62: 2016 Hyundai i30 CRDi

 

Very new. 57k. Fingers crossed.

https://www.fuelly.com/

4 weeks edit: Drivers seat is killing my back to death. 

61: 2012 Renault Megane Coupe DCi - "Gothly"

 

Denty finally succumbed to age, rust and oil consumption. Gothly discovered mid-pandemic (August 2020) at tame local garage for £bargain.

https://www.fuelly.com/ 

https://www.flickr.com/

60: 2008 Toyota Prius T-Spirit "Woody"

Oh! Electrickery!

Quite expensive, full history, no sunroof, 55mpg on day one. Fingers crossed.

Edit: July 2021. Had this over 2 years which is something of a record. 25k @ 51.6mpg overall including some rotten driving conditions, an exhaust ££ and 2 wheel bearings £££. An very good car, will miss.

Would have got a new shape one if they didn't start at about 16 grand.

https://www.fuelly.com/

59: 1994 Renault 19 1.4 RTi

Old, green, lovely. Good lady Dr's first car was a 19, and her favourite colour is green, so couldn't say no.

Squishy of seat. 

58: 2012 Kia Venga 1.6 Petrol Manual

Tall, comfy, easy to get in and out of with my ruined back, massive opening glass roof, cost twice what the Merc did but feels a much shrewder purchase*. Fingers crossed...

*tempting fate claxon

Update after 15k miles. Bit crap on fuel (37mpg avg?). Otherwise pretty faultless.

Edit 07/2019: Remained basically faultless. Chopped in for the prius after 17500 miles. Averaged a disappointing 36.9mpg over all, but otherwise a very good vehicle.

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57: 2005 Mercedes W169 A150

Grave mistake. Expensive to buy, broken (it turned out), no lumbar support at all. Owned for a month, moved on at huge loss. Bleak.

56: 2004 Honda Jazz 1.4 DSI SE

Small Honda to complete the fleet! Cheap. Hopefully frugal... 

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55: 2004 Honda Accord 2.0 SE

Stopgap to keep the numbers up as Saably (54) has departed. Bought cheaply, mega miles. 25 miles in, rad needs replacing... Further issues tbc. Nice place to be though. Weird floor mounted accelerator pedal like a BMW or something. Basically means I can't drive below 30mph without kangarooing about like a twat. 

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54: 2003 SAAB 9-3 Convertible SE 2.0 Turbo

Bought to replace the MG really, but much more me than any other car I've bought in a long time. Frighteningly tidy with no obvious mechanical maladies (yet)....  (SAAB #13 I think?)

Fuelly

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53: 2004 Honda Civic IMA "Electric Denty"

(Right) First hybrid experiment. Swapped for the Megane.  

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52: Short term Clio 1.2 (8v) Campus

Fetched from London to sell on. Was really really nice, 30k from new, dead basic and charming. 

51: 2001 Citroen Picasso 1.8sx

Accidental £200 Ebay potato-shaped vehicle. 

Fuelly

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Edit: 02/2017 - BEST VAN.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonetonetone/32762954262/

50: 2006 Megane C-C 1.5DCi

Long-termer! French. Diesel. Sports*Coupe with foldy glass roof. Absurdist economy... 

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49: 2001 Honda Civic 1.6 "Denty"

The lovely good lady doctor her indoors' best conveyance. 49% mine. Much drive. Boop boop. Etc. 

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48: 1999 Saab 9-5 2.0t

Stop gap. Thoroughly pleasant place to be. Working sunroof, even!

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47: 2001 Jaguar X Type

I love this but really can't keep it, I don't think...

46: 2002 Honda CR-V

Fun bus on LPG. 130k from new. Let's see.

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45: 2010 Kia Soul

Reddest thing ever? Diesel. 18k. Warranty. Fingers crossed...

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44: 2005 Fiat Panda

1.2 Dynamic* with SKYDOME roof. :D Pale yellow. 28k as purchased. 

We'll see... 

Fuelly link 
Flickr album 

43: 1998 MGF VVC

Toy car for FUN. So far hasn't gone pop... :D

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Flickr album 

42: 2003 Toyota Avensis

Owned by an old person, astoundingly. 52k as purchased. So far so good...
Binned off after 4k in favour of Panda (because Swindon)

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Flickr album

41: 198* Ginetta G26

What's not to like? Plastic and brilliant. Of indeterminate vintage. First registered in 1990, but 99% of it definitely older than that.Ragged about for a bit, and sold on due to lack of use.

Fuelly MPG link
Flickr album 

40: 2006 Saab 9-3 Tid "Sport Wagon"

My dad's old car (his new steed seen lurking behind it). 26k, newer than a baby horse. What's not to like? 

Edit May 2012: Now covered 15k since collecting. Things that have broken so far:

• Front ARB drop links - replaced with cheapo ones off ebay, then replaced again a month later with genuine SAAB ones which have held out better
• Windscreen wiper linkage - replaced with "uprated" version off ebay
• Alternator (horrendous job - much expense) 
• O/S/F spring (snapped)

New cambelt July 2012. Now done 47k. Less shiny.

Sold March 2013 having covered 61k. Thank god. Was shiny but hateful and rubbish.

Fuelly MPG link 
Flickr Album 

39: 1961 Triumph Herald 1200

A car I knew well 10 years ago. Time hasn't been all that kind to her, but she'll live again, I reckon. Sold on to a better home cos I was never going to get round to it, and it was full of massive spiders.

Many pictures: Flickr set

Circa 2000 with [#6]:

38: 2001 Proton Impian

Unexpectedly brilliant. Bought cheaply from a trader as it was the only thing affordable within walking distance from my house on that day, and I needed a car that day. Was filthy, and had a few issues, now slightly cleaner, and has less issues. Flew through its MOT with grace and poise. Fun to rag about, and hopefully reliable enough, with its mitsubishi drive train. 

Fuelly MPG Link

Flickr Set 

37: 2000 Citroen Xsara 1.4

Swapped it for my Felicia, and oh my god what a bag of shit. Nice enough car but it made a god awful noise from somewhere all the time, and then the headgasket went and it boiled over in the middle of Doncaster. Bridged.

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36: 2000 Skoda Felicia 1.3 MPi

I loved the idea of this, but by the time I'd got it home (from Scotland) I realised it was absolute shit. Then the head gasket went, so I swapped it for a Xsara, and then the head gasket went on that too. Bonus.

Fuelly MPG Link

Flickr set

35: 1996 VW Golf 1.6 CL

Not bad this. Shit enough to appeal, despite a few problems which I managed to fix. Needed more stuff doing in time, so I swapped it for a powder blue Skoda Felicia. MISTAKE.

Fuelly MPG link

34: 1992 Mercedes 230TE (W124)

Ah, der Panzer. Ace, apart from the fan only worked when the mood took it, and it used LOADS of fuel. Bought basically to collect a bunk bed won on ebay. 

Fuelly MPG link

Flickr set 

33: 2000 Citroen Saxo Desire 1.5D

1.5D Saxo. Quite frugal. Alas, was mostly fucked, from a suspension and steering pov. Swapped for a giant Merc.

32: 1996 Citroen ZX Elation 1.9 TD

In times of trouble: go with what you know. £300 shitter ZX TD. Was battered but ace. Can't remember why I got rid.

31: 1986 VW Golf Driver (LPG)

Wasn't bad, in theory. Suffered from having LPG thrust stright into a non-standard webber carb, with a K&N thingy sat on top, which meant it never ever got warm. Not helped by the previous owner wiring the electric rad fan with some electrical light flex, so that was always on as well. Didn't like it enough to get round to sorting it properly.

Flickr set

30: 1999 Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 SXi (LPG)

I bought this cos it was cheap, gas converted, looked nice, and everyone said Vectras were shite, so I figured I'd like it. 

WRONG. Absolute shit box, horrible in every respect, and hated every second I spent in it. Which unfortunately was quite a lot until I managed to move it on, roughly a day after the V5 in my name came through the post.

Flickr set 

29: 1996 Volvo V40 1.8 (LPG)

Was alright, this. In fact I can't remember why it went now.

28: 1999 Renault Clio 1.2 Grande (LPG)

Poverty spec Clio shitter. 1.2, paper thin, LPG converted. Ran on air. Was ace. Should have kept it, etc etc etc. You know the drill.

Flickr set 

27: 2000 VW Passat 1.8 20v (LPG)

Ran OK but the dash never worked and the suspension did the modern VW fall apart thing in a bit of a rush. LPG kit worked fine, it was mostly everything else that didn't. Fucking big shit-box.

26: 1998 Ford Mondeo 1.8 Verona (LPG)

What can you say? Bit saggy suspension, but apart from that just a bog standard Mundano that you could fill up at 50p a litre. Probably should have kept it.

25: 2000 Nissan Micra 1.0 Temptation

Bought new by my gran who only drove it once a week, then my mum had it after gran died but never drove it, then I had it just to give it some use. Should have kept it. Done less than 20k. Sold to best mate, who recently sold it on.

24: 1998 Ford Explorer 4.0 (LPG)

I fucking loved this. Every journey felt like I was Jack Bauer. It was shit, but it never broke down, and was sold on at a profit when I didn't really have room for it and 2 more sensible cars.

23: 1987 Saab 900i

One day I'll learn I don't actually like the "classic 900" all that much. Not yet though. This was boring, had nowt wrong with it and I never really drove it much.

Flickr set

22: 2000 Saab 9-3 T

This was fun. Chipped to fuck by a good friend with the right Saab-fettling equipment and knowledge, and with a snorty chav dump valve to scare elderlies with. Fucking ace, but couldn't afford to run it and needed money, so it went to a fellow saabist for £fuck all. I miss how mental it was, and how standard it looked. I don't really miss the way it went round corners though.

Flickr set

21: 2002 Citroen C5 HDi

Proper modern shitter. Hoped it'd be like a new posh Xantia, but actually I didn't really like it. Then the aux belt ate itself and yanked a couple of pulleys out of line and sheared the air con compresser off, so it went on eBay.

20: 1986 Saab 900 Tii

Quite a nice thing, this, bit rare too. I was hoping it'd be the old white one again, but it never quite felt right, and then the rear suspension went through it's mount and I was moving house and had nowhere to work on it and no time, so off it went.

19: 2002 Mazda6

Big family diesel. Not bad, but it leaked like a seive and was going rusty on the arches at 3 years old...

18: 2004 Seat Ibiza TDi

Woah! Eh? What's this? Spent more than I could afford on a super-frugal newish motor. Wasted on me really, but it went like shit of a stick, specially after it was chipped. Bought when I only needed a small car, so, of course, 3 months later I needed a big car again...

17: 1985 VW Polo 1.0

Bought for ex to learn to drive in, but never really made it that far. I fixed it up a bit, ragged about in it, then ended up scrapping it cos I couldn't give the fucker away. Doubtless it'd be worth ££££ now cos of shit old VW scene tax.

16: 2001 Saab 9-3 Tid

Ooh, look at me with my safe, modern, sensible vehicle. Basically bairn was on the way, so we wanted something uber safe and reliable. Didn't last, like, but I kept it ages for me. Maybe even more than a year. Was quite nice actually, and I still see it round town, gleaming and looking like new. Seems that posh paint sealant thing I used on it when I first had it has actually paid off. Bugger.

15: 1994 Citroen Xantia 1.9d LX

Proper mingebag spec non-turbo diesel Xantia. Was actually a very tidy, low mileage bus, and I should really have kept it, but hey ho.

14: 1992 Saab 9000 2.0T

Lovely barge. Bought it with moving house in mind, and it did the job admirably. Automatic + full turbo, which meant it was a hoot to rag about, but averaged no more than 18mpg. Had it a while as well. Spendy. Lovely though. My dad had 2 J reg 9000s in the early 90s (one brand new, the other a year old) so it ticked me a lot of boxes. I'd have another if I found a way to divining petrol from my garden or sommat.