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Interesting worst car Peter,

When they relaxed our Co. car rules lots of people chose Range Rooneys, Evoques etc and the list of mechanical & electrical gremilns was frightening, one even broke down with a serious gearbox issue whilst being driven off the low loader into our office car park

Our own list should cover living between two continents, but I’m only giving the UK list - as you can see we are due a large confession and need forgiveness as with one or two notable exceptions all the cars were bought new!! For now I’m only giving the UK list as the one for Africa contains quite a long list of fairly mundane vehicles, including many Peugeot 404, 504 and 505’s, though there was a Ford Escort RS 1600 in it too - the list there is for another forty plus vehicles.

United Kingdom

VW Beetle 1303S
VW Jetta GTi
VW Scirroco GTi
VW Passat
VW Passat
Fiat Panda
MGB
BMW 323i
Ford Escort
Morgan Plus 8
Ford Scorpio
Morgan Plus 8
Jaguar XJS
Morgan Plus 8
Ford Ka
Ford Fiesta RS Turbo
Ford Sierra RS500
Ford Sierra Saphire RS Cosworth (x3)
Ford Escort GTi
Ford Escort RS Turbo
Jaguar XJ6 (worst car we’ve had!)
Porsche 911 964 Targa
Mercedes 430 CLK
Morgan Aero 8 Series I
Porsche 911 (991)
Mazda RX7
Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor
Morgan Aero Series 2
Mini Cooper S (supercharged)
Mercedes C63 (PPP)
Morgan Aero 8 Series III
Mini Cooper S (turbo)
Bristol Blenheim S
Maserati Granturismo (our most unpopular car!)
Abarth Tributo Ferrari 695
Morgan Aeromax
Smart Car Brabus
Morgan Aero SuperSport
Smart Car Brabus
Morgan 4/4 Sport
Morgan SPI (in stock)
Morgan 3W
Porsche 911 (991)
Westfield 400 FW (in stock)
Morgan Roadster Brooklands
Bentley Continental Convertible
Ultima Avalanche GTR
Porsche Macan S
Morgan Plus 8 Aero (in stock)
McLaren 650S
Porsche Boxster GTS
Jaguar E-Pace
McLaren 720S
Smart Car Sport
Mercedes C63
Morgan Plus 8 (1970) (in stock)
Mercedes AMG GLA 45 (current daily driver)
McLaren 600LT
Abarth 595 Competizione (current daily driver) E.& O.E.

That's quite a list Brian!

A remarkably short list from me - all purchased new apart from the two vintage Astons.

I'm not sure there's a worst or best, the Audi was pretty boring and the Ford GT pretty exciting. I didn't get on with the Morgan Roadster, but really get on with the +8. The Range Rover has been 100% reliable from new to 150,000 miles - but I don't drive it at the moment.

I feel sure I've forgotten a couple.

Kawasaki Z1100 (a few bikes before this)
BMW 320i
Toyota MR2 (x2)
Audi 2.8 convertible
Jaguar XJR
Jaguar XKR (x2)
Aston Martin Vanquish
Aston Martin 1982 Vantage Volante
Aston Martin DBR2
Lamborghini Murcielago
Bentley Continental GT convertible
Ford GT
Range Rover Vogue supercharged
Morgan 3.7 Roadster
Morgan 4.8 +8
Tesla M3 LR

Here is my list - with a little context:

1969 VW beetle - orange (Leeds Uni)
1970 ditto - beige (Oxon)
1970 ditto - pale blue (Bucks)
1974 ditto - convertible light blue, black top (Wash DC, USA)
1974 Volvo estate - dark green (VA, USA)
1985 VW golf - gold (VA, USA)
1985 Isuzu trooper 2 door - desert colour - Jordan/UK
1986 Hyundai ‘pony’ - blue metallic - South Bucks (bought in Crieff, Scotland)
1997 VW golf 1800 TD - dark blue - Bucks
2005 VW Bora TD dark blue - Hi-Wyc, Bucks
2003 BMW 325 ci, tit. silver - Hexagon London/ Bucks
2010 BMW 325 ic - light blue metallic - bought Blackpool BMW, kept West Sussex
1997 Morgan Plus 8 3.9 in BRG - from M.Rutter. Now in West Sussex
1969 VW Beetle - dark green (inherited from mother who acquired her at Coniston, Cumbria 1976).

That’s it…. For now