Easy.

1983 A Fiat Uno 55s in blue
1984 B Vauxhall Nova SR in white
1993 L Vauxhall Corsa SRi in Caribic Blue - only new car i've ever bought!
1983 A Suzuki SJ 410 in white - wife got the Corsa in the divorce!
1990 G Volvo 480 ES in smoke silver
1994 M Saab 900 SE Turbo in Imola Red
1994 M Citroen Xantia Tdi alledgedly white! Had to sell Saab to do up the house....
1998 R Alfa Romeo GTV in Dark Grey
2002 BMW 320D SE in Orient Blue, resprayed Mini Cooper Grey
2004 BMW X5 3.0d Sport in Black

For a spell i tried to get cars that others weren't driving, like the Volvo with the pop up lights, that was a great car, never had a problem with it in 3 years. The Saab was mint and went like stink. Had a lot of fun surprising all the Subaru drivers who thought they were jet pilots. It had been an ex fleet car and had every conceivable extra including lowered sports suspension was sad to see it go but had to spend cash on the house. The Alfa was a drivers dream, like a little go cart, shame the electric had been designed and installed by monkeys! Blew fuses every month.

Brings me to my X5. 4 years old when i got it. Someone had paid £52400k for it with all its extras, i paid £16100. Thats why i'll never buy a new car again!

But..... Wobbly drive problem that nobody seems to be able to cure, so bad that i've had to unplug the transfer box actuator and make it rear wheel drive only, wing mirrors that dont fold properly, boot (trunk for the yankees) lid that only opens with remote, and now my bloody drivers door only opens from the inside. Has to be the most unreliable car i've ever had...... Disappointed doesnt even come close.....

1985 VW GTI - Black
1985 Bronco II Eddie Bauer - Blue
1986 Jeep CJ-7 - Brown
1986 Ford Mustang GT Convertible - Red
1992 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible - Red
1993 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible - White
1998 Ford Contour SVT - Silver
2000 Ford Mustang GT Convertible - Silver
2001 Ford Explorer Limited V8 - White
2004 Lexus IS300 - Silver
2005 BMW 525i - Silver Gray Metallic
2005 BMW 330cic ZHP - Titanium Silver
2005 BMW X5 4.4i - Alpine White
2007 BMW 335i - Titanium Silver Metallic
2008 BMW 535i - Platinum Gray Metallic
2008 Honda Odyssey - Gray
2011 BMW X5 50i - Alpine White

If you had bought it new, it might not have those problems

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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Just for the sake of an update, I got my old 93 325is back and will be doing front end work then painting it... doing it all myself! (friend couldn't finish paying and wrecked it, just gave it back to call it even)

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"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" (Bender, futurama)

You make something idiotproof, they'll make a better idiot

You think professional is expensive, just wait until you pay for amateur.

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

X5 pics

RIP 4.6is.....

2003 4.6is

84 Oldsmobile Cutlass
83 Ford Mustang
86 Ford Mustang
91 Eagle Talon
89 Ford Mustang
88 VW Fox
90 Nissan Maxima
? Jeep Cherokee
93 Mazda RX7
98 BMW M3
87 Nissan Stanza
00 Nissan Pathfinder SE
03 VW Jetta 1.8T
04 BMW X5
08 Nissan Pathfinder SE

Im sure Im forgetting some...

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04 Titanium Silver X5
98 Fern Green M3/2

Cars with the * are the current cars but the 07 Mazdaspeed3 is going to its new owner in about 3 hours and the 95 M3 is leaving the stable tomorrow.

77 Rabbit - yellow
82 T1000 - blue (it was cheap and reliable haha)
86 Scirocco - beige
94 Golf - blue (our first and only new car until we bought the 07 MS3 new)
86 200SX - silver
81 Scirocco - red
85 Audi Coupe - blue
89 Scirocco Scala - blue
91 Jetta - white
86 Jetta GLI - gray
92 Jetta GLI 16V - black
82 Scirocco roofless - tan
88 Scirocco 16V - red
87 Scirocco 16V - silver
86 Rabbit conv - white
82 Rabbit conv Callaway turbo - gray
95 GTI VR6 - black
92 GTI 16V 2.0 - green
97 Jetta GLX - red
90 Cabriolet - red
88 325is - black
86 325es - red
92 325i - red
90 325iX - red
*95 M3 - black
86 325e - white
97 M3/4 - white
*07 Mazdaspeed3 - blue
06 Titan - blue
95 M3 - blue
*05 330i ZHP - red
*90 RX-7 conv - red, 47k miles
*02 X5 - white

Thunder, that's a very valid point, but if I had £52000 to spare I wouldn't be spending it on a car!

True, I would go with the hookers and blow too

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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I've never put these down on paper before, but I should if even just for future reference.

I bought my first car in 1999, started driving in 2002. Listed in order of purchase date:

1978 Volvo 242GT
1983 Volvo 244 Turbo
1987 BMW 535is blue
1995 BMW M3
2003 MINI Cooper S
1997 BMW M3/4
1969 MGB GT
1987 BMW 535is red
1971 Land Rover Series IIA
1999 BMW 528i
2006 MINI Cooper S
2000 BMW 323cic
1997 Ford Crown Victoria P71
2002 MINI Cooper
1998 BMW M3/4
1995 Porsche 911
1989 BMW 325i
2006 Jeep Wrangler
1978 MGB roadster
2009 MINI Cooper
1998 Mustang Cobra
1992 Volvo 240
1992 Range Rover
2010 Mazda 3s hatch
1996 Lincoln Town Car
1989 Mercedes 300TE


I think that is it so far, but I went over the list three times and kept remembering ones that I left out. I usually have owned more than one car at a time. I was raised in a family that has always been in the car business. From the time I was 3 years old I remember a different car every few months. Unfortunately I've kept that going a bit, the only difference being that I have to pay for them.

I am looking for an early X5 or X3 as a do-it-all to get back to owning just one car.