car history??

[liam944nova]

there is probably another thread on this but cant find it me and my mate where talking the other day about all the cars we've had. ave been driving 5 years and i've had 19 cars. how many cars ave you had?

1.1991 ford escort 1.4
2.1991 nova 1.4 flair with sr seats,15"fan blades,spot lights
3.1990 astra 1.8 sri
4.1991 nova 1.0-converted to 1.4sr everything removed from 91 rotten sr
5.1988 renault 5gt turbo
6.1992 nova 1.4sri
7.1995 cavalier sri 16v
8.1991 nova sr
9.1994 astra cesaro 2.0 8v
10.1995 corsa sri
11.1992 nova 1.2-converted to 1.6 gte
12.1996 renault clio 1.2
13.1995 cavalier sri 16v
14.1994 corsa flair
15.1996 astra sport 1.8 16v
16.1997 ford fiesta 1.3
17.1994 astra 1.4 swing
18.1998 ford escort van
19.2002 renault meagane 16v
20. ??????

[Andy]

1.VW Scirocco GT
2.Ford fiesta 1.0
3.Nova 1l
4.Fiesta 1.1
5.Escort 1.3
6.Astra Gte rep 1.3
7.Rover 216 Gti
8.Cavalier 1.6
9.Escort XR3i
10.309 Gti
11.Mondeo Estate
12.Escort 90 Van
13 Transit 1800
14.Nova Sri
15.Nova 1.2
16.Nova Gte
17.Nova 1l
18.Nova Sr
19.Peugeot 306
20.Nova 1l
21.Astra Gte 8v
These arent in order lol

[twistysnovagte]

driving 5 years also
1,96 escort ghia 1.6 (around 12 month)

2,nova 1.6 gte( 2004-present)

[Iain]

Mine's equally uninspiring

1. Nova 1.2
2. Nova 1.6

[Mike]

Year of purchase first, year of manufacture second

1) 2004 - 1990 R5 GT Turbo
2) 2004 - 1989 205 GTi 1.6
3) 2004 - 1992 Nova SR 1.4
4) 2004 - 2004 Yaris 1.3 VVTi
5) 2004 - 1992 Nova SRi 1.6 conv
6) 2005 - 1989 205 1.4
7) 2005 - 1988 R5 Campus
8) 2005 - 1997 106 GTi (Salvage Recovery)
9) 2006 - 1991 Nova Spin (Rolling shell) to re-shell SR
10) 2006 - 1993 Nova SRi (salvage, purchased to break)
11) 2007 - 1996 Corsa LS 1.2
12) 2007 - 1998 Fiesta 1.3 Zetec
13) 2007 - 1992 Cavalier GSL 2.0
14) 2008 - 1995 Fiat Punto 1.1 SX
15) 2008 - 1995 Pug Boxer Van 1.9D
16) 2008 - 1998 Astra Mk3 Sport
17) 2008 - 1992 Nova 1.5D Van
18) 2008 - 1998 Corsa 12v Van Conversion

In between all the above, a variation of rally cars from FWD, to RWD & 4x4 but none of which were ever used on the road. And TBH theres prolly a few more i could add to the above i think...

EDIT: Actually, there about another 10+ salvage cars ive had that have either been broke for parts or repaired to sell lol lol

[BIGS]

1. nova merit + 1.2 mk2
2. ford escort 1.6 16v LX :(
3. nova 1.4 sr mk2
4. 1.0 VW Polo mk2
5. ford escort 1.6 16v LX ( AGAIN )
6. nova 1.2 luxe mk2
7. nova GTE
8. nova 1.2 expression mk2
9. nova 1.2 saloon mk1 :cool:

[NovaLad]

1 car - Nova 1.2 carb.

Hope to keep this car for a long time but have another car as i get sick of not having people in the back of the nova.

(Cr4p rear suspension setup)

[Mike]

lol im tempted to edit mine and add the "what happened" to them lol lol

EDIT: New it, i forgot the VTR ;)

[Brodie_Sri]

I will of been driving for 5 years in January and still have my first car
1 1993 Vauxhall Nova SRI
2 1992 Vauxhall Astra GSI (Redtop)
3 2002 Vw Golf gt tdi 150

[wilson_sri]

vauxhall corsa
vauxhall astra mk3 gsi
vauxhall cavalier sri
vauxhall corsa with c20let
Volkswagen Corrado 16v
peugeot 106
vauxhall nova mk2 saloon
vauxhall nova mk1 saloon
vauxhall nova gsi

In no particular order really.

[Spudly]

Started off with...

85 B reg toyota Starlet... Never saw the road.
86 C reg nova 1ltr with sport style skirts... Never saw the road
91 J reg rover 414 sli, k16 engine (head = FAIL)
91 J reg rover 414 sli, k16 enigne (head = started to FAIL, gearbox beat it though)
89 H reg fiesta 1.1 (sold on changed hands twice before being scrapped)
92 K reg fiesta 1.1 (binned in town cos i was fcuking stupid)
90 H reg rover 216 sli, honda engine (gearbox = FAIL, repeatedly)
89 G reg nova 1.4 with abyss kit (swapped for rover 216) ended up sold on with head gasket FAIL
89 G reg metro GTi (fast as hell but a total rotbox)
91 J reg sh!troen zx 1.4 (swapped for metro)
90 H reg mk2 nova 1.4 SR (written off 3 months later by a NOB)
89 H reg mk2 nova 1.2 (ended up near perfect SR rep, lost her due to rot issues though)
92 K reg nova 1.2 merit with XE, F28, rear discs, and coilovers (miss this car was too immature to own it at the time so i sold on)
92 K reg nova 1.2spi (salvaged from simpson salvage, now owned by martin)
87 E reg nova 1.3SR (bought to restore but far too gone to save so broke for bits)
93 K reg cav 1.7td (current car, full diplomat leather and GSi spec:thumb: )

Thats my list for now but hoping to add another nova to the "current" listlol

[Dar]

Mini 1275GT - (Bought 1990) Sold
Metro Turbo - (Bought 1994) Sold
Vauxhall Carlton - (Bought 1996) Blew up then sold
Ford Onion - (Bought 1998) Blew up

Peugeot 306 GTI-6 (Bought 2000) Still own
Nova - (Bought 2003) Still own
Vauxhall Monterey (Bought 2007) Still own

[b3n^]

2006: Nova 1.3 SR
2008: Astra MK4 1.8 Sport (current)
2008: Another Nova!!!

[Lee H]

F reg Nova 1.0 (SR replica) - first car, loved it to bits

H reg Nova Gsi - Fitted XE, then LET, then had full strip down rebuild, still own it but its hardly ever on the road

G reg Renault 5 GT turbo - Low mileage minter, running 180bhp, most reliable car i've had amazingly, shouldn't have sold it

E reg Nova SR - Total rust bucket, XE'd it then ended up scrapping it

K reg Nova GSi - fitted XE and then sold it when MOT was due

H reg Celica GT4 - Big disappointment, absolutely hammered fuel and wasn't that fast

L reg Corsa SRi - fitted LET and F28, hated it so broke it, will never have another Corsa

K reg Nova Flair - fitted XE, current daily driver, quickest XE i've had, just bought a LET to fit now though

[novait]

had a reg 1.0ltr nova fell apart

then f reg 1.3l nova still own and playing with..

[Mike]

A lot of Ex R5 GTT owners here aint there lol

[Andy]

Theres a lot of hot hatch owners in general

[Sturge]

1. 87 Renault 5, 5dr - crashed
2. 89 Nova 1.3 SR - sold to buy....
3. 93 Nova SRi - blew engine, started x16xe conversion, scrapped due to rot
4. 89 Nova GTE - most fun car I've ever had, killed 2 engines then scrapped
5. 91 Cavalier GSi 4x4 - nice enough, scrapped in the end though
6. L reg Nova Merit+ - crashed, fixed as gsi rep, gf crashed it twice, now tucked away in dry storage
7. 91 Nova SRi - bought for £30, ran it for 6 months then stripped it for bits
8. 89 Nova 1.0 - stripped for bits
9. 95 Cavalier 1.7td - great car but guess where it ended up lol
10. 89 BMW E30 325 Sport - bought with knack'd engine, mid conversion
11. 87 E30 325 Sport Tech1 - Engine+box currently sat waiting to go in ^
12. 00 Saxo VTS - Good fun but sold before the imminent problems started
13. 00 Impreza P1 - best car I've ever driven (and thats a lot) sold due to messy break up with ex
14. 86 Nova Sport - still awaiting restoration
15. 95 Astra 1.7D Estate - slower than stop but fantastic workhorse, sold
16. 96 MK3 Golf GTi 8v - more trouble than it was worth, about to be scrapped
17. 93 Land Rover Discovery 300TDi - in need of some welding
18. 98 Astra Mk4 1.8 Sport - can't fault it so far
19. 89 Nova 1.2 Merit - coming to a project thread near you soon
20. 84 Nova 1.2 Swing - couldn't resist a minter

6, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19 in my posession still, collecting 20 this week

[Martingsi]

1996 escort 1600, blew up (sorry mum!)
1992 escort 1400, scrapped
1992 nova gsi, crashed :(
1991 nova sr, current project....
been driving under a year

[ade]

our wee family...

1. J Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Spin - currently in bits in garage (1997 to date)
2. V Seat Ibiza - was the wifes passed to me (and now passed back)
3. 53 Volvo 2.0 S40 sport
4. 07 Kia Sorento 2.5 XE TDi
5. E 88 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR

still have both Novas the Ibiza and the Sorento...

[retrimmer-oz]

ive been driving a year...
2006- 1989 1.5td nova rotten!
2006-mini clubman- sold to buy nova
2007-nova flair 1.2 now a 1.4sr
2007-vw golf 1.6 cl - too slow
2007-volkswagen bay window camper -currently being rebuilt!
2008- vw golf gti 16v never got to finish so old owner had it back!

only got the van and the nova now!after another one tho!

[Adam*D]

Been driving 10+ years!

1. 1990 Nova 1.2 (ended up with over £10k in this but thats a long story!lol )
2. 19961.7 TD cav
3. 1997 1.7 TD vectra
4. 1991 Golf G60
5. 1995 Rover tomcat
6. 2001 Vectra SRi 140
7. 1991 2.5 TD shogun
8. 1994 2.8 TD shogun swb
9. 1992 3.0 V6 shogun
10. 1995 3.5 V6 shogun (lpg)
11. 1998 corsa 2.0xe
12. 2007 mazda 5 2.0 sport
13. My current nova! (also have an MGF:eek: )

Between owning all these I've also owned.....
1988 E30 325
1995 E36 325
1991 golf 1.6
1990 toyota townace 2.0td
1992 vauxhall albany 2.0
1996 astra 1.4
1988 nova 2.0xe
1999 106 gti
1995 xantia

My problem is I see something I like and just buy itlol lol lol , the wife goes mad!
Aswell as owning these......... I've also bought cars to break:eek: lol lol lol
Quite a few eh?