What cars have u owned before the mini?

[Cooper_si]

Just curious on how you got to the MINI ;)

Ok ive owned:
Mk2 Polo Coupe (black)
Vauxhall Nova Saloon (brown)
Vauxhall Nova SR (Red) Heavily modified rally racer ;)
Fiat Panda 1000 Fire (White) Had the twin soft top roof
Mk2 Polo Coupe (red) Stripped out buckets seats G60 engine;)
Mk3 Polo Coupe G40 (Pearl Grey) 1.3 Supercharged 170bhp toy Shocked :D
and now my MINI COOPER S

and driven allsorts of cars because of working at dealerships VAUXHALL, VW, AUDI,SKODA,SEAT and recent BMW MINI

[Scottie]

quite a few but my first was a Mini Clubman. Can still remember the reg no.:p:D

[phantom]

Triumph 1500, MGB GT, Escort Mk1 estate, Scimitar GTE, MG Montego, Astra GTE MK1, Toyota Carolla, Metro which I traded in for the Mini.:D

[duncan]

1979 Mini Clubman
1985 Ford Fiesta 957cc Dash
1989 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR
1992 Vauxhall Astra 2.0 GSi
2002 MINI One

[Duncan Stewart]

Mini Clubman
Mini clubby Estate
Mini 850
Mini Clubman (owned until 1995 when my Dad evicted it from his garage :()
Mini clubby estate (again :D)
Opel Manta GTE :p
Ford Escort 1.6D :dead:
Nissan Sunny 1.6 LX
Vauxhall Nova 1.5TD
Nissan Almera Action
Mini Rio (still got :cool:)
Toyota Corolla VVTi
Mini Cooper

[eddie 44]

1.6 capri
RS16ooi
XR4i rear wheel drv.
fiesta 1.1 ( now on the property ladder )
pug 205 d
pug 306 d
focus 1.8 zetec
focus ST 170 :p
MINI COOPER :D

[Smurf]

998cc Toyota Starlet (for 2 years ish)
1300cc and 1600cc Dutton Sierra (kit car) (for 7 years ish - I deserve a medal...)
Citroen Saxo VTR (P reg) (4 years ish)
2002 MINI Cooper
2005 MINI Cooper

and alongside some of those, a Westfield SPi with 2litre DOHC Vauxhall power, mapped ignition... etc .... etc... etc.....

[Julz]

205 1.1 (only had 4 gears!!:I)
205 1.6 GTi (big tree ran out infront of it and killed it!)
205 1.6 GTi which then became an Mi16 after I blew the engine! Still got it, but MUST sell it (been saying that for 3 years!!:clown:)

[Wul]

Golf 1.3CL
Cavalier 1.6GL Saloon
Escort 1.6 LX
Escort Estate 1.8TDI
Focus 1.8 Ghia
Ashtray 1.6 L
Mini Cooper

Prior to car owning days had a DT175MX; GP100; 2xRD350LC; 2xRD350YPVS; 2xTDR250; TZR250; KMX125; YZ250 :)

[Crombers]

Mini City E 1985
VW Polo C 1050cc 1986
VW Golf C 1.3 1988
Mini City E 1989 (bought a flat & had NAE money)
Austin Maesrto 1.6L (BEIGE!!) 1991 (even less money!!)
Rover Metro 1.1C 1993
Corsa 1.2 Premier 1997
VW Golf GTi 1.8 2001 (at long last I/we bought someting decent)
:approve:MINI Cooper 2004 (separated from wife & decided to treat meeself) :approve:

[Big Gordy]

Cars:
Morris Minor
Mk1 Escort 1300GT
1275GT Clubman
MG Metro
Mk2 XR2
Mini City X
Metro City X
1800 Cavalier
Si Mondeo
Mini 'ONE'
Bikes:
C120 Honda
BSA Bantam
Triumph Tiger Cub
KH250 Kawasaki
RD250 Yamaha
1000 Laverda Jota
305 Montesa Cota
500 Triumph Rickman Metisse
500 Triumph Cotton
500 Triumph Tiger 100
500 XT500 Yamaha
:p:D:approve:

[euan]

88 Escort 1.4 Ghia - owned this for years, repalced just about everything bar the engine!
96 Golf GTi - had it for 2 years, loved it at the time
01 Coop - Proper handling after the golf
03 Cooper S - POWER + handling :)

[Mini Martyn]

Mazda 121, 1300cc, 1993 L reg - first car at school
Fiat Bravo sx, 1400cc, 1997 P reg - bought when started working
Honda Civic VTI, 1600cc, 1999 reg - very quick car, Jap built great fun - bought when i was 19 years old! :)
BMW 318ti Compact, 1900cc, 2000 S reg (i think) - bad buy kept it for 6 months!!
Mini Cooper S - Curent car, not as quick as the Honda but the best so far!! :)

[Big Col]

The 'S is quicker than the VTI. My mates got one and he wasn't happy that it was a fraction slower. :)

[Burple]

Old S reg Vauxhall Chevette <ahem> :blackeye:
V Reg Orange (Vermillion for Duncan S;)) Mini Clubby
S Reg yellow (YELLOW!!) mini (used to be an old 850, but had 1275, coopers S head 276 cam, K&N etc, Buckets, wee sticky 6x10s, mad neon painted bits... oh.. and drum brakes all round!-never got round to giving it discs):cool::D
V Reg Mini Pick up - MG Metro Powered - with the seats too
'94 (L) Cooper SPi - red Saltire on the roof, K7N, PlayMini etc. My fave car.. it's still alive and in Kinross somewhere as far as I know :D
'91 Honda Legend!! Yeah!! Bought to tide me over between selling the Coop and getting the New Mini! 2.7i V6 auto.. electric and leather EVERYTHING. Total beast! 141, 000 miles on it, but I got it for £200!! :D:D:D:D:D

[Mini Martyn]

quote:Originally posted by Big Col
The 'S is quicker than the VTI. My mates got one and he wasn't happy that it was a fraction slower. :)


Has he not had any work done to it then? ;)

[Julz]

quote:Originally posted by low_n_loud1
S Reg yellow (YELLOW!!) mini


And what's wrong with yellow?????:mad:

Best car I've ever driven would have to be an Aston Martin DB9 convertible prototype (only 5 ever made so far)!! Rear view mirror was screwed into a bit of wood and the rear side windows were held in place with tape, but besides that!! It was alright!!;):D:cool:

[duncan]

quote:Originally posted by Julz


quote:Originally posted by low_n_loud1
S Reg yellow (YELLOW!!) mini


And what's wrong with yellow?????:mad:



Lots. Council, Railway, Roads vans and lorries are/were yellow.
<shudder>

[Big Col]

quote:Originally posted by Mini Martyn


quote:Originally posted by Big Col
The 'S is quicker than the VTI. My mates got one and he wasn't happy that it was a fraction slower. :)


Has he not had any work done to it then? ;)


Ah...:D

[Big Col]

quote:Originally posted by Julz


quote:Originally posted by low_n_loud1
S Reg yellow (YELLOW!!) mini


And what's wrong with yellow?????:mad:


YEAH what is wrong with yellow??? :mad:

[Julz]

quote:Originally posted by duncan


And what's wrong with yellow?????:mad:

[/quote]

Lots. Council, Railway, Roads vans and lorries are/were yellow.
<shudder>
[/quote]

Could be worse, could be orange!! (thought the railway wore orange now) along with some really bad football team, tango man, fake sun tan, the only highlighter pen left on my desk cause I don't like using it cause it's orange!! Oh wait, Ewan had an orange mini too!!:p

[Burple]

Heyyyy... there was nothing worng with it at all!! I loved that wee car! :D It was bright and fast! Now what was it... Vw Race/rally Yellow! :D The colour of yellow the new Mini should have been! :D:D

The orange Clubby was great too... put a new Floor in it and a couple of A- panels, new set of wheels and a set of arches, polished the head, new valves and valve seats, and sold it for a 200% profit eventually! :D:D

[The Dogfather]

2 Citroen AX 1.0, 1.1
2 Rover Metro 1.4 SL, 1.4 GS
Citroen AX Forte
Honda Prelude - (pop up lights)
Citroen BX 1.4
Citroen BX 19. 16v (Fast, Very fast!)
Ford Ka
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8
Audi A2 Tdi
Vectra 2.0 DTi (new shape)
Audi A4 1.8

[ny152]

Renault 11 GTL
2x Skoda Favorit Hatch
2x Skoda Favorit Estate
Skoda Rapid
Skoda Felicia
Hyundia Lantra
Toyota Avensis TD
LandRover Freelander
Volvo S40
2x Citroen Picasso Diesel
MINI Diesel :)

Worst cars were the Renault and Toyota.
Favoruites are the Skoda Estates and the Freelander, topped by the MINI of course :D.

[john]

Hillman Avenger
Hillman Hunter
Triumph Vittesse MkII
Triumph GT6 MkIII
Capri 3.0 Mk1
Escort Sport Mk1
Escort Mexico Mk1
RS2000 Mk1
Escort Sport Mk2
Escort Mexico Mk1
RS2000 Mk2
Cortina 2.0S Mk4
Datsun Violet
Cortina 2.0S Mk4
Cortina Crusader Mk5
Capri 2.0S Mk3
Nissan Sunny 1.3
Granada
Corolla GTi (rwd)
Corolla GTi (rwd)
Starlet (modded)
Corolla GTi (Fwd)
Corolla GTi (fwd)
Corolla GTI Rally car (rwd)
Celica GTi FWD
Escort diesel van
Corolla estate
Pulsar GTI-R
Honda Integra type -R
Mitsubishi FTO
Mitsubishi GTO
Nissan Pulsar GTi-R (again)
stacks of oldmini's while waiting for delivery of my new cooper
MINI COOPER
MINI COOPER (for sale)

[duncan]

quote:Originally posted by Julz


quote:Originally posted by duncan


And what's wrong with yellow?????:mad:


quote:

Lots. Council, Railway, Roads vans and lorries are/were yellow.
<shudder>


Could be worse, could be orange!! (thought the railway wore orange now) along with some really bad football team, tango man, fake sun tan, the only highlighter pen left on my desk cause I don't like using it cause it's orange!! Oh wait, Ewan had an orange mini too!!:p


Aye we have to wear that ever so stylish colour, right enough.
Colour of the year, although I think the year was 1976.

Your right enough about bad football teams, but Rangers dont have that orange top this year.

Remember that United play in Tangerine :p

[Scottie]

Suzuki 90 walk through motor bike x 2
Suzuki 100

mini clubman
mini woody
Golf
Morris Ital
Metro
MG Metro
MG Montego
Mazda 323
Honda concerto
Suzuki Vitara
Suzuki Vitara
Suzuki Grand Vitara
BMW 525 TDS
Discovery V8
Jeep Ckerokee
Shogun
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Merc ML320
Shogun
Range Rover (new style)
Touareg
Touareg

********************* second cars
Mini Cooper 1.3i
Astra
Lada 4x4 riva x 2
BMW 316
BMW 316 Touring
Range Rover (old style)
Audi Quatro
Audi 100
Volvo (not sure what)
Hyundia Coupe
Merc clk
Landrover 90
Landrover 110
Mits L200
Nissan Pick up
Hi Lux Surf
BMW Z3
Mini Cooper
Mini Cooper s
Mini Cooper s
Mini Cooper s Cabrio
Touareg
Scooby

[AndyP & Lenore]

Vauxhall Nova
Vauxhall Astra
Fiat Tipo
Volvo 440
Volvo 440
Jeep Cherokee
Peugeot 306
Peugeot 306 Estate
Honda C-RV (Old shape) - reliable :)
Honda C-RV (New shape) - unreliable. :( Replaced by manufacturer.
Honda C-RV (Replacement) - unreliable! :(
Honda C-RV Exec (unreliable :mad: - you'd think we would have learnt by now)
Mercedes ML270 :D:D

Second cars:

Vauxhall Astra
Peugeot 205
Vauxhall Corsa
MINI Cooper CVT
MINI Cooper S Auto :D:D:D

[broken_brian]

mk 1 astra 1.2 in henna red :dead:
mk2 astra 1.3 got 125 mph then it blew up
mini advantage 998
mk2 cavy 1.8 blew it up also (con rod through block):I
fiat panda 1000 fire also with the twin sunroof
sierra 1.8
mini equinox 1275i in PURPLEwith 4 pot brakes and 10 inch wheels:cool: (still owned)
citroen xantia 1.9 td
alfa 155 2.0 twinspark

bike.

kawasaki zxr 400 :cool:


ps: nice selection of fast peaky 2 strokes :approve: from wul a couple of which caused the 125 learners laws

[Cooper_si]

scottiecoop...would have been easier for you to put what you havnt owned !! what a list ! wow

[euan]

john, some really nice stuff in there - loving the Escort Mexico and the V6 Capri. I always liked the Pulsar GTi and loved the way the FTO looked - still do.

[Wul]

quote:Originally posted by broken_brian
ps: nice selection of fast peaky 2 strokes :approve: from wul a couple of which caused the 125 learners laws


Still get the urge now to buy another one brian - there's nothing like the smell of burnt synthetic two-stroke clinging to your clothes:I

[Big Gordy]

Nothing beats the "throb" of a mighty 4 stroke:approve: Beats a "ring-dinger" every time;)Brother had a Ducati 748 for a few years, truely awwwwwwwwwwsome machine. I remember turning down a KH750 Kawasaki triple because it was too thirsty - DOH:I :p:D:approve:

[euan]

On a slightly unrelated topic, but I just don't know the answer - how thirsty are bikes? What sort of MPG do you get out of them?

And another thing - how do you keep them clean? Power hose? hand wash? Do people wax bikes?

Can you spot the person who knows NOTHING about bikes?

[Big Gordy]

Welllllllllllllllll:approve:
It depends on what you buy really:I
Sports bikes ie R1's, ZXR's, CBR's, GSX's and the like all rev to about 14500rpm which means 9 times out of 10 your thrashing the pants off them = about 20 miles/gallon:eek: On the other hand tourers like BMW's, Honda's, Harley's, Triumph's and the like tend on the whole to rev less = 40+ miles/gallon.
There is a whole range of cleaning producs out there for the bike just like there is for cars;) I generally clean my motocrossers at the local jet wash before I take then home. The missus would kill me if left all the mud in the driveway:blackeye: :p:D:approve:

[euan]

I'd take 20MPG for something with performance like that!

Cheers for the info - never knew and do now ;)

[Wul]

No surprises here - used to wax my bikes too - except the crossers - they got the local jet wash treatment too! :p

[Big Gordy]

My dads got a Honda C90 step through thingy that has a 90cc four stroke engine in it that gets over 120 miles/gallon:eek::eek::eek::eek:
Only problem is any self respecting 'biker' wouldn't be seen dead on it:dead: and the handling is terrible:dead: which is slightly better than Bazthemods scooter;):):I :p:D:approve:

[euan]

Don't laugh - I thought of getting one to combat London traffic.

Binned the idea as I don't have anywhere to keep it at home bar the street (where it would get nicked) and also - I wouldn't want to mess up my hair :)

[Big Gordy]

You could always use fake tan and say your a siekh(spelling:I) :p:D:approve:

[3GGG]

Back on Topic ;)

Since 1970:

Austin 1100 - £50
Singer Chamois - upmarket Hillman Imp - £120
Mini Clubman Estate - £750 - Bank Of Scotland wouldn't give me a loan for it, never forget that.:evil:
- Married and got a brand new car.
Honda Civic (the first model when they were good value) - rusted away in 2 years despite Ziebart.
Mazda 323
another Mazda 323
Citroen ZX - Mazda were getting too expensive now
Renault Megane - wife still got it
MINI Cooper

As you can tell I tend to hang on to my cars for a few years

Wife has had 2 minis, Fiat Panda, Citroen AX and Saxo and now has the Megane.

[Cooper_si]

quote:Originally posted by euan

I'd take 20MPG for something with performance like that!

Cheers for the info - never knew and do now ;)


My friends Evo 6 has better fuel economy than my MCS i reckon !!! :eek::mad: