Robin
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Just been chatting to my Mum about the cars her and my Dad had over the years.
turns out they had some cool ones.
first car they bought together was a Lotus Sunbeam 
then they replaced that with a Mk2 Escort Sport
then my Dad started having company cars, few boring ones, then a Manta GTE, then a few years later, an Escort RST (S2), then his last few cars were a Cavalier SRi (c20xe), Cavalier V6, Vectra SRi V6, and an Alfa 156 V6
my Mum disliked them all 
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JM_16v
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dad had a xr2 ages ago and autin healy sprite
atm hes old cars are
45 year old land rover
and e type
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Marc
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Chevette
Cortina 2.0 GL
Cavalier MK2 2.0 GL
Can't think of rest.
Edit - I remember both the Cortina and the Cavalier, we went all over Europe in the Cavalier twice, no break downs.
My brother poured neat washing liquid over the Cortina so my Dad had it resprayed and fitted a steel body kit that he fabricated himself, looked pretty cool!
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by Marc]
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CorsAsh
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Erm,
Hillman Imp
Vauxhall Viva HB
Triumph Herald Vitesse
Cavalier SRi
Astra Belmont SXi
Austin Princess (Company Car )
Vauxhall Chevette
Brother had a Vauxhall Victor Estate, followed by a mint Firenza 1300, which he killed. Wanker. Oh, and a Carlton GSi 3000.
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by CorsAsh]
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Adam_B
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my grandad used to have a mk1 escort van 
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Eck
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Dad:
Hillman avenger
Austin Allegro 
Rover v8 thingy
Granada 2.4
Audi Coupé
Vectra V6 Sri
Impreza
Mum: Punto 
Frontera
Vectra
Punto
Meriva
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M6RKK
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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Dad
Opel Manta GTE
Cortina
Xr2
loads od cavvys and vectra
and now has a vectra 2.0 dti cdx
Mum
2.2dti vectra
dunno what else she had
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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mg midgets, minis, sierras, ford anglias and the like
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Ian
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My dad used to have Escort estate company cars, earliest was mk2 I think, J reg. I remember the mk3s, before he changed jobs. Before those he had a Cresta which he's not even got pics of.
My mum had a few minis, a Sunbeam as well I think, then shared the Escort until she started buying Vauxhalls, mk2 Astra then mk3 then two Corsas then an Astra mk4 GSi.
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sri_davie
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a few escorts dad liked them
mk3 3 door 1600
mk3 estate
a metro
lancia beta
mk1 golf
and sierras
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J100RSA
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my old man has had all sorts
6 jags
1 bentley
2 mgb's
2 triumph stags
austin healey sprite
mg midget
shit loads of cortina;s
hilman hunter gls
for some un-apparent reason he like austin pricesses sad i no
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by J100RSA]
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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Dad (you'll love this):
Bubble car
Vauxhall wyvern
Minis (used to race with keith ripp, owner of Ripspeed)
Ford harrier (look-a-like i think)
mark 2 ford escort van
golf gti mark 1 and 2
nissan pickup (was like a small monster truck)
land rover ninety
89' ford F100
53' ford F100 (current)
34' ford popular
1939 Y type ford
mark 2 fiesta
mark 1 and mark 2 (current) VW caddy
Pug 307 TD (current)
fiat panda
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jamesvalver
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dad (from what i can remember)
- mini cooper
- fiat panda
- triumph stag
- triumph herald
- fiat uno
- belmont
- belmont estate lxi
- renault scinic
- '02 vauxhall agila (still have it)
- '06 1.7tdi meriva
mum
- mk5 escort
and my grandad still has the old school 2.8 v6 automatic old w-reg ford granada gia that hes had since new! its done nearly 300k miles and its still the same engine altho the bodywork is dead!
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Dave A
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E type jag
escort mk2 mexico
old style army landrover
audi 80 with a tuned 2 litre engine
cortina 3ltr on carbs
sierra xr 4x4
and the best:
an old citroen thing with custom wide body, 2 door conversion, 12" wide split rim wheels on back, 8" wide fronts, very low, mad max style rear window thingy, 3 litre twin turbo engine with rear wheel drive. this car was an absolute beast, no-one has got any photos of it tho
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by Dave A]
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Jules S
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Good question Rob....bloody hell this will test my memory 
Before my recollection:-
My mum still cant drive
On dads side
A jag like morses
A VX 490
a humber sceptre
A lotus elan
A lotus elan +2
A honda accord
A dolomite sprint
He then went abroad and has driven porsche 911#s ever since
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Robin
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Proper Elans Jules?
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Fonz
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My Dad's frist "real" car (as he puts it - ie not the one he learnt in) was a Sunbeam Alpine as seen driven by 007 himslef in Dr No!
would like to see some of us lot be able to afford a "Bond" car at such a young age!
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WATSON
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For some reson my mum wont drive on the road she hates it So dad has to drive everywhere
NovaGTE
Pug 205 1.6 GTI
Escort Rs Turbo (s2)
R5GTT
Honda Civic
Pug 205 1.9 GTI
Fiesta Rs turbo
Pug 306 s16
Cossie
Thats a few that i can remember
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by WATSON]
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
For some reson my mum wont drive on the road she hates it So dad has to drive everywhere
NovaGTE
Pug 205 1.6 GTI
Escort Rs Turbo (s2)
R5GTT
Honda Civic
Pug 205 1.9 GTI
Fiesta Rs turbo
Pug 306 s16
Cossie
Thats a few that i can remember
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by WATSON]
is that the cossie in you're drive? I looked at it and for a second considered going over and kissing it
Edit: infact I was drunk so I probably did.
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by Eckmcmann]
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WATSON
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
For some reson my mum wont drive on the road she hates it So dad has to drive everywhere
NovaGTE
Pug 205 1.6 GTI
Escort Rs Turbo (s2)
R5GTT
Honda Civic
Pug 205 1.9 GTI
Fiesta Rs turbo
Pug 306 s16
Cossie
Thats a few that i can remember
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by WATSON]
is that the cossie in you're drive? I looked at it and for a second considered going over and kissing it
Edit: infact I was drunk so I probably did.
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by Eckmcmann]
No the cossie i put above next to the other cars was meant to be a saph That was back in the days
But yeah the white one you have seen in the drive is the new car  Looking very dirty for itself
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
is that the cossie in you're drive? I looked at it and for a second considered going over and kissing it
Edit: infact I was drunk so I probably did.
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by Eckmcmann]
No the cossie i put above next to the other cars was meant to be a saph That was back in the days
But yeah the white one you have seen in the drive is the new car Looking very dirty for itself
It'll probably have a mark where I kissed it then  looks sweet mate, I envy you with all my heart 
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mark_gsi
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dad has had
fiesta xr2
metro
suzuki swift gti mk2
nissan sunny
sum old vauxhall cant remember what it was.
escort rs turbo s2 which he curently has.
and my mam
rover 216
escort si
clio 1.2 extream
MG ZR 120
shitroen c3
[Edited on 09-10-2006 by corsaflip]
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csweatherston
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my dad and my uncle had just about every cortina ever.........and now my uncle owns the cortina collectors club lol
dads got a sierra estate with a old v6 cossy lump
mum used to have tha 'bubble' car lmfao
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jazzer2k3
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MGB
MGB GT
Cortina
Metro
Volvo
Pug 306 TD
Escort
Frontera
And ive had 2xCorsa's 
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Adam-D
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ill try and list my dad's cars.
dont think any of them are cool but
morris minor estate
vaux cav mk1 i think
austin montego est
ford sierra
another seirra
ford mondeo
pug partener ppl carrier
and now a vaux zafira
ive most likely forgotton some but i have trouble remebering what ive owned let alone other ppl
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