What Other Cars Do You Own?

[p1234 22 2 Cars]

Big white van as my work horse,

 

Impreza Wrx Wagon as the weekend car,

 

205 1600 for the Rallycross weekends

 

And a 205 gti 6 for track day fun.

[Baz 421]

 

My daily driver- e39 BMW M5

 

 

 

 

I reeeeally want one and have for some time now, but it really doesn't fit into the 'fleet' and would just be another indulgent toy to be quite (painfully) honest with myself!

[feb 47]

Other than the 205...

 

 

The little gay car - an '89 Eunos Roadster (JDM MX-5 basically)

 

 

I don't know whether it's gay or not but it goes really well around corners as I found out by following you last sunday on the way back from Abingdon(?) and it looks the part too

Edited November 2, 2011 by feb

[feb 47]

My daily drive is a Forester Sti but since I bought the 205 last Sunday I am going to use it until the snow comes or the roads get gritted.

Fuel economy is especially bad in town. I know people will keep saying that you don't buy a Subaru for its fuel consumption but I did not tend to use it in short distances in the past so I didn't mind that much. I must really use the bike to go to work.

It's great fun when the snow comes and with winter tyres though.

Edited November 2, 2011 by feb

[gruffa 7]

My daily drive is a Forester Sti but since I bought the 205 last Sunday I am going to use it until the snow comes or the roads get gritted.

Fuel economy is especially bad in town. I know people will keep saying that you don't buy a Subaru for its fuel consumption but I did not tend to use it in short distances in the past so I didn't mind that much. I must really use the bike to go to work.

It's great fun when the snow comes and with winter tyres though.

 

 

Great car, I used to have a P-reg St-b import (280 bhp) until it got hit up the arse at 50mph by some chinky bird in a brand new Accord

[sailtek22 0]

iv got two pug 205 gti one red track car fully striped out with just two seats and a belts in. the other 205 gti mi16 blue is my sort of every day car when im not working to far away.

i also have a smart car (misses uses it mainly) but its great on fuel ant tax a year is cheap.

also have a yamaha r1 yzf 2008.

 

b4 any one comments on the cost of all the cars i will be selling the track 205 after xmas as the new insurents rule is making it to costly to keep them all

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Got 3, plus another which isn't legally mine but is mine to fix (apparently).

 

The blue 205 Mi is in the garage with no tax or MOT. Fueling issue has kept it off the road, till I find another working AFM or raise the cash for aftermarket ECU.

 

I've a red 205 Mi thats slowly getting pulled to bits, and a Renault Clio 172 (not mine) with a knackered top end and, probably by now, bottom end too.

 

My daily runaround is recently acquired for free, Pug 306 1.4 special (electric windows/mirrors/sunroof/auto wipers etc). Had to chuck a few quid at it but got it on the road T&T for less than £500. With the work I did, it should last another couple of years too. Enjoying 40mpg too but it is very slow

[lagonda 41]

1939 (but first registered December 1940) Lagonda V12. Pictured here being delivered to me here in France. Built for the chairman of Lagonda, & has lightweight drilled racing chassis...still weighs around 2 tons! Was very lucky to find a couple of the correct downdraft SU carburettors, so it now has the 4-carb set-up as it had until 1946, when the chairman sold it. I bought this in 1976, & it has been off the road since 1981 pending total mechanical rebuild. This has now been done, just the brakes to sort out & petrol tank to instal, & I'll be driving it again.

 

1939 Lagonda LG6 special. Unusually or perhaps uniquely for the LG6 (4.5 litre straight 6), this also has a drilled chassis. The previous owner had 9" taken out of the chassis in the mistaken belief that it was a medium length chassis. Well, the chassis number alone would have told him it was a short chassis. Result is however that, with the aluminium on steel tube body, it's probably the lightest 4.5 litre Lagonda in existence. New body & entirely rebuilt mechanically...only I've had to re-rebuild most of the mechanics as the previous "professional" work was inept.

 

1951 Riley RMB, no pictures as being totally restored professionally. My first car, bought in 1974 & driven for 8 months in 1975. Took it off the road for 2-3 weeks to puy a new roof covering on...well it's been a long couple of weeks!

Edited November 8, 2011 by Henry Yorke

[Road Pest 1]

Red MR2 MK2 '93 plate, 93k on the clock. Meant to be garaged for winter due to it's aversion to any road that looks remotely damp, but as the Pug fills up with water when it rains and has to be jump started it's in unexpected use. Hopefully the Pug will be watertight and fixed soon.

[2-Pugs 57]

I reeeeally want one and have for some time now, but it really doesn't fit into the 'fleet' and would just be another indulgent toy to be quite (painfully) honest with myself!

 

Baz,

To quote Ferris Bueller:

"If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. They are so choice"

It's such a sublime car in every respect, it has real charachter and depth, I never tire of driving it and it never ceases to entertain. The price of them now is at a point where they won't loose a lot more really, so you could indulge and sell it after a 6 months or a year and not loose much at all. Just make sure you get a good one that has been looked after - as they are expensive to run and parts and seviceables can be very expensive, even more so when compared to a 205! Going to be selling mine with a heavy heart next year as two kids means I really could do with moving to an estate and my bank balance doesn't yet stretch to an E61 M5 touring :-(

[Tom Fenton 1,526]

I'm another one that fancies an M5. I have for a while, and I'm now kicking myself, as the earlier shape ones I was looking at seem to have climbed in value since the last time I looked.

[MiniGibbo 142]

Its suprising but the e39 m5 is actullly cheaper to service than a e36 m3..

 

Just the price of rear tyres that would haunt me

[Baz 421]

Especially if you put the wrong ones on and they're gone in 2k...

[205freak 7 1 Cars]

I own Opel(Vauxahll) Corsa TD as my daily driver, the new Seat ibiza 1.6TDI wife´s car and the rebuilt 205GTI1.6!!

[u47sb2 27 2 Cars]

Daily transport is a Honda Accord Tourer diesel. Or at least should be. However it is much less reliable than the 205s!! Red one has been in daily transport for the last 2 weeks.

[kyepan 291]

I also have one of these.

 

Stonking little car.

[Tom Fenton 1,526]

Daily transport is a Honda Accord Tourer diesel. Or at least should be. However it is much less reliable than the 205s

 

That really suprises me. I though the diesel Hondas were the most reliable thing going.

[MiniGibbo 142]

Theyres a lot of hairdressers on here isnt there

[erbs 42 1 Cars]

well being a gas engineer i have a MK6 Transit, great van and loads of room and the heater is the most important part of the vehicle especially in winter when i get called out, which is often but i seem to remember my 1st 205 had a great heater.

[205_sunderland 4]

Theyres a lot of hairdressers on here isnt there

 

 

Thats what i was thinking, does it come with a free tampax

 

Ill be getting an s1 elise when i get cash sorted, its the only car in that class id own, im going to get a salvage s1 and put an 18t in it like i did with me corrado. Will work well as me brother is going to want to use it when im on track days and in return he has to let me drive his 06 plate exige alone more often

 

And about m5 and m3's last time i looked m3s were way cheaper that m5s as m5s went down to 3k not so long back like someone else said they shot back up again but an e36 m3 is peanuts to buy now say £3000

[Baz 421]

 

And about m5 and m3's last time i looked m3s were way cheaper that m5s as m5s went down to 3k not so long back like someone else said they shot back up again but an e36 m3 is peanuts to buy now say £3000

 

Nobody compared the 2's values though. Servicing costs.

 

And to be fair, same as anything you get good (expensive) and bad (cheap) ones. There's more than one M3 or M5 though. Speaking generally; you could pick up an M5 for £1k, but you'll need about £15k+ for a good M3.

 

See what i did there? It's relevant but not relevant unless i state that i'm referring to an E34 and E30's. Pedantic but the details are in the er, details!

 

E39's have never been down to £3k, £5k or so plus, as a few are now. I agree with Rob, they're probably about the least they ever will be, they're commonly harped to be the best M-car ever built. I very much doubt a £3k E39 M5 will be legal or get you far... or even come with an engine, a running one anyway!!

 

E36 M3's - yes they're cheap, because they're considered comparitively crap in many ways! (they don't look much different to a 318, E30 version was a much better car, they're not 'that' quick, they're ten a penny... etc) last year there was a few about around the £2k mark! I very nearly bought a E36 M3 Individual saloon but bought a 205 instead because it was better by far.

 

IMO you can't compare the two anyway, an E39 is ALOT more car than an E36 M3.

[GLPoomobile 958]

I've been looking at E36 M3s lately and the prices are all over the place. But yes, you can get them for as little as £3k (and some at that end of the price that I've seen don't even appear to be sheds either!). I reckon they're getting to the bottom of their depreciation curve now hence why I fancy buying one soon. It's the sort of car I could enjoy for a few years without necessarily loosing much money, whereas my current 166 is something that any money I spend on it is essentially being tossed down the drain, and it'll never be worth anything when I come to sell it, and will be difficult to sell too.

[MiniGibbo 142]

E39 m5 one of the best BMW's.. That's a bold statement dude

 

I'll stand by my e36 no matter how chav they are lol.

 

It seems to be the general thaught that the 3 series has got worse with every model.

[205_sunderland 4]

I'm another one that fancies an M5. I have for a while, and I'm now kicking myself, as the earlier shape ones I was looking at seem to have climbed in value since the last time I looked.

 

 

this is what i was talking about, 12 months ago i was looking at m5s and there was a few for 3500 on ph, which yeah they were not prestine its was more tyres and exhaust bits thy needed.

 

E36 m3's will kill an e30 (not sure about normal but the evo will and i bet it would also easily which is why people drop the engines in e30's (if you get a good one with no vanos problems)

 

One of my former good friends had an M3 E30 LHD Johnny Cecotto edition no: 05/505 made and i also drove it a few times and my other m8 had an e36 m3 evo which quite happily sailed past a 360bhp escort cossie and would of killed the e30 easily.

 

Point in making is at the time i was looking i could of got an e36 m3 with 100k on for 4k min and m5s were less which is why i looked at them. And now its the other way round again

Edited November 6, 2011 by 205_sunderland

[MiniGibbo 142]

The e36 is outright faster than the e30 but smile per mile the e30 wins for most people..

 

Go back ten years and you'd pick up a e30 m3 in good nick for less than 5k, same car today would be 15k+

 

So many people must be kicking them selves they didn't buy a few of them and stuck them in the garage.