How long have you had your Lotus

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by C7Steve » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:18 pm

Kinger wrote:Oh god, just did a quick count of the cars I've had over the last 45 years........I'm up to 48 and I'm sure I've probably missed some. Started with a Ford Anglia and now on Evora, an S1 plus a couple of others.

Think I have a bit of an issue with cars, and I wondered why the first wife left me :lol:
Come on then, get the list up. :)

Steve.

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by Kinger » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:19 pm

C7Steve wrote:
Kinger wrote:Oh god, just did a quick count of the cars I've had over the last 45 years........I'm up to 48 and I'm sure I've probably missed some. Started with a Ford Anglia and now on Evora, an S1 plus a couple of others.

Think I have a bit of an issue with cars, and I wondered why the first wife left me :lol:
Come on then, get the list up. :)

Steve.
Quite a mix, in rough order of ownership

Ford anglia
Singer Chamois
Marina orange
Marina TC blue
Eed Subaru Est new
Gmc pick up new
White Subaru Est new
White Subaru Est new style
mazda 323
mazda 626 coupe
MGB roadster
Nissan Patrol new
BMW 635
MK 4 Cortina orange
XR3i
Mk 4 red cortina
Rover 213
XR2
Opel monza
Montego
montego estate
fiat punto blue
fiat punto red
Fiat punto black new
Fiat punto yellow new
Triumph Gt6
astra est new
cavalier sri new
mondeo est new
peugeot 406 new
Skoda vrs red new
skoda yrs silver new
mondeo blue
skoda black vrs new new
elise 111R
exige 240 red
street ka
Punto silver
black vrs
westfield
XC90
Evora
Exige white new
Audi tt
Punto Black
Elise S1
Evora SR
XC-60

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by ScottJ-PS » Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:01 pm

Kinger wrote:
C7Steve wrote:
Kinger wrote:Oh god, just did a quick count of the cars I've had over the last 45 years........I'm up to 48 and I'm sure I've probably missed some. Started with a Ford Anglia and now on Evora, an S1 plus a couple of others.

Think I have a bit of an issue with cars, and I wondered why the first wife left me :lol:
Come on then, get the list up. :)

Steve.
Quite a mix, in rough order of ownership

Ford anglia
Singer Chamois
Marina orange
Marina TC blue
Eed Subaru Est new
Gmc pick up new
White Subaru Est new
White Subaru Est new style
mazda 323
mazda 626 coupe
MGB roadster
Nissan Patrol new
BMW 635
MK 4 Cortina orange
XR3i
Mk 4 red cortina
Rover 213
XR2
Opel monza
Montego
montego estate
fiat punto blue
fiat punto red
Fiat punto black new
Fiat punto yellow new
Triumph Gt6
astra est new
cavalier sri new
mondeo est new
peugeot 406 new
Skoda vrs red new
skoda yrs silver new
mondeo blue
skoda black vrs new new
elise 111R
exige 240 red
street ka
Punto silver
black vrs
westfield
XC90
Evora
Exige white new
Audi tt
Punto Black
Elise S1
Evora SR
XC-60
im also a big fan of Puntos, though started with Uno i.e.Turbo Abarth.

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by campbell » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:04 am

Some howlers and some classics, Graham. Well done for sharing publicly!
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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by C7Steve » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:33 am

Kinger wrote:
C7Steve wrote:
Kinger wrote:Oh god, just did a quick count of the cars I've had over the last 45 years........I'm up to 48 and I'm sure I've probably missed some. Started with a Ford Anglia and now on Evora, an S1 plus a couple of others.

Think I have a bit of an issue with cars, and I wondered why the first wife left me :lol:
Come on then, get the list up. :)

Steve.
Quite a mix, in rough order of ownership

Ford anglia
Singer Chamois
Marina orange
Marina TC blue
Eed Subaru Est new
Gmc pick up new
White Subaru Est new
White Subaru Est new style
mazda 323
mazda 626 coupe
MGB roadster
Nissan Patrol new
BMW 635
MK 4 Cortina orange
XR3i
Mk 4 red cortina
Rover 213
XR2
Opel monza
Montego
montego estate
fiat punto blue
fiat punto red
Fiat punto black new
Fiat punto yellow new
Triumph Gt6
astra est new
cavalier sri new
mondeo est new
peugeot 406 new
Skoda vrs red new
skoda yrs silver new
mondeo blue
skoda black vrs new new
elise 111R
exige 240 red
street ka
Punto silver
black vrs
westfield
XC90
Evora
Exige white new
Audi tt
Punto Black
Elise S1
Evora SR
XC-60
That's some list Graham. I cannot manage you in a Ka though, but I am thinking that it might have been bought for your daughters driving lessons maybe??? Also, did you and Scott not build a kit car together?


Steve.

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by Kinger » Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:11 am

Steve,

Ooops thats one blank filled in, I'm pretty sure there are a few more I've missed. The Street Ka was one of my best investments, picked it up for pennies one winter to run to work and home ( during the hours of darkness), sold it in spring for way more than I paid for it. But were the pennies worth the piss taking....definately not.

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by Scuffers » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:38 pm

Kinger wrote: Quite a mix, in rough order of ownership

Ford anglia
Singer Chamois
Marina orange
Marina TC blue
Eed Subaru Est new
Gmc pick up new
White Subaru Est new
White Subaru Est new style
mazda 323
mazda 626 coupe
MGB roadster
Nissan Patrol new
BMW 635
MK 4 Cortina orange
XR3i
Mk 4 red cortina
Rover 213
XR2
Opel monza
Montego
montego estate
fiat punto blue
fiat punto red
Fiat punto black new
Fiat punto yellow new
Triumph Gt6
astra est new
cavalier sri new
mondeo est new
peugeot 406 new
Skoda vrs red new
skoda yrs silver new
mondeo blue
skoda black vrs new new
elise 111R
exige 240 red
street ka
Punto silver
black vrs
westfield
XC90
Evora
Exige white new
Audi tt
Punto Black
Elise S1
Evora SR
XC-60
Interesting... pretty wide range of tastes there!

sure I have done this before, but I'll give it another go...

Mini 1000
Mini 1275 clubman
Marina 1.3 Super
Marina 1.8TC coupe
Rover 3,500 SD1
Maestro 1.3HL (CC)
Cavalier 1.6L (CC)
Peugeot 205 1.9 gti
Mazda 626 2.0
Montego 2.0 TD
Subaru Legacy 4cam turbo
Jeep Wrangler 4L
Subaru Legacy 4cam turbo
Jeep Cherokee 4L
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4L
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4L
Lotus Elise
Jeep Wrangler 4L
Lotus Elise
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7
Audi A4 2.8Q
Lotus Elise
Audi S4
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7
Lotus Elise
Merc SLK 230 Kompressor
Audi A6 2.7TQ
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7
Audi A4 1.8TQ
Merc SLK 350
Audi 2.0TQ
Nissan Navara
Merc SLK 350
Audi S4
Nissan Navara
Audi S5
Nissan Navara
Audi S4
Audi A5 2.0TQ

Think that's all of them!

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by BiggestNizzy » Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:08 pm

I will slip in my rather small list of cars

Austin Metro 1.3L
Rover Metro Gti
Renault Clio II S
Lotus Elise S1
BMW 130i

and that's it :D
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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by avdb » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:33 pm

Interesting lists above.
My list is small too...

Ford Escort
VW Passat
Ford Capri
Volvo 340
Freelander HSE
MGF VVC
Lotus Elise S2 for 9 years
Jeep Patriot
Jeep Wrangler for 2 years
2007 Elise (sold), 2018 Mustang, 2021 Raptor

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by BigD » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:03 am

Two that stand out in your list graham are the bmw 635 and the Opel monza. 8)

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by Ferg » Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:16 pm

BigD wrote:Two that stand out in your list graham are the bmw 635 and the Opel monza. 8)
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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by Corranga » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:57 am

BiggestNizzy wrote:I will slip in my rather small list of cars
I get the feeling that Elise's attract polar opposites - serial car buyers who own them from brief periods, then the proper long term owners like us..

I also haven't owned a lot of cars ..

Austin Mini Sprite LE
VW Jetta LX 1.3
Rover Mini 1.3 mpi
Lotus Elise (still got it)
Fiat Punto HGT
Seat Leon Cupra 1.8 20v T
Alfa 159 1.9 JTDm (still got it, family car used by my wife)
Porsche 944 S2 (still got it but not for long hopefully..)
Maserati Coupe GT (4200) (not had it long, bought to, erm, replace the Porsche)

The Punto was my first foray into multiple car ownership a sensible daily to relive the Lotus. It then evolved to the Seat / Alfa as we decided there was a need for a sensible family car..

Though when I add in cars we've had in the family (ie, my wife's cars) the list obviously grows..

Fiat Panda Fizz
Rover Mini Tahiti
Audi A4 1.8 Sport
Mazda MX-5 1.8i (NA)
Mazda MX-5 1.8iS (NA)
Vauxhall VX220
Mistubishi Carisma (for 3 months!)
Fiat Panda 100HP (my daily ;)

There was a Citroen AX 1.0 for a couple of months too, but it was bought for her mum, and not really used regularly, can't remember if it was in her name or not though..
'16 MINI Cooper S - Family fun hatch
'98 Lotus Elise - Fun day car
'04 Maserati Coupe GT - Manual, v8, Italian...
'18 Mazda Mx5 - The wife's, so naturally my daily
'19 Ducati Monster 797 - Baby bike bike

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by anthonyyule » Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:58 pm

Kinger wrote:I don't quite fit into this catagory, but is there a prize for the most in a time period.

6 in 6 years
I can just about match that..... 4 in 4 years :lol:

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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by j2 lot » Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:38 pm

Mrs & I have been married for 22 years and have had at least one new car every year since we got married.Most in a single year was 3 cars :oops: So far this year we haven't yet bought one and at time of writing probably don't intend too :?
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Re: How long have you had your Lotus

Post by Stephen » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:44 pm

13 years for me
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