My own cars (passed driving test in beginning of 1961)
1961 1961 Ford 100E Popular -- 60k+ miles over 3 yrs --first car -- freedom!!
1964 1964 Vauxhall Viva HA -- 60K+ miles over 4 yrs -- drove this one through East Germany in the Cold War.
1968 1968 Vauxhall Victor 2000 Estate -- about 70k miles over 6 years (inc 2+ years in Germany)
1974 1972 Vauxhall Victor VX4/90 -- not sure about mileage but I ran this into the ground -- Fast car in its day
1979 1976 Ford Escort 1100 -- mileage about 15k per year -- I had a bit of a change of fortune at this time
1980 1977 Dolomite 1850 -- mileage about 15k per year -- Starting to recover to a decent fast cruising car
1982 1979 Dolomite Sprint 2000 --- I kept this car until about 2010 (had about 85k miles on clock when sold) - This was my favourite car of all time.
Company cars -- these were my reliable work horses -- needed to start first time and travel day and night
1984 1984 Vauxhall Astra 1300 Estate -- about 20k mile per year
1987 1987 Austin Montego 1600 -- about 22k mile per year
1990 1990 Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 2000 -- about 28k miles per year
1992 1992 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 1600 -- about 28k miles per year
1995 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 2000 16v --- I kept this car until 2004 ** -- a surprisingly quick and frugal car
1998 1998 Vauxhall Vectra SRI 2000 -- about 30k miles in year and a bit
My own cars since retirement
1999 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 2000 16v (about 152k miles altogether) **
2004 2004 Vauxhall Signum Elite 2000 Turbo -- about 109k miles in 8 yrs-- a good family do anything car
2012 2010 FL2 SX SD Auto -- about 61k miles in 5 yrs
2017 2014 FL2 Metro SD Auto

I have enjoyed driving most of these cars over the years, and have progressed from my first car 3 speed sidevalve 36hp car (with extra heater!) to my quite luxurious auto diesel 190hp FL2 (with standard just about everything) in some 57 years.

Most importantly for me and my various jobs, they have been relatively reliable and provided transport when ever needed day or night. (They have all been regularly maintained - I owed it to them)

It looks a lot when you list them, and I haven't included my Motor caravan (now vintage) or my wife's various cars. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

We haven't seen what people owned before their FL2s lately. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

I could have sworn that Id posted on here - but maybe it was a different forum.

Since 1978...
Honda 90 - was my grandad's
Mini 1275GT - rusty unreliable smokey student mobile
MG Metro - got a job
Fiesta XR2 (mk2) - Janspeed head & exhaust
Opel Manta GTE
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L estate (kids arrived)
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 saloon
Sierra saloon x2
Peugeot 305 1.9 GLD estate - moved to Netherlands - needed a diesel
Peugeot 405 GRD estate
Peugeot 405 GTD saloon
Peugeot 205 GRD
Discovery 200TDI - back in UK, needed to tow boat /caravan
Discovery 300TDI
Discovery TD5 - remapped
Skoda Fabia VRS - modded - brakes & Suspension
Skoda Octavia VRS estate - modded suspension & remapped
BMW 330D estate MSport - lowered & remapped - track days and Nurburgring
Defender SWB Truckcab TD -did a 3.5 V8 conversion
Series 3 SWB diesel - restoration.
Audi TT 3.2 V6 - great engine - terrible chassis
Freelander 1 (x4)
Freelander 2 (x3) inc current one
Fiesta Mk7 1.1 - was daughter's before she emigrated
Fiesta Mk7 ST3 - retired - stopped commuting
Fiesta Mk8 ST3 - probably the most fun per £ you can have driving a car Jules

Last edited by jules on 24th May 2023 10:26 am. Edited 2 times in total

ok- taken 50 years but this is my list- . I thought I had posted a few years ago .
FIAT 500
SINGER GAZELLE
M G MIDGET
M G 1300
FORD ESCORT
AUSTIN ALLEGRO 1500
AUSTIN ALLEGRO ESTATE
FORD CORTINA
OPEL KADETT
VAUXHALL CAVERLIAR
FIAT STRADA
VW GOLF C
V W GOLF C
V W GOLF CL
VOLVO 340 GL 1.7
ROVER 213
CITROEN BX1.4RE
CITROEN BX 1.4RE
PEUGEOT 405GL
FIAT TEMPRA 1.6SX
FORD ESCORT 1.6DL
PEUGEOT 405GL
FORD MONDEO 1.8LXTD ESTATE
PEUGEOT 405GLX TD ESTATE
MONDEO 1.8TD LX HATCH
MONDEO 1.8LX HATCH
VAUXHALL Cavalier 1.7TD
PEUGEOT 406 LX TD
MONDEO 1.8LX TD
VAUXHALL VECTRA 1.8 LX
PEUGEOT 406 LX
PEUGEOT 406 LXTD
MERCEDES C200-DEC ’98
BMW 520I SE 99-2002
MERCEDES C 200 K AVANT-GARDE
MERCEDES C220D AVANT-GARDE ESTATE
MERCEDES C220D ADVANTGARD3 SPORT ESTATE
BMW 3 SERIES M SPORT 320D COUPE
BMW 5 Series 520SE Business Edition
LAND ROVER FREELANDER XS
Land Rover Evoque Prestige
Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE
Mercedes E220 Avant-garde
LandRover Disco Sport Dynamic 7 seater
LandRover Disco Sport Dynamic 5 seater
Audi Q5 4.00TDI S Line ( the worst car owned)  2011 XS,Sumatra Black, GONE MARCH 2014- RR Evoque Prestige 5 door ,MY 2014,Loire Blue, Silver Roof, Panoramic roof.
MY 2016 Disco Sport HSE Auto Scotia Grey,REJECTED
Mercedes E220D AMG line with air suspension(Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 21 (Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 22 (Gone)
Audi Q5 40TDI S line

Ive got to ask out of sheer curiosity, what was up with the Audi Q5 4.00TDI S Line ? Jules

When we decided to change Disco Sport we looked at Volvo XC60, Mercedes GLC and BMW X3 – the guidance from my wife was Audi  - we test drove and thought ride was good .
We then bought Q5 S line – the ride is awful – when going over rough roads ( common these days) it sways from side to side- hard ride and my wife struggles with seats due to health issues finds them very difficult to adjust.
We now consider test car had air suspension.
I have several problems- car now at 9k miles from new and have had to top up oil 3 times- told this is ‘normal’ for Audi- never done this in over 25 years.
Entertainment system keeps going off ( radio, phone, sat nav) but dealer cannot find fault.
Car intermittently ‘kangaroos’ between 25/30mph for a couple of hundred yards- yesterday did it after but this time lasted a longer distance.
Car been into Audi dealer 3 times- cannot find fault!!!
Audi dealers very poor compared to LR dealer’s.
Last time car was in they asked could keep overnight so ‘Master Technician’ could take home and see if problems occur- car was in dealers 3 days but when I looked at App it had never moved. When I rang for update told technician had driven car home and no faults- when I said I had screen shots of car sat at dealers- phone went quite !!!
Still having problems- DON’T BUY AUDI 2011 XS,Sumatra Black, GONE MARCH 2014- RR Evoque Prestige 5 door ,MY 2014,Loire Blue, Silver Roof, Panoramic roof.
MY 2016 Disco Sport HSE Auto Scotia Grey,REJECTED
Mercedes E220D AMG line with air suspension(Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 21 (Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 22 (Gone)
Audi Q5 40TDI S line

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic11539.html?

Found the other thread - Jules we are both on page 7

(Jules I found you by searching for your Opel Manta)

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic11539.ht...p;start=90 FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

Here is my entry to the list of fossil fuelled items all once owned and wished I could have them all back!
Honda Melody
Puch M50 Sport
Puch Grand Prix special
Yamaha FS1E
Kawasaki KH250
VW Beetle 1300
Ford Escort 1.3 Ghia
Citroen Visa 11e
Citroen GSA 1.3
Citroen BX 16rs
Ford RS200 mk2
Ford Capri 2.0 GT
Ford Capri 2.8 injection
Ford Escort XR3 carb
Ford Escort XR3i
Ford Fiesta XR2
Ford Fiesta 1.1 Ghia
Landrover Defender
Landrover Discovery the very 1st one, only had it one day and had it nicked, found burnt out😩
Kawasaki KH125
Kawasaki ZZR 600
Kawasaki ZZR 1100
Honda Blackbird 1100
Freelander 2 HSE
Discovery Sport 240 HSE.

Just wished I had the early Fords as they are rare now and go for crazy amounts of dosh.
The majority of the earlier motors were trade ins at the dealership when I was an apprentice back in late 70s early 80s, my life seemed to change just after the defender as this was originally ex military but had been well cared for possibly a higher ranked officer? Bikes and more bikes but you can’t match a heater and no draughty stiff neck the next day.
Yes I’m happy with my upbringing in all the trials of life and so happy with my latest. - So far!🤔

Mine;
Vauxhall Chevette
Bedford Rascal (bike carrier/changing room, as l was MTB racing back then, early 90s)
(a bit of a gap, as l used g/f's cars)
Series 2A Light-Weight
Defender 110 Hard-Top (300Tdi)
90CSW-V8
Discovery 50th Anniversary (300Tdi/manual)
Defender 110 'Heritage'

Skoda Octavia estate (1.6TDi/manual, l owned that for well over 9 years)

Mid 2021 - present day; Skoda Kodiaq (2.0TDi/manual/4×4; not the front drive only)


Girlfriend (wife since 1998)
Vauxhall Viva
Fiat Panda (original square body)
Fiat Uno (x 3)
Fiat Punto (1st shape/turbo diesel)
Fiat Tempra estate (dire!, put us off Fiats)
Volvo 740 estate
Vauxhall Astra (mk3)
Toyota Starlet
Skoda Fabia estate (1st shape)

Ford Mondeo (04 plate, company car, when she left NHS)
Jaguar XKR
Ford C-Max (utterly horrible, worst car we owned)

She then used my Octavia for a few years, so a bit of a gap

Toyota C-HR

Now; Toyota Auris Hybrid ('works van', her company)
Audi Q3

Last edited by Richard A Thackeray on 5th Mar 2024 8:23 am. Edited 2 times in total

Here is the list of my cars, owned since my first in 1972:

Austin Mini Van 1963 Sep 72-Mar 73 Beige
Austin Mini 1000 1968 Mar 73-Jul73 Blue White Roof
Sunbeam Stiletto 1967 Jul 73-Mar 74 White Black vinyl Roof
British Leyland Mini Countryman 1974 Mar 74-Apr 76 White - bought new
Lotus Elan Sprint 1971 Apr 76-Sep 76 Colorado Orange over Cirrus White
MG Midget 1972 Sep76-May 77 Harvest Gold
British Leyland Mini 1275 GT May 77-May78 Blaze Orange
Alfa Romeo Alfasud ti 1978 May 78-Jun 79 Blue - bought new
Volkswagen Golf Gti 1978 Jun 79-Jul 90 Red
British Leyland Mini 1000 Beige – station car for commuting
Vauxhall Cavalier Commander 1986 Jun 86-Oct 86 Grey – company car
Honda Civic Mk II 1980 Gold – station car for commuting
Renault 21 Estate 1986 Oct 86 - Oct 88 Blue – company car
Honda Civic Mk II Saloon 1981 Silver – station car for commuting
Renault 21 Estate 1989 Jan 88 – May 88 Blue – company car
Rover 820 Si 1988 Jun 88-Jun 90 Grey – company car
Renault 5 Campus 1988 Oct 88-Jun 00 White – bought new for wife
British Leyland Mini 1000 Automatic 1982 Apr 94-Apr 96 Silver – station car for commuting
Saab 9000 SE 1988 Jun 90-Jun 92 Silver
British Leyland Mini Metro 1982 Apr 96-Apr 98 Black – station car for commuting
Saab 9000 S 1988 Jun 92-Jun 94 Silver
Volvo 740 GLE Estate 1988 Jun 94-May 01 Silver
Saab 93 SE 1998 Mar 01-Mar 12 Blue
Ford Explorer 1998 Nov 06-Nov 19 Green – tow car for boat
Saab 93 SE 1999 Mar 12-Nov 16 Silver
Jaguar XK Convertible 2006 Nov 16-Date Indigo Blue
Honda CR-V iVTEC Executive 2005 Nov 19-Nov 21 Maroon
Land Rover Freelander 2 i6 HSE 2007 Nov 21-Date Stornoway Grey with Tundra & Alpaca interior
Lotus Elan Sprint 1972 Apr 22-Date Lotus Yellow over Cirrus White

Tim Tim

Freelander 2 HSE i6 Stornoway Grey with Alpaca & Tundra interior
Driven many miles in:
2 FL2s
1 Range Rover P38
4 Range Rover Classics
Many military LWB & 1/2 ton Lightweight Series IIA & III

Heres a list of mine, I think that's everything to date

Cars

Wolseley 1500
Austin A40 Farina
Ford Mk3 Zephyr 6
Ford Mk4 Zephyr 6
Vauxhall Viva HB
Vauxhall Viva HC
Hillman Hunter Estate
Hillman Hunter Saloon
Sunbeam Rapier
Mini Clubman Estate
Mini Saloon
Mini Van
Ford Mk 2 Escort Estate
Bedford CA Minibus
Morris Marina 7CWT Van
Rover 618i
Rover 416 SLi
Rover 820E fastback
Rover SD1 3.5 (76 model)
Rover SD1 3,5 (78 model)
Rover SD1 3,5 Vandan Plas
Rover SD1 2600S (big bumper model)
Land Rover Freelander 1, 2.5ES (Black)
Land Rover Freelander 1, 2.5ES (Met Gold)
Peugeot 406 Coupe 3litre petrol
Peugeot 407 Coupe V6 Twin Turbo Diesel
Honda 600 Touring (Auto)
Jaguar X Type 3 litre SE
Lexus IS300 Sports Back
VW Tiguan (On Lease)
Freelander 2 XS TD4
Freelander 2 SD4 HSE
Ford Cortina Mk 5
Ford Cortina Mk3
Morris Marina 1300 Estate
Ford Transit Ci Wayfarer (Pop roof Camper van)
Ford Capri GT (V4 2000cc)
Mini Metro 1300
Morris 1000 Van (Badged as Austin)
Ford Mondeo Mk5 Estate
Triumph Stag


Motor Bikes

Honda SS50
Yamaha FS1E
Honda CB250 G5
Honda 250 Super Dream Blue
Honda 250 Super Dream Red
Kawasaki KH100
Yamaha RD250 (Torque induction model)
Honda CB550
Honda CBR 1000
Honda CBR 1000
Suzuki GSX 750 ES
Suzuki GSX 750
Triumph Sprint ST 955i
Triumph Sprint ST 1050
Triumph Sprint GT SE 1050 2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

Not mine, but, as it’s ’close to home’ (even if she’s moved out)


Daughter & b/f called round in his new car at tea-time
Well, she followed in hers (late '23 Kia Sportage), as she’d taken him to pick it up

Okay, it’s not brand new, a ‘19’ plate/21,500 miles
A Mustang GT
V8/manual

It has all of the sensations of a bigger/better built(?) TVR!!!
I like it, after a drive, of course

This colour, black alloys
Right hand drive

Click image to enlarge

Great photo  2011 XS,Sumatra Black, GONE MARCH 2014- RR Evoque Prestige 5 door ,MY 2014,Loire Blue, Silver Roof, Panoramic roof.
MY 2016 Disco Sport HSE Auto Scotia Grey,REJECTED
Mercedes E220D AMG line with air suspension(Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 21 (Gone)
DS 200 SE Dynamic my 22 (Gone)
Audi Q5 40TDI S line

@GJH0702

That's not his, it's just to illustrate the colour/wheel combination