Car history, or at least some of it....
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Car history, or at least some of it....
Had a little time to play and thought I'd share a few of my past rides, don't have pics of all of them on the pc unfortunately, but a few highlights of fairly ordinary cars owned over the years I guess, but loved them all....(mostly)
A few company cars come to mind...
Vauxhall Astra SXI around 6 months and approx. 28,000 miles ( no pics )
Toyota Camry for a few months and 9,000 miles ( no pics)
Audi 80 1.9 Tdi for around a year and 53,000 miles This was a great car, reliable and good looking in its day, solidly put together too
Peugeot 309 1.9GLD
This was my company car from new, a 1.9d little dog of a car as I seem to remember some journalist calling it. Got it from new with 7 miles on the clock and she went back 3 years later with 196,358 miles
I was doing serious mileage as a sales rep at the time. She was in and out of quarries all day long, up hill and down dale, ragged along the motorways and never let me down once.
VW Golf 2.0TD I think it was, solid little run around for a wee temp slot
Rover 400, uninspiring to say the least, short term car, only for around 2 weeks
Vauxhall Vectra, another temporary car.....Must have been around Christmas as I used to sometimes decorate the car for the kids when they were young, they loved it, lol
Vauxhall Vectra - not one of my favourites, the company insisted so we had about a dozen, various bits falling off them here there n everywhere.
I only had it for about 20 months or so and put a tad over 110,000 miles on her.
Once drove it from Glasgow to Bolton with no clutch...lol
Early Ford Mondeo 1.8TD, Had one in red for 3 years and put 160,000 miles on her, great little workhorse replacing the Sierra around that time
Had another, this time in green as I was sick of Red and again for about a little over 2 years, this time 130,000 miles
Loved the Ford brand in general and the Mondeo in particular, never let me down
Ford Mondeo in Silver 2.0 Tdci Zetec for about a year and just a little under 50,000 miles ( no pics )
Ford Mondeo - had about 5 or 6 of them as company cars, this was a brief ownership and put around 22,000 miles on it, no issues, very reliable workhorse
Saab 93 1.9TDI
Jaguar X type for the wife, 2.5V6, loved it, lots of compliments!
Joined the forum as member #107 at this time
Saab 1.9 Tdi remapped to 175bhp, great little car and loved it, just got too small as the kids grew, 2 years and 81,000 miles before trading in for the Audi A6
Always remember going out to work one day in the Saab and coming home later with the Audi, the wife was surprised!!!
Another Ford Mondeo ST Tdci remapped to 195bhp, this time for the wife, but also my plaything, loadsa fun and amazing mpg too, 6000 miles
Did I mention I loved the Fords?
Audi A6 and Mondy
Wifes Passat 1.9 Tdi highline, great car, great workhorse and really good mpg, decent pulling power for its size too, so reliable
Audi A6 - Loved this car, had its fair share of issues but Audi stepped up on every one. Mileage really started to fall, about 60,000 in 2 years became around 114,000 miles in total for 6 years
Now my wife's ride.....doesn't look like this anymore
Audi and Passat
Current ride, Jaguar XJ X358, Had her around 14 months and low mileage at about 15,000 miles in my ownership. Peter's X type in the background
Jag playthings for the day courtesy of Jaguar invite.....great day out!
Maybe not the best car history in the world ever, not the worst either I guess.
Between all of the above cars, a lot of them as company cars doing stellar mileage, plus private ownership for my wife and myself from time to time, hire cars etc etc......
I've travelled well over 1M miles in a little over 24 years, probably more than most will travel in a lifetime.
Thanks for looking
What about yours??
A few company cars come to mind...
Vauxhall Astra SXI around 6 months and approx. 28,000 miles ( no pics )
Toyota Camry for a few months and 9,000 miles ( no pics)
Audi 80 1.9 Tdi for around a year and 53,000 miles This was a great car, reliable and good looking in its day, solidly put together too
Peugeot 309 1.9GLD
This was my company car from new, a 1.9d little dog of a car as I seem to remember some journalist calling it. Got it from new with 7 miles on the clock and she went back 3 years later with 196,358 miles
I was doing serious mileage as a sales rep at the time. She was in and out of quarries all day long, up hill and down dale, ragged along the motorways and never let me down once.
VW Golf 2.0TD I think it was, solid little run around for a wee temp slot
Rover 400, uninspiring to say the least, short term car, only for around 2 weeks
Vauxhall Vectra, another temporary car.....Must have been around Christmas as I used to sometimes decorate the car for the kids when they were young, they loved it, lol
Vauxhall Vectra - not one of my favourites, the company insisted so we had about a dozen, various bits falling off them here there n everywhere.
I only had it for about 20 months or so and put a tad over 110,000 miles on her.
Once drove it from Glasgow to Bolton with no clutch...lol
Early Ford Mondeo 1.8TD, Had one in red for 3 years and put 160,000 miles on her, great little workhorse replacing the Sierra around that time
Had another, this time in green as I was sick of Red and again for about a little over 2 years, this time 130,000 miles
Loved the Ford brand in general and the Mondeo in particular, never let me down
Ford Mondeo in Silver 2.0 Tdci Zetec for about a year and just a little under 50,000 miles ( no pics )
Ford Mondeo - had about 5 or 6 of them as company cars, this was a brief ownership and put around 22,000 miles on it, no issues, very reliable workhorse
Saab 93 1.9TDI
Jaguar X type for the wife, 2.5V6, loved it, lots of compliments!
Joined the forum as member #107 at this time
Saab 1.9 Tdi remapped to 175bhp, great little car and loved it, just got too small as the kids grew, 2 years and 81,000 miles before trading in for the Audi A6
Always remember going out to work one day in the Saab and coming home later with the Audi, the wife was surprised!!!
Another Ford Mondeo ST Tdci remapped to 195bhp, this time for the wife, but also my plaything, loadsa fun and amazing mpg too, 6000 miles
Did I mention I loved the Fords?
Audi A6 and Mondy
Wifes Passat 1.9 Tdi highline, great car, great workhorse and really good mpg, decent pulling power for its size too, so reliable
Audi A6 - Loved this car, had its fair share of issues but Audi stepped up on every one. Mileage really started to fall, about 60,000 in 2 years became around 114,000 miles in total for 6 years
Now my wife's ride.....doesn't look like this anymore
Audi and Passat
Current ride, Jaguar XJ X358, Had her around 14 months and low mileage at about 15,000 miles in my ownership. Peter's X type in the background
Jag playthings for the day courtesy of Jaguar invite.....great day out!
Maybe not the best car history in the world ever, not the worst either I guess.
Between all of the above cars, a lot of them as company cars doing stellar mileage, plus private ownership for my wife and myself from time to time, hire cars etc etc......
I've travelled well over 1M miles in a little over 24 years, probably more than most will travel in a lifetime.
Thanks for looking
What about yours??
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Sorry,I missed this topic .
Here's the brief history , pics later to follow
1988 Daimler Six (the most terrible one )
1995 Daimler Six (the best riding Jaguar )
1996 Cadillac Seville STS (I don't wanna throw anything on it )
2003 Cadillac Escalade (as large as Queen Marry VIIII , if it exists )
2000 Cadillac Seville STS (FWD Sucks )
1993 Daimler Six (my fave Jaguar model but not a trouble free car )
2012 Mercedes-Benz W212 E250 (the best car by far )
Here's the brief history , pics later to follow
1988 Daimler Six (the most terrible one )
1995 Daimler Six (the best riding Jaguar )
1996 Cadillac Seville STS (I don't wanna throw anything on it )
2003 Cadillac Escalade (as large as Queen Marry VIIII , if it exists )
2000 Cadillac Seville STS (FWD Sucks )
1993 Daimler Six (my fave Jaguar model but not a trouble free car )
2012 Mercedes-Benz W212 E250 (the best car by far )
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I'll play. In order of ownership.
1956 Vauxhall Velox
Morris Oxford ute (the xocart)
Humber 80
Austin A40
77 Mitsubishi Lancer
67 Triumph Herald
71 Hillman Hunter
64 Mini Cooper
Mk1 Cortina
47 Chevrolet Fletmaster
LJ Torana
HQ Holden Kingswood
HJ Holden Kinswood V8
Triumph TR7
77 Fairmont GXL Coupe(With GT 351 and FMX)
XD Falcon
HR Holden ute
84 Volvo 240GL
ED Falcon Wagon
94 Ford Laser
96 XJ Cherokee (17 year affair)
2007 Mazda 3
73 XJ6
2011 KK Cherokee
Motorcycles:
Suzuki GT50E
Suzuki GT125 X4
Yamaha RD400
Suzuki GSX400
Suzuki GSX750ES
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Suzuki 85 GSXR750
Suzuki 80 GS1000
Suzuki GSX1100ESF
Suzuki Titian 500
Suzuki 87 GSXR750
Suzuki Katana 1100
Yamaha YZ125
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Kawasaki Jet Ski 440
Suzuki GSX750ES
Kawasaki Z1R
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Suzuki GSX1100ET (Track bike)
Suzuki PE175
Honda VF750
Montessa Cota 247
Suzuki GS750
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Moto Guzzi T4(850)
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Yamaha FJ1200
Yamaha XJR1300
Kawasaki Z200 Cafe Racer (built)
Triumph Boneville 800(01)
Kawasaki ZRX1100
As you can see I was Suzuki mad in the 80's and 90's.(the 1981 GSX1100ET was a fav,had a few of them)
Pictures in my albums.
Previous vehicles by o1xjr | JaguarForums.com
1956 Vauxhall Velox
Morris Oxford ute (the xocart)
Humber 80
Austin A40
77 Mitsubishi Lancer
67 Triumph Herald
71 Hillman Hunter
64 Mini Cooper
Mk1 Cortina
47 Chevrolet Fletmaster
LJ Torana
HQ Holden Kingswood
HJ Holden Kinswood V8
Triumph TR7
77 Fairmont GXL Coupe(With GT 351 and FMX)
XD Falcon
HR Holden ute
84 Volvo 240GL
ED Falcon Wagon
94 Ford Laser
96 XJ Cherokee (17 year affair)
2007 Mazda 3
73 XJ6
2011 KK Cherokee
Motorcycles:
Suzuki GT50E
Suzuki GT125 X4
Yamaha RD400
Suzuki GSX400
Suzuki GSX750ES
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Suzuki 85 GSXR750
Suzuki 80 GS1000
Suzuki GSX1100ESF
Suzuki Titian 500
Suzuki 87 GSXR750
Suzuki Katana 1100
Yamaha YZ125
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Kawasaki Jet Ski 440
Suzuki GSX750ES
Kawasaki Z1R
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Suzuki GSX1100ET (Track bike)
Suzuki PE175
Honda VF750
Montessa Cota 247
Suzuki GS750
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Moto Guzzi T4(850)
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Yamaha FJ1200
Yamaha XJR1300
Kawasaki Z200 Cafe Racer (built)
Triumph Boneville 800(01)
Kawasaki ZRX1100
As you can see I was Suzuki mad in the 80's and 90's.(the 1981 GSX1100ET was a fav,had a few of them)
Pictures in my albums.
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