Has anyone else got another make of car that they own that they enjoy?

[BIG G]

Mine is a 1926 Bullnose Morris. I try and use it at weekends and have covered approximately 500 miles this summer which doesnt soud a great deal but at 25-30 mph takes some hours 🙄😁.

[BaileyMex]

Seen you post about that, looks tidy mate

[Vista]

You must have seen mine on here before @BIG G?

Not enjoying it massively at the moment mind. Temperamental complex Italian B'stard!

[DT36]

We have a Tiguan as our daily and it's been a really good car. 

Bought a Mondeo for last winters project and breakfast meets when it's wet, but have been using it to go into work as it's a nice drive. 

Got a van that we bought to go camping or the  seaside with our grown up kids, which has basically relegated my Escort to the bench. Used it for a breakfast meet once in March and took it to B&Q about 3 weeks ago to get some paint and brushes.  So, it's done about 20 miles this year. Just not getting used. 

 

[sebspeed]

My daily driver is a auto astra twintop,great little car and my other car is my hot rod.

[Xp197777]

My other toy as well as the escorts

[colr6]

All you people making me jealous, my other street burning neighbour terrorising vehicles :::::::::::

[meXEco]

Don't have a classic Ford anymore just got these lol...

 

Edited September 21, 2022 by meXEco

[Miniliteman]

Years ago there was the same discussion / topic on a Dutch Ford forum. I replied that I my other car was a Suzuki Alto with 177 bhp. A guy replied that he thought that was b*llsh*t and said that he would eat his shoes if it was true. Think he had stomach issues for a long time 😛

 

[TEA]

Here goes, this Alfa Romeo AR-8 2.4 turbodiesel is probably the only one in Finland. We did a huge amount of welding on floors, sills, door openings, window surroundings etc. couple years ago but we left all the patina on it. Its fun to drive because for other people it doesn´t look roadworthy even it has a mot on it. True Italian sportscar 😂

 

This Datsun Violet 1600 is also very enjoyable as its low mileage and all original inside, Like a time machine. 

 

Last is my 200sx, not really enjoyable on streets anymore as it has everything stripped, aggressive twin disc-clutch and a bit under 500hp

 

 

[eeb43]

22 hours ago, Vista said:

You must have seen mine on here before @BIG G?

Not enjoying it massively at the moment mind. Temperamental complex Italian B'stard!

there is a montreal at the next classic car auction anglia car auctions kings lynn estimated 12-15k obviously a project i fancy the xk but could do with the fb victor

[Vista]

3 hours ago, eeb43 said:

there is a montreal at the next classic car auction anglia car auctions kings lynn estimated 12-15k obviously a project i fancy the xk but could do with the fb victor

Major brave pill needed for that one

Montreal engines, and especially their mechanical fuel injection systems, are incredibly complex. This one is seized and not run since 1982?? I'll pass.

[accord83]

 I currently need a comfortable toy for longer runs as the Escort hurts on anything other than local stuff, hip knackered. I couldn’t afford something in Olympic Blue, so I bought Volvo’s nearest today. I might have to order some Red corduroys, a Barbour jacket, and a tweed cap.

 

 

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[The Transplanter]

I currently have 3 old Fords, but I have a bit of a fetish for VW MK1 Caddys. I see my very first one in the 80's when the guy I sold my RS2 to had one as a company pickup and had fancied one ever since! I got my first one in 99 and have had more than 20 since then.

Here are my current ones:

1988 2.8 VR6 Turbo. I originally built this one in 2003 and took it off the road in 2011, its currently on a slow burn to get it finished but hoping to do it over the winter

Previously

 

Currently

I also have this rare factory GTi engined Caddy with just 66k miles and original paint


And lastly, I have this GTI Engineering Caddy, 1 of only 2 built and currently waiting its turn for restoration. 
 

[Rally Pack 2000]

6 hours ago, accord83 said:

 I currently need a comfortable toy for longer runs as the Escort hurts on anything other than local stuff, hip knackered. I couldn’t afford something in Olympic Blue, so I bought Volvo’s nearest today. I might have to order some Red corduroys, a Barbour jacket, and a tweed cap.

 

 

A girl I knew would work the evening shift at the Lodge at Jenolan caves but to get there from the rural town she lived she had to navigate one of the most murderous roads in the country. But at dusk thats the prime time all the roos come out for a snack and a hop. She went through anything made of thin tin, a small hatch had the grim reaper sitting in the back seat biding his time. Then one day she tried these older Volvos that she got for next to nothing that were built like tanks and she could get a minimum of three roo strikes out of one before writing the car off. She just bought one after the other after that as it was the only thing she could own for longer than 12 months. Their reputation for being solid was well founded.

[Rally Pack 2000]

3 hours ago, The Transplanter said:

I have a bit of a fetish for VW MK1 Caddys. I see my very first one in the 80's when the guy I sold my RS2 to had one as a company pickup and had fancied one ever since! I got my first one in 99 and have had more than 20 since then.
 

20? Caddy killer just seemed to pop into my head there! LOL Is the fetish in owning them or destroying them? 😀

[accord83]

17 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

A girl I knew would work the evening shift at the Lodge at Jenolan caves but to get there from the rural town she lived she had to navigate one of the most murderous roads in the country. But at dusk thats the prime time all the roos come out for a snack and a hop. She went through anything made of thin tin, a small hatch had the grim reaper sitting in the back seat biding his time. Then one day she tried these older Volvos that she got for next to nothing that were built like tanks and she could get a minimum of three roo strikes out of one before writing the car off. She just bought one after the other after that as it was the only thing she could own for longer than 12 months. Their reputation for being solid was well founded.

So that’s where they all went to, down to Oz to send Roos to Roo heaven. I must admit it’s built in an agricultural fashion, and like me it’s big and numb!😂

[Rally Pack 2000]

4 hours ago, accord83 said:

So that’s where they all went to, down to Oz to send Roos to Roo heaven. I must admit it’s built in an agricultural fashion, and like me it’s big and numb!😂

Strange fact but all car manufacturing has ceased here but the last assembly plant that still builds here is in fact Volvo! Since 1972. Go figure, They knew their roo deflecting market very well and set up shop! So I dont think we nicked anyone else's but does make you wonder if they added a bit of extra carbon for the Australian market and the roo factor? LOL

[accord83]

15 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Strange fact but all car manufacturing has ceased here but the last assembly plant that still builds here is in fact Volvo! Since 1972. Go figure, They knew their roo deflecting market very well and set up shop! So I dont think we nicked anyone else's but does make you wonder if they added a bit of extra carbon for the Australian market and the roo factor? LOL

Sadly now owned by the Chinese.

[Nursebetty]

Recently got a Landcruiser, mainly to fit the growing family and allow us some room to get away and do some camping.

We grew up in landcruisers so to have one was a little life goal of mine.

Although now it does get alot of the modding attention and the escort just gets the odd sunday cruise.

[BIG G]

I went across the Nullarbor in 2002 in a Ford Fairlane, bonkers place.

[accord83]

13 hours ago, Nursebetty said:

Recently got a Landcruiser, mainly to fit the growing family and allow us some room to get away and do some camping.

We grew up in landcruisers so to have one was a little life goal of mine.

Although now it does get alot of the modding attention and the escort just gets the odd sunday cruise.

I'd love a Landcruiser but cannot justify one, fantastic bits of kit.

[BROWNY 1968]

My other toy is this, 41 willy's coupe

 

[chinkamon]

Well....

I have 2 other vehicles, and enjoy them in different ways, but not like "it's a hot summers day, let's go for a drive" kind of way...

So first up is the daily..

Mazda 5 because of the kids.

But can't fault the thing, the ingenuity they used when designing the interior is very clever, with regard to the way the back seats all move forward an back independently an recline an the storage solutions hidden under the seats etc an the 2 hidden seat in the boot. 

So long journeys is a nice car to be in.

 

Second is the van....

A "vauxhall" ev, for a fleet ( lower than base) spec van it's the best equipped I've had, it's silent, comfortable, handles like it's on rails an a really enjoyable van to be in and as I drive 150-200 mile a day it needs to be nice, had a fleet spec transporter before an was absolutely woeful, couldn't wait to get out of the bloody thing, loud uncomfortable absolutely shocking interior etc.

I'm easily pleased I know. But that's my other vehicles 

[chinkamon]

On 25/11/2022 at 23:23, BROWNY 1968 said:

My other toy is this, 41 willy's coupe

 

Always wanted one of them