazda MX5 mk1
Mazda MX5 mk2
Mazda Rx8 hi-power

Not many, but all good fun!

SteveW · Post by **SteveW** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:04 pm

Morris Ital
Austin Metro
Austin Maestro
Peugeot 309 GLX
Peugeot 309 GTi (briefly, damn thing self-combusted)
Peugeot 306 XSi
Honda Civic Type-R
Citroen AX 1.5D (bought as a learner car for the wife)
mk-2.5 Mazda MX-5 1.8 (bought by the wife the minute she passed her test)
Mazda RX-8

Apart from the BL rubbish and the flammable 309, I don't tend to change cars very often. I had the first 309 for three years, the 306 for about four years, the Civic for three and a half. We've had the RX-8 for two and a half years and expect to keep it for four, maybe five. The MX-5 we've had for three and a bit years and will probably keep for another couple.

matt_rx8 · Post by **matt_rx8** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:14 pm

Vauxhall Nova SR
Peugeot 205 GTi
Toyota MR2
Toyota Supra (Mk4)
Toyota Celica gen7 VVTi
Honda Integra Type R
RX8 230

HwAoRrDk · Post by **HwAoRrDk** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:27 pm

J-reg Rover Metro 1.1S (used, written-off in spectacular style by impatient minicab driver jumping red light )
R-reg Fiat Punto 60SX (used)
52-reg Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8T (new, survived attempted sandwich between Peugeot 106 and Vaux. Zafira to fight another day!)
54-reg RX8 230! (used) $\:D/$

themodernman · Post by **themodernman** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:30 pm

some nice cars people have had. I like toyotas and think of them a bit like Mazdas- stuff the prestige badge! A few Honda owners as well which is good to hear. I wonder if Maxda will ever follow with an RX-9 and what that will be like

in my limited experinece of other cars, the RX-8 is by far the most fun to drive. It has a kind of solid feeling mixed with high power and great handling.

My dad described it as though he was sitting on top of an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) bomb. An odd description i thought at first but it does have that 'electric charge' feeling.

Are the any repeat RX8- Owners. i.e have owned more than one since 2003?

keep em coming...........

Velocity_RXB · Post by **Velocity_RXB** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:37 pm

Although I am only 24 I have had quite a range of cars.

Been rallying MY Mk II Escort on and off for years since I was 15(Miine is a real heap but the Escort is still one of the best rally cars ever and it's fully specced up for rallying,) + loads of other loaners such as GrpN WRX, 206, Ignis, Mk I Focus, 205,Etc.

1999 T RB5 Ltd Ed. 3465/444 Subaru Impreza Rare-ish

, Cheap(er) to insure

, Not quite as swift as a proper WRX

.

Learnt on the road in 1986 Suzuki Alto FX :thumbdown: (800CC Beast!)

54 Civic Type R Aniversary in nighthawk black. (OLD style way better independant suspension, quicker, more hardcore)

Peugeot 406 Coupe (Absolutly stunning looks well equiped 3.0 V6 with Brembos!

BUT

Slowish Gutless engine, crap build quality and electrics and wallowy handling)

Focus ST-3 (Electric orange

bought private 2nd hand sold 3 months later -220 pounds

)

K Reg LANCIA INTEGRALE

white with full martini racing rally livery.

Bought for 9.4K insured for peanuts through family friend

sold 9 months later for 10.1K! to enthusiast mechanic

due to expensive engine rebuild being needed.

Bought brand new in 05 MG ZR 1.8 160 when they went cupput

(Very impressed with this car rugged thrashable gearbox and steering and rev hungry K-series engine) Cost me 4500 depreciation over 2yrs 7mths when P/Xed.

W Reg BMW 530d SE Co-Owned (Torquetastic RWD, pretty swift 0-60 sub 7 secs

, BUT Auto + Diesel

)

04 RX8 (Gorgeus, great handling, unique, love it just want more POWER!

Quite a few for only 7 years of on the road driving. But I do love my cars and driving and like to tryout a nice variety.

Post by **Delanor** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:40 pm

A 190 in Brilliant Black, a Brilliant Black PZ (didn`t have it long as it was in poor condition so rejected it) a 230 Strato Blue and now a Crystal White 40th Anniversary.

4 so far - I need to get out more.

Will list the others when I have a day to spare.

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themodernman · Post by **themodernman** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:45 pm

ooooooooooo an RX-9?

ion2211 · Post by **ion2211** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:53 pm

From when I was 17 until I was 22 .. here it goes

93 Mitsubishi Colt 1.3

95 Mazda 323f 2.0 V6 (loved it)

00 Honda Civic VTI

94 Mazda MX-3 1.8 V6 (loved it)

and now Roxy!

Steve231 · Post by **Steve231** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:11 pm

In the 8 years of driving:

X (old) Fiesta mk1 - 1.1
H Citroen AX - 1.1
H Isuzu trooper - 2.8TD
N Jeep Cherokee - 4.0
N Nissan Almera - 1.4
R Fiat Coupe 20v turbo - 2.0T
1974 Landrover series 3 - 2.25D
J Toyota MR2 - 2.0
07 Merc A Class (Company) - 2.0CDI
08 Merc A Class (Company) - 2.0CDI
54 RX8

A fairly mixed bag......

Zarterone · Post by **Zarterone** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:26 pm

Here are mine mostly in order of purchase

Mk2 1.1 Escort
Morris Marina 1.3 Coupe
2.0s Capri
3.0s Capri
Mk5 Cortina 1.6 GL
Mk5 Cortina 2.0 Crusader
Austin Montego 2.0 Van Dan Plas
Toyota Starlet 1.2 GL(think it was a 1.2)
Mk1 Golf 1.3 GLS
Mk1 Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia
Ford Sierra 2.0i Ghia
Ford Sierra XR4i V6 (not a Cosworth or 4x4 like a lotta people thought)
MK2 Ford Orion 1.8 Ghia
Triumph Dolomite Sprint 16V
Renault 19 16V Chamade
VW Mk2 Golf GTi
Land Rover Series 3 109 Station Wagon (Diesel)
Leyland Sherpa (Ex post office Diesel)
Ford Scorpio 2.0 Ultima
E Type Jaguar mk1 4.2 (was my Dads really but was in my Garage for 4 years so I'm counting it

and I did drive it)
Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 GLS(Diesel)
Vauxhall Astra Van(Diesel)
Land Rover TD5
Volvo S80 D5 (Diesel)
Mercedes Vito 108
Mercedes Vito 110
Audi TT 225bhp Quattro
Mazda RX8

I think thats all of them

Paul

ion2211 · Post by **ion2211** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:47 pm

themodernman wrote: My dad described it as though he was sitting on top of an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) bomb. An odd description i thought at first but it does have that 'electric charge' feeling.

Yeah I completely understand what he means!

After recently returning from a trip to Switzerland where I had a 2.0 turbo diesel hyundai tucson as a rental, the RX-8 felt "electric" comapred to it .. Smooth, steady free revving and the linear power delivery made it feel like a supercharged electric engine in comparison to the feel of the turdo diesel

It was good to be back in Roxy... I guess you kind of get used to the RX-8 after a while and forget really how good it is and take it for granted!!

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