A sudden bout of madness whiched only lasted for 6 months had to sell it before it fell to pieces.you think ford hs poor build quality at 18 months old he clutch went the gearbox bearings went noisey and it had to 1st and 2nd gear synchros replaced.the material on the door panels un stuck and the leather on the steering wheel and gear Censored peeled off also the seat belt had worn through the the seat back.the timing chain cover started to leak around the gaskets so i got shoot of it!!!thank god

ah one of these topics

1st car: mk3 Fiesta popular plus 1.1 J-reg (june 2000- dec 2001)




2nd car: mk4 Fiesta lx 1.25 R-reg (dec 2001- may 2005)





3rd car : mk6 Fiesta zetec 1.4 52-reg (may 2005- present)....

Lee you've only had Fiestas !! The last and current one looks great, must say...

Yes Lee! Nice car u got there look very nice! U change the back light to a facelift model!

Only became really serious about cars in the last few years.
Before my last car,a W reg mk 5 zetec s, they were all buckets.
My current car a 05 mk 6 zetec s.

Right, you're gonna love some of my old cars! Bear in mind I passed my test in 1985 so I'm an old git! I haven't had that many cars becuase I tend to hold onto them.

First: Cortina Mk4 2 litre estate! Cost me £800, depsite pranging it sold it later for £675.



Secondly another Cortina estate (a glutton for punishment) 2 litre Ghia. Lovely interior but rusted like mad . Did alot of work on the doors, bonnet and tailgate.



Then found the hot hatch concept. This 205 was a fantastic little car and felt like a rocket compared the Cortinas! This was about four years old when I bought it. I traded it in for:




The 309 Gti. This really was a cracking car. I bought it when it was a couple of years old. Handling was better than the 205 Gti and felt alot more solid on the road. I remember one of the car mags awarded the 309GTi 'FWD chassis of the decade' award in 1989. Unfortunately I had major problems further down the line and it cost me alot of money at only 50,000 on the clock . Then hot hatch insurance went through the roof and I wasn't prepared to pay the money to run it. So, I traded it in for a car that was often overlooked and yet was only gropu 10 insurance.




The Volvo 440 turbo (non cat). This was arguably the best car I've ever had and it was surprisingly quick. It gave a few boy racers a nasty shock . I kept this car for four years. Then as I had two dogs a mate persuaded me to buy his:




Volvo 760 GLE. I can hear you laughing now! It wasn't quick but was a lovely smooth drive with the 2.8 litre auto. It was in outstanding condition considering its age but I didn't keep it for long becuase it would only do 18 mpg .





Bought this Escort 1.8 Si instead. This was a good car despite being a bit tinny. Then I made a huge mistake and traded it in for this:





A Volvo 2.5 LPT AWD. I think it looked great. I bought it from a main dealer and it was the worst car I have ever owned. Luckily the warranty was good - £4,500 worth of work done in a year before I had enough and traded it in for my first brand new car:




No Skoda jokes please . Had it three and a half years and it's never gone wrong. I average over 50 mpg and it's got all the equipment you'll ever need. I've still got this one.




Plus the ST as my second car!




I've also owned a Metro diesel (yes!) and a Ford Ka as a second car.

I loved reading each of your car's descriptions STozz... Thanks...

F reg XR2

Scrirrco GTi mk1

Then a mk2

Rover 414 si

F reg Xr3i

MG ZR

Now Fiesta ST

Here's my list...

X reg XR3 - First Car, back when insurance was affordable. Lasted all of 4 weeks, before limping in to be px'ed for:

E reg Escort 1.4LX - Pile of Sh!te, px'ed for:

X reg XR3 - Minter, bought from Ford main dealer 12 years old (35,000 fully documented miles). Will try to scan the pics in. Changed for:


E reg Pug 205CTi (1.6)- Yes a hairdressers cars but still great fun, px'ed for:

J reg Clio 1.8 16v - Superb motor, like lifting rear wheels going into corners, met a miserable end, double decker bus came down a hill sideways in the snow, hit car twice, first straight up the kerb, second straight through a drystone wall.... ouch! With insurance payout got........

M reg Clio Williams 2 - Don't need to tell you how awesome this car was back in 1995, sold to go work in London, didn't need a car, but then came my first brand new car....

R reg BMW 318ti compact - Would never own another, proper Friday car. 3 new ecu's, new cataylstic converter (unable to go above 50 while bust), numerous problems with starting it. Missus went into labour day after getting it back once, got 1/2 mile down road and capput... Rest of journey to labour ward done on back of recovery truck!!! BMW you know where to stick 'em!!

Then family life set in, various mundane motors then my first ST in 2005, lasted 5 weeks, before someone decided to give it the sidestripes, but not viynal ones. Loads of issues and eventually parted with it, shame, pitures are on here somewhere...

Then onto a Megane, won't bore you with that...

And finally back with another ST. 06 plate , 1500 miles, performance blue, sidestripes, all for £9480.

heres mine:

fiesta 1.1lx g307nfl - first car, wrote it off after a week of passing my test into a lamppost, doh!
fiesta 1.1lx j232wre - crashed into the back of someone else, got spares from my first car off it, then it got stolen,, got it back but it was never the same
fiesta 1.1lx m194fgh - crashed this in the ice, oooops
fiesta 1.3flight mj51*** - loved this car, did sooooo many miles in it, someone crashed into me, cost 1100's worth of damage to it n they drove off and i had to pay for it all:(, first car i ever modded, spent about 4k on it n loved every minute of it
fiesta st - love this car, kerbed it a couple of weeks back, lost the back end at 20mph, musta been summats on the road, oh well, got stripes now, tints and chrome alloys, slowly getting there

Mine are;

1. Mk1 Fiesta 950 popular in polar grey
2. Peugeot 106 XS 1.4
3. Peugeot 306 XSi 2.0(unfortunately written off)
4. Peugeot 306 XSi 2.0
5. Fiesta