What car did your dad own when you were too young to drive?

[sam80quattro]

loads of mk1/mk2 escorts, minis, mantas and lots more, just about all his cars had home brew turbo conversions. my mam had some pretty cool motors too, xr2 and a metro turbo were my favourites though

[Cymru1]

Corolla 1600, P5 Rover 2200Tc, Renault 25 (comfy seats!), Peugeot 504, Vauxhall Royale (think Opel Monza), Jeep Cherokee. No Audi's at all.

[jubjub]

Vauxhall Victor
Hillman Hunter estate.

And now the creme de la creme - Brown Austin Princess
Topped up with a custard colour Austin Allegro with the black Vinyl roof.
Man I travelled in style =0

He did own a minter of an Austin Maxi - in a colour not too far off Noggy blue

[anthonys2]

best car i remember my dad having was a mercedes 260e on a d plate brand new at the time was fast as ****!! after that he got a audi 80 tdi estate that got stolen 3 times and broken into 4 times surprise surprise hes never had an audi since

[AudiCoupeParts]

911 SC Targa

When I was 13 years old in 1983 my dad bought a beautiful 1979 Porsche 911 SC Targa with 13000 miles from his friend.

It was a light powder blue metallic with a huge Whale Tail spoiler. It had a bizarre interior color combination... Butterscotch leather with a Tartan plaid seat bottoms and back panels. Still with car was incredible and scary fast even though she was not turbo charged. I loved every minute when ever my dad and I drove anywhere.

My dad sold the car a few weeks after I received my temporary driver's learning permit. I never did drive that car.

[quattro]

Vauxhall viva
Vauxhall chevette
Toyota celica (Gen 4)
Audi 100 cd
Audi 80 sport (85)
Audi coupe quattro (85)
Audi 80 2.8 v6 (b4)
Audi 80 2.6 v6 avant (b4)
Mitsubishi pajero 2
VW glof 1.9d (mk4)
Audi A6 avant quattro 3.0 V6

[keithsw0]

de tomaso pantara gts till he smashed it up then a 911 and a ur that what got me into audis

[Dpicariello]

My dad's always stuck with cars long term. My favourite was the Jetta GTi 16v that he bought new. He had to go to London as there were only 3 in the country at the time, all at one dealership.
We had that car for 11 years and sold it with 175k miles on it.

I remember it being atlas grey and being cool at ****!

[bigdan]

Ford Orion, various maestro vans, a montego, a couple of citroen bx's and a nuffield universal 3 tractor!

No wonder i couldn't wait to get my S2 coupe!!

[Dan]

Ford Escort Estate

I learned to drive in the thing towards the end (it was on its last legs by then). I remember putting my foot down and nothing at all happening.

Before that they had a Ford Maverick company car, an old Polo, a Metro and as I recall, a Montego.

Finally convinced my parents to buy an Audi a couple of years ago - they ended up with a 1.9 TDI A3, which they're chuffed to hell with.

[dubmeister]

1969 Hillman hunter- hearing aid beige,
1975 audi 80 l- white, 1300, single headlight
1981 audi 80 ls- black (with the four rings decals on the doors- cool as **** when youre 11!!)
1984 audi 80 sc- white (Velour seats,leccy windows and the rear headphone sockets!!!!)

Passed my test in 1987 and had to buy a renault 12was never allowed to drive any of the old mans cars!!
That was the one and only non Vag car i ever owned and the only one that taught me a few new swear words when trying to fix it!!!

[vonbeck]

mark one lotus cortina:in white with green stripe of course,
mark 2 1600E cortina in metallic green,
and the odd morgan 3 wheeler to play in
mark 3 2000GXL cortina white wiyh black vinyl roof and black leather effect seats it had an uprated 2.1 pinto engine and could catch pigeons
he then bought an old morris van so i had to learn to drive in thathe now has volvos

[Le S2 Audi]

Interesting thread this one...

My Old man was a proper petrol head... Thats where I get it from I guess..

He used to do Finance for a lot of the dealers in Glasgow so got some great deals on Repo's...

This will make quite a list thoo...

Mini Cooper S - He used to Rally in it...
Various Merc's
Jag XK120
Jag XK150
Aston DB3
Jag E Type - Type 1 - 3.8
Jag E Type - Type 3 - 4.2 V12
Jag E Type - Type 3 - 4.2 V12 Soft Top
Jag XJ V12 x 2
Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
BMW 633CSI
Lancia Delta HF Turbo With Martini Stripes.
Lancia Delta Intergarlle
Lancia Thema 2.0 Turbo
DeTomaso Longchamp
Pug 605
Rover 827 Coupe
Various Range Rovers
Ford Granda 2.8 Estate
Citreon BX 1.9TDI Estates x 3

No Doubt I have missed a few!!

[sdk778]

My late father had many cars, the earliest ones were, shall we say, interesting!, his cars never always got younger as he replaced them either, it was always a case of...'I fancy one of those'...

Capri 1.3
Austin 1300
Renault 16
Austin Maxi 1500
Vauxhall Cresta 3.0
Ford Cortina Savage Mk3 - I came back form hospital in this!!!
Granada Estate 2.3
Jag XJ12 Series 3 - Still sat in the barn at mothers.
Daimler Double Six
Montego Turbo
Cortina 2.3S
Sierra 1.6
Granada 2.8i Ghia X - I still fancy one of these.
Scorpio 24v
Senator 3.0 24v - Drove this.
Jag XJ40 TWR - Now owned by my brother.
Audi 200 Quattro - Stolen after 6 weeks of ownership.
Jag XJR V8 X300 - Drive this one every now and again, mother still has it.

He 'inherited' a Jag MK2 2.4 from my late uncle, I have since inherited it.

[newsh]

Best one was the Mk2 Cortina GT