What was/is the best car you ever had?

Regarding driver pleasure a Sierra Cosworth, stolen from my drive a Saturday evening and found by police Monday morning stripped down only leaving the body shell.
I have to say my present car a Volvo V90 estate is by far the most reliable well built car I have ever owned. The only problem is like most present day cars it has to many gadgets lol. I still on occasions have to refer to the handbook or go through the onboard computer online manual to find out how to adjust, turn on or off something.
Worst cars landrovefr Rangerover and Defender. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. Crap build quality and always breaking down. Friend has a 2 year old Rangerover that's in dealers more than he has it.
 
Obanboy666 said:
Regarding driver pleasure a Sierra Cosworth, stolen from my drive a Saturday evening and found by police Monday morning stripped down only leaving the body shell.
I have to say my present car a Volvo V90 estate is by far the most reliable well built car I have ever owned. The only problem is like most present day cars it has to many gadgets lol. I still on occasions have to refer to the handbook or go through the onboard computer online manual to find out how to adjust, turn on or off something.
Worst cars landrovefr Rangerover and Defender. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. Crap build quality and always breaking down. Friend has a 2 year old Rangerover that's in dealers more than he has it.
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Take care of the clutch on the volvo, its one of those new springey units and have been known to lie down, and yes to much sh one t in cars.
 
Reiverlad said:
I have just taken ownership of my dad's classic 1970 Morris Minor pickup.
It had sat in the garage for 6 years but is currently being brought back to life by an enthusiast and being given an mot

Looking forward to driving it sometime soon !
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Way back around 1967 I was given under rather sad circumstances a British Racing Green Morris Minor 1000 convertible. For a young loon who had only just passed his driving test this was the bees knees and way nicer than any cars my pals owned. I kept this car all through my time at university and had great times with it.
The story behind me being given the car was that it belonged to the son of a family who were best friends of my parents. Unfortunately their son was killed when he was on board a plane that exploded mid air. It was believed to have been an unsuccessful attempt to kill Archbishop Makarios who the Greek Cypriots wrongly believed was on that flight. The family gave the car to me because they told my parents that their son thought really highly of me!! Quite why I have no idea.
 
Depends on your definition of 'best'.

My favourites have been the three pre-1990 Minis that I've owned. Great little run-arounds, and less than £1,000 each. It's amazing what you can fit in the back of one.
 
The fastest and most fun was a 1994 Pontiac Trans am around 400 BHP and no traction control 😁 I've owned many American cars over the years another good one was a 1964 ford galaxie 500 NASCAR replica 7.5 litre was a handful
 
First car was a 1965 850 mini (DBD104C) that doing my apprenticeship with an Austin Morris factory mechanic wouldn’t let me drive it until we’d done a nut and bolt restoration, loved that car ,
Replaced it with a Alfasud cloverleaf bought for £50 from starmers scrap yard in bythorn did loads of welding to get thru the mot kept it for three months until someone offered me £400 for it and the registration was POR911S
Last seen on a Porsche 911 😭😭😭😭😭how much is that reg worth now
 
I bought this car new in 2018. Makes no sense financially but I normally get bored and change my cars every 3 or 4 years.20180723_173702.jpgI still look back at this after parking it and still get a thrill everytime I drive it It's a keeper.
 
I think if we're doing Favorites would be my Chevy C10 fleet side pickup, and the Audi A6 S line we had about 4 years ago, it had to go as the heater was wonky and in winter it was just too cold so we sold it, but otherwise it was a seriously nice jam jar.
 
Pudsey Bear said:
I think if we're doing Favorites would be my Chevy C10 fleet side pickup, and the Audi A6 S line we had about 4 years ago, it had to go as the heater was wonky and in winter it was just too cold so we sold it, but otherwise it was a seriously nice jam jar.
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This is the problem, isn't it? The nicest cars tend to also be a potential money-pit if things start to go wrong. I really liked my Citroen DS5 that I bought as a ex-demo. Lovely styling and interior, but I started getting very nervous about its Robotic gearbox (similar type of thing to the Fiat Comfortmatic I believe?) developing a problem and decided to trade it in when it was 3 1/2 years old (so out of warranty).
Swapped it for a 3 month Vauxhall Corsa - cost me the DS5 plus £50 to change. Corsa is a much simplier car but still very nice and have had that for 6 1/2 years now (never ever had a car that long before!).

People seem to always rave about the quality of Toyotas, Hondas and VWs ... The most expensive cars I have had in terms of repair costs have been Toyotas, a Honda and a VW ;) And the cheapest and most reliable have been Vauxhalls and Nissans (and the Citroens never actually let me down either). So my experience is opposite of the norm.

Of course the worst car for reliability has to have been the Austin Ambassador I had as a Company Car. Had it for 13 months, and it was off the road at various times for various times for 41 working days. Had about 8 different Ford Sierra hire cars in those 13 months :)
 
runnach said:
That is a Bonny motor, Pat!!
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That is exactly the reason I wanted it !!
My dad also had a traveller which does need a lot more work to get it running again tho.
So we did a bit of bartering - he brings the pickup up to scratch and gets it with an mot - and he can have the traveller to work on !!
win - win for both of us.
 
Reiverlad said:
That is exactly the reason I wanted it !!
My dad also had a traveller which does need a lot more work to get it running again tho.
So we did a bit of bartering - he brings the pickup up to scratch and gets it with an mot - and he can have the traveller to work on !!
win - win for both of us.
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A defo win win Pat, is it the traveller that has the rear woodwork?
 
runnach said:
A defo win win Pat, is it the traveller that has the rear woodwork?
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Yeah - the good thing about my dad's traveller is that the wood is in good condition - just the floor and sills need welding !!
Among other things.
 
Reiverlad said:
Yeah - the good thing about my dad's traveller is that the wood is in good condition - just the floor and sills need welding !!
Among other things.
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Must be a real scunner when the motor fails an mot for having woodworm 😂
 
You dont have to get a mot for cars over 40 years old, a few more years and my old skodas will be over that, all my bikes are now.
 
trevskoda said:
You dont have to get a mot for cars over 40 years old, a few more years and my old skodas will be over that, all my bikes are now.
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Whilst you are right Trev, the consensus in my car club is that although we are usually all able to fix stuff, it's considered a good idea to have a second opinion.

Our sons currently want my car when I pop my clogs. I don't want them to inherit something intrinsically unsafe.
 
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