list your old cars

[Eric]

As others are posting piccies of their old cars I was feeling a bit left out, so here we go

[Welly]

NIice selection there eric - and all in tip top nick I see

I have only got the last few cars on Digital photo so I'll have to scan the others.

In the meanime.....

The MX6


The eat-your-dinner-off engine bay (45000 miles at 8 years old)


The Honda (the guy I sold it too took this pic)


The FTO (Fix Too Often)

[Eric]

NIice selection there eric - and all in tip top nick I see

The FTO (Fix Too Often)

Thanks mate, I've always coveted all my cars and lavished love and affection on them apart from the 406 I'm afraid.
The 406 is just my workhorse and doesn't fill me with passion

Looking at your old FTO, I did test drive one before I bought the MR2 but it was a dog I'm afraid, whiny gearbox and knocking from the rear suspension

[Welly]

The FTO's are realy shyte don't worry. The gear selection on this manual one was a nightmare (they're all like it) and yep - knocks from the sussy, very poor soundproofing, ticking engines, air con a nightmare with leaks, stinking interior, not that fast, and the slightest tap on the front end writes the car off....

Like this....... Although it was hardly a Tap, it was a CAT B with chassis damage.

[Eric]

The FTO's are realy shyte don't worry. The gear selection on this manual one was a nightmare (they're all like it) and yep - knocks from the sussy, very poor soundproofing, ticking engines, air con a nightmare with leaks, stinking interior, not that fast, and the slightest tap on the front end writes the car off....

Like this....... Although it was hardly a Tap, it was a CAT B with chassis damage.

I'd have to agree, that wasn't a tap
Looks even worse than when I ran the VTR (The red one in the pics above) into the back of a rover 620 at 30mph.
That was messy but £3.5k later as good as new.

[Welly]

Notice, if you will, £200.00's worth of Air Con repair (10 days before this) pissing out underneath

And, for extra fun, all FTO's of this era came minus any Air Bags, or ABS. Nice.

Interestingly, I still have the number plate for that car on my garage wall - it survived without a scratch

[Eric]

Someone on the wrong side of the road run into you?

Nasty

[Welly]

Yes, me and a czech lorry driver met head-on around the bend - there was nowhere for me to go

He admitted liability later, much later. There's a sign as you enter this road prohibiting lorries (except for loading) - he was just lost, and on the wrong side of the road.

[DaiRees]

Yes, me and a czech lorry driver met head-on around the bend - there was nowhere for me to go

He admitted liability later, much later. There's a sign as you enter this road prohibiting lorries (except for loading) - he was just lost, and on the wrong side of the road.

The pic shows your smashed up car, 2 very fresh lorry skid maks on the wrong side of the road and a load of debris, and he had the nerve to deny liablility?

[DaiRees]

Helloooooo there........Is that and early version of Mrs Dai ??

Looks very quiet around - you probably wouldn't see another soul for hours

That is the one and only Mrs Dai mate, although whether she was Mrs Dai, or Miss "Mrs Dai to be" when that photo was taken is questionable, that car was trans-marriage by a couple of years either way so I can't be sure.

Plenty of spots up that way for countryside activities , but by then we'd bought the house so I somehow doubt any took place .

[Blue406]

Notice, if you will, £200.00's worth of Air Con repair (10 days before this) pissing out underneath

And, for extra fun, all FTO's of this era came minus any Air Bags, or ABS. Nice.

Interestingly, I still have the number plate for that car on my garage wall - it survived without a scratch

Dear god Welts!
You were lucky there! I've seen pics of eerily similar crashes where it did not turn out so good for the car driver!

On a similar note with your £200 repairs just befor ethe accident: I had just Serviced, taxed, filled to the brim with petrol and blessed with 4 brand new tyres the Nissan Primera I had. Only for its bonnet to flip up on the motorway (writing it off in the process) the next week!

[TooT]

This is the only digital pics i have of my previous cars. Not that you want to see any of the other ones *yawns*




Thats one of my mates Golf in the garage (the begining of a failed project)

[STALLED]

What year was that Ibiza? Seems a tad new to be on a "N" reg?

[Captain Jack]

He's a posh git with a private plate - N.Tootle ;)

[steve_earwig]

A whole different perspective...


Seriously, you were really lucky too!

He admitted liability later, much later.

When he realised that there were photos showing that, not only was he in a prohibited area, he was on the wrong side of the road and going too fast (check them skidmarks!)