How many cars before the Evoque

Toyota Corolla (AE90) - sold
Toyota MR2 (AW11) - waiting restoration
Mazda MX5 (NA) - sold
Mazda RX7 Efini Twin-Turbo (FD3S) - sold
Honda S2000 (AP1) - keeper
Nissan March (AK12) - sold
Mini Cooper S (R53) - keeper
Mitsubishi Triton (4D56) - on the way out
Range Rover Evoque - March 2012 hopefully

Mostly good-handling cars in the list....hence the absolute need to have Adaptive Dynamics and the Si4!

Peugeot 309GE
Saab 9000SE auto
VW Golf GT TDI PD130 (Mark IV)
Audi A4 Avant 2.0TDI S Line Multitronic ...kept and part ex's against evoque
Audi Q7 sline 3.0TDI auto
Saab 93 Sport
VW Golf GT 2.0TDI (mark V)
present - LR Discovery 4 HSE
present - LR Evoque Pure

1. Cream (yep that's right, CREAM coloured) Ford Orion 1.6 (Dream machine but would never start in the wet)

2. Black Vauxhall Astra GTE (with Knight Rider digital dashboard, stolen but never forgotten).

3. Red Vauxhall Astra GTE (every panel a different shade of red & a massive hole in the floor behind driver's seat)

4. Green Vauxhall Calibra (Phroaaar! I looked great driving this car, I was soooo cool )

5. Blue Ford Puma (I had one of the first ones in the UK, great little go-kart!)

6. Silver Ford Puma (killed by a patch of ice - car left road, got airborne and landed on its roof/my head! Ouch!)

7. Freelander GS - 3 dr (in black).

8. Freelander diesel

9. LandRover Discovery diesel - (Worst 'car' i've ever purchased, it was always in the garage, lost me a bucket load of money and why the hell did i buy a 7 seater truck for just myself? Madness! Bad decision put down to delayed 'Puma' head trauma injuries....!)

10. Silver Ford Mondeo - Had to get rid of the money sucking Discovery so imposed this punishment on myself for a couple of years. Turned out to be a pretty good car, great for long distances/motorway driving. Sadly not much of a chick-magnet..

11. Dolphin Grey - Audi TT roadster (new version) - Treated myself to something a little flash. Without question, the best car I have ever owned.

12. Black Audi A5 cabriolet (current car) - Horrid. Repeatedly slap myself for buying it....its only saving grace is its gadgets. Thankfully persuaded my fiancee to purchase a new TT so now have both.

13. Evoque....

Some of my more memerable ones - makes me look old loooking back on these

Dates are year of model not when I owned them ...


1963 Austin Healey Sprite (No Door Handles)

1967 Triumph Hearald 1200 Convertable

1975 Triumph Dolomite 1850

1972 MG Midget 1275

1976 Triumph Dolomite Sprint

1979 Volkswagen Scirocco MK1 1.6 GLS

1983 Volkswagen Scirocco MK2 1.8 GTI

1988 Renault 5 GTX 1.7

1985 Audi UR Quattro

1989 Volkswagen Golf 1.8 GTI Campaign

1989 Audi 90 Quattro 2.3 SE Sport

1991 Audi 100 S4 Avant

2003 Seat Leon Cupra 'R' 225

2005 Audi Cabriolet


2009 Volkswagen Scirocco GT 2.0 TDI + 1986 Audi UR Quattro Current but maybe selling the quattro


Forgot the obligatory 'you have to own an Alfa once in your lifetime -to be a true 'petrol head' Alfa Romeo 156 'sillyspeed

VW Beetle 1971
VW Golf mk 2 Gti 1987
peugeot 205 cti 1987
Peugeot 106 xsi 1992
BMW 320i conv 1987
Subaru legacy turbo 1992
Lotus Elise 1998
Mercedes c 250 td 1997
Caterham 7 1600 vx 2000
Audi A6 avant 2.5 tdi 1994
Caterham 7 superlight 2000
BMW 530d e39 2001
Land rover discovery 3 2004
Subaru legacy outback diesel 2008

(ignoring 9 company cars)

I always wanted to own a S1 lotus elise however i heard bad things about the k engine.

I found the Elise disappointing, really - my first Caterham was as fast, cheaper and a load more fun (plus I did the Caterham Academy in it - the Elise was too posh for taking up a hill climb!). I would never buy another Elise, but hope to have another 7 one day

(05-12-2011 05:32pm)oop north Wrote:  I found the Elise disappointing, really - my first Caterham was as fast, cheaper and a load more fun (plus I did the Caterham Academy in it - the Elise was too posh for taking up a hill climb!). I would never buy another Elise, but hope to have another 7 one day

I love my S2 supercharged Exige; im sure it isnt raw as the catterham. But its been realiable with all the things done to it.

Ford escort mk2
Ford escort mk3 ghia
Renault 5 gt turbo
Ford escort mk4 ghia
Ford fiesta xr2i
Renault 19 16v
Ford mondeo v6
Ford cougar v6
Seat ibiza cupra r
Seat ibiza d sport
Nissan x trail
Nissan pathfinder
BMW 123d couple
Daihatsu terios (run around while waiting on evoque)

Both renaults were a nightmare,5turbo failed its first mot on 12 things and the 19 16v timing belt broke after 17,000 miles needing a complete new engine out of warranty and renault just walked away giving me 2 fingers!

Mercedes SLR
Ferrari Enzo
Bugatti Veyron

I joke:

My actual car history:

Mercedes ML320 - 1997 T Reg (gone)
BMW 116i Sport - 2005 Reg (gone)
Audi A5 sport - 2008 Reg (part exchange)
Evoque Si4 - 2011 (current)