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SGThomas

22/6/2026 at 9:20pm
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Cars
1932 Austin 10 tourer
1947 Armstrong Siddley Hurricane
Ford Anglia
Ford Consul
Rover 2.3 litre
Skoda Octavia 2.0 litre ( current )

This spans my driving period 1955-2026

bessie500

23/6/2026 at 12:46pm
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wow looking at everyones list made me compile a list of my cars.I'm amazed at just how many cars i've actually had & to be fair i've probably missed some

FIAT 127
Ford Capri
escort mk1
Mini
Mini Metro
Vauxhall astra GTE
Fiesta xr2
Peugeot 205 GTI
Renault 19 16v
Punto sporting yellow
Punto sporting yellow
Punto sporting blue
Punto sporting yellow
Fiat bravo
Fiesta diesel
Rover 216
Rover 213
Vauxhall cavalier
mini metro
fiesta diesel
Vauxhall Vectra
Vauxhall Vectra SRI
Ford Mondeo 04 reg
Ford s max 07 reg
Ford Mondeo 11 reg
Ford Mondeo 65 reg
BMW 330e
Volvo xc60 T6 Current car

Thats 40 years of cars excluding my wifes cars which is another list

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MillerTime

28/6/2026 at 9:43am
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One of my favorites was a white maxi, we would tow the caravan from Lancashire to Cornwall, but what made this special was, the back seats folded flat so my sister and I could sleep on the over night journey. Bliss! ??

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bessie500

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Quote: Originally posted by MillerTime on 28/6/2026
One of my favorites was a white maxi, we would tow the caravan from Lancashire to Cornwall, but what made this special was, the back seats folded flat so my sister and I could sleep on the over night journey. Bliss! ??

my dad had a maxi, i have to say getting in the back of that on a hot day wasn't special wowzers them seats were hot, today they would advertise that as having vegan seats in

great car in its day though

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Capt Lightning

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First car was a split-screen Morris Minor.
In later years, he had
Austin A30
Austin A40
and two further Morris Minor 1000.

I learned to drive in one of his Moggies. Passed test first time and that cost me 10 bob.

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I'm tired of reality, so I'm off to look for a good fantasy.

Colin21

04/7/2026 at 9:01am
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Quote: Originally posted by Capt Lightning on 03/7/2026

I learned to drive in one of his Moggies. Passed test first time and that cost me 10 bob.

Took me 3 attempts to pass my car test, but then I'd never had an official driving lesson. I used to get my dad's Anglia out of the garage aged 12, and I'd drive it down the alley to the road where he'd take over. After failing for the second time (incorrect use of mirrors) I decided to have a lesson to find out what I was doing wrong and the instructor gave me a good tip. He told me to set my mirrors slightly out so that I had to make a definite head movement to see in them. I passed no problem, and I was still only 17. I passed my much stiffer PSV test first time at 22 and held that licence for 50 years.

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SGThomas

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I am so old that, on my driving test, I nearly ran over the man with the red flag in front of the car

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