My Virtual Driveway

I hope none of my old cars have ended up like these...

The essence of the following car stories is - how to buy a good car for little money, but I never ended up making any money when I sold 'em.

B490 VNK - 1984 Volvo 340DL. A great first car. In some ways, it all went downhill from here (1996-1998).
G77 XLU - 1989 Nissan Bluebird 1.8GS. Minicabbers' delight (1998-1999).
B541 AMD - 1984 Honda Prelude 1.8EX. Japanese Knight Rider (1999-2000).
H572 DGS - 1990 Volvo 440GL. Prelude Replacement No. 1 (2000).
J738 UPB - 1992 Rover 214Si. Prelude Replacement No. 2 - and this one went bang in a big way (2000).
R264 MMW - 1998 Honda Civic 1.4i. Sense and sensibility (2000-2001).
B70 TBW - 1984 Audi 80 quattro. Salvation! Making money on a car (2001-2002).
C676 XDX - 1985 BMW 528i. From the sublime to the ridiculous (2002).
BNM 266T - 1978 Ford Fiesta 1.1L. A little gem (2002).

The Guernsey years:

35497 - 1987 VW Jetta 1.6TX. If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen (2002-2003).
34390 - 1999 Honda Accord 2.0LS VTEC. Comatose reliability (2003-2004).

Back to the UK:

S855 ADP - 1999 Honda Accord 2.0LS VTEC. The Guernsey wagon re-registered (2004-2006).
VDP 958S - 1978 Opel Rekord 2.0S Berlina. This is more like it (2004-2005).
BVF 138T - 1979 Opel Rekord 2.0S Berlina. The Rekord reloaded (2005).
D343 CPC - 1987 Vauxhall Belmont 1.8 GLSi. Brown - very brown - but good (2005-2006).
D684 TAR - 1987 Vauxhall Senator 2.5i. Cheap big barge (2006).
L241 HJM - 1994 Peugeot 405 GLDT. Starship-mileage disposable diesel (2006).
K806 JYD - 1993 Mitsubishi Sigma 3.0V6 estate. Japanese Volvo 760 (2006).
EOX 539V - 1980 Ford Granada 2.3L. More 70's big barge fun (2007).
M127 MNP - 1995 Vauxhall Omega 3.0 Elite estate. To the tip at 144mph! (2007).
E368 JOR - 1987 Mazda 323 1.3LX. The Yanks called 'em 'GLC' - Great Little Car. I can see why (2007).
K596 NNP - 1993 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6LS. Short-term repwagon (2007).
A883 BUY - 1984 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6GL. It was acceptable in the 80's (2007).
J245 VJH - 1992 Rover 420 GSi. Another cheap car experiment (2007).
L241 HJM - 1994 Peugeot 405 GLDT. Yes, I bought it back! (2007-2009).
L631 VNV- 1994 Rover 820i Fastback. I'm Alan Partridge (2007).
L252 YHR - 1993 Peugeot 405 GLDT estate. I like 405's, me (2007-2008).
L971 XAG - 1993 Peugeot 405 Hunter estate. Although an estate in one colour is better (2008-).
P286 RBM - 1997 Peugeot 406 L DT. Slow (2008).
L820 BPH - 1993 Peugeot 405 Hunter estate. Duplicity - reminds me of the "Opel Rekord years" (2008).

I thought I knew a lot about cars, but I bet you never knew some of the facts listed here.

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