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Oh yes and I can remember Fordsons - long ago they badged lorries and even the 8 hp van Fordson as well as the tractors. I've no idea why - maybe someone out there can enlighten us?
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AC,Audi,Austin,BMW,Cadillac,Citroen,Daewoo,Daf,Daimler,Datsun,Fiat,For
d,GMC,GTM,Hillman,Honda,Hyundai,Jaguar,Lada,Lancia,Land
Rover,Lincoln,Lotus,MG,Mercedes,Mercury,Morris,Nash,Nissan,Oldsmobile,
Opel,Peugeot,Plymouth,Porsche,Riley,Rover,Singer,Skoda,
Subaru,Talbot,Toyota, Triumph,Vauxhall, Volkswagen,Volvo,Wolsley
Only 46 so a lot to go..
No Bentley, Ferrari,Lexus, Rolls Royce etc..the best is yet to come?
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From the beginning-:
My own
VW Polo
Ford Fiesta MK1
VW Passat 5DR
Hyundai Lantra
Ford Mondeo
Saab 9000
Peugeot 406
*Hyundai Pony
*Kia Pride
*Volvo 740
*VX Corsa
*VX Astra *= Other family cars
*Rover 214
*Peugeot 306
*VX Cavalier
BMW 320i Touring (E36)
Renault Laguna
Alfa Romeo 146 Twinspark
Jaguar XJ40 3.2
VX Omega (current)
# VX Cavalier MK2 H/B #=Friends cars
# VW Golf MK1 GTI Campaign
# Ford Sierra XR 4x4
# Rover 220 Targa Turbo Coupe
# Various Escorts inc MK2 Escort RS Mexico
# VX Calibra
# Renault Clio
# VW Jetta
# Peugeot 405
# Various Cortinas, Sierras & Orions
# Alfa 156 Twinspark
# Saab 900 Convertible
And many many more in the 12yrs I've had my licence plus most makes of trucks.
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Starting from driving on private land at the age of 12 the list is probably something like this: -
Triumph
Austin
Morris
NSU
Rover
Fiat
Polski Fiat
Mini
Simca
Honda
Ford
Alfa
Dodge (truck)
Bedford (truck)
Vauxhall
Lancia
Renault
Peugeot
Citroen
Toyota
Honda
Mazda
Saab
BMW
Mercedes
Audi
Mazda
Lexus
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldmobile
Cadillac
Mercury
Plymouth
AMC
Subaru
Hyundai
Kia
Suzuki
Daihatsu
what's that - 41
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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Ok so we're all giving big lists of makers that by and large look pretty similar to each others so shall we have a go at seeing what brands you have driven that no-one else has?
I shall start with an Ariel and a Noble.
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Only non-standard car I've driven is the Formula Ford racing car that you drive at Silverstone on one of those package thingys. Great fun, get to pretend your Schumy round the racetrack.
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Only non-standard car I've driven is the Formula Ford racing car that you drive at Silverstone on one of those package thingys. Great fun, get to pretend your Schumy round the racetrack.
I drove one around castle combe a few years back - fantastic little things, but I managed to miss a gear and create a lot of noise just as I went past my mate with the camcorder. Something I will no doubt be able to forget
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Did the same at Thruxton and had a great time. Before I went, a friend gave me some good advice. Remember that they're not your brakes and tyres and drive it hard. After I'd stopped braking at my "normal" distance and started throwing it into corners etc, it was difficult to get my crash hat off afterwards due to the very large grin I was wearing.
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Over many years I have owned just 5 x Fords and by a big default, a Triumph 2000 auto, for a couple of years.
Most of the rest I have driven were hire cars or friends cars.
Rarest I guess was a Jaguar XJ12C, IIRC one of only 316 produced.
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Only owned Renaults, VW's and a Peugeot.
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I've driven the usual run of the mill manufacturers cars (eg, Ford, Vauxhall, Rover, Peugeot, Citroen, VW - etc. (used to drive a varied amount of hire cars back in the late 80's for business purposes)
Oh, and not forgetting a Lamborghini..... (shame it was only a tractor though)
Talking of tractors, I see Fordson mentioned earlier. Driven one of them, as well as a David Brown, a John Deere, and a Massey Ferguson.
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lost count as the list is huge but some of the more unusual include
,moskvitch,lada ,ugo,wartburg ,sno-trac,kassboher,skidoo,
okelbo,ratrac,mack,aec ,bombardier,zetor,ursus,migirus-deutz,
nodwell and probably lots of others I cant remember along with all the usual range of cars from the last 40 years
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Working for a car hire company for many years the list will be endless so it's easier to list makes i've never driven.
So amazingly for a 20 year driving and career in the motor trade i've never driven a...
Jaguar
BMW (Yesss,,, i still have not driven ANY BMW!!)
Mazda
Rolls Royce/Bentley
Lada
Saab
Aston Martin
Errr..that's all I can think of (driven albeit briefly most of the rest)
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hmm lets see...
'96 Rover 214i 8v (mine)
'03 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (dads)
'01 VW Passat 1.9TDI 100 S (dads old car)
'94 Ford Fiesta 1.1LX (test drive)
not bad, considering that i only passed my test in november
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My mention of a Fordson wasn't a tractor Dave but a truck. An old Army three tonner to be exact. But if I had put a tractor in it would have been a Zetor.
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Ok so we're all giving big lists of makers that by and large look pretty similar to each others so shall we have a go at seeing what brands you have driven that no-one else has? I shall start with an Ariel and a Noble.
Armstrong-Siddeley
Bond
Matra
Messerschmidt
Paykan
Ruston-Hornsby
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L\'escargot.
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Pontiac
Chevrolet
GMC
Ford
Dodge
Chrysler
Cadillac
Saturn
Mercury
Lincoln
Buick
Freightliner
Peterbilt
International
Kenworth
White
Volvo
BMW
Saab
MINI
VW
Vauxhall
Citroen
Peugeot
Renault
Triumph
Audi
Acura
Infiniti
Isuzu
Datsun
Nissan
Mazda
Honda
Hyundai
Toyota
Mitsubishi
Subaru
*Ridden*
Honda
Triumph
Ducati
Aprilia
Suzuki
Yamaha
Kawasaki
Harley-Davidson
Buell
Indian
The short list of brands that no-one else may have driven would be:
Kenworth
Freightliner
Peterbilt
Indian
Saturn
Infiniti
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Mclaren (behind a tow rope when a motor racing marshall)
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BR Standard class Britannia no 70037 "hereward the wake"
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In no particular order:
Austin / Morris
Ford
Triumph
Renault
Hillman
Rover
Land Rover
Vauxhall
Rolls-Royce
Peugeot
Citroen
Volkswagen
AEC
Bedford
Leyland
Mercedes-Benz
Commer / Dodge
There might be a few I've missed - the timespan is 33 years after all!
What strikes me most as I do this recall exercise is that I've never driven any sort of Japanese car! I also never drove a Ford Cortina or a good old aircooled VW beetle!
Cheers, Sofa Spud
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If I include vehicles I have RIDDEN IN, my list is more interesting:
Ferrari 250 GTO
Ford GT40 (DWC 8 G, silver roadqoing prototype still owned by Ford)
Bentley 4 1/2 litre
Bentley 3 Litre
Bentley R-Type Continental prototype OLG 490
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (x2, one being the famous AX 201)
Jensen Interceptor SP
And the FRM bus, London Transport's unique rear-engined prototype based on Routemaster components.
Cheers, SS
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BR Standard class Britannia no 70037 "hereward the wake" ------------------------------
How? why? where? when?
www.steamtraingalleries.co.uk/pic_steam_in_the_six...l
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Liverpool St - Norwich. approx 1962 ish, me approx 8 ish, Father was the train driver. Cup holders? BAH! bacon on the shovel and tea from the billy.
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What??!??
More info please TVM.
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What??!?? More info please TVM.
Simple really, Papa RF (oops TVM) was a mainline train driver at Stratford. Rostered to drive the Norwich express out of Liverpool St, MAMA TVM pops the young TVM up onto the footplate just before the great beast leaves.
The last of the Britannias left Stratford shortly afterwards to do service further up the East Coast.
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"Papa RF (oops TVM) was a mainline train driver at Stratford. Rostered to drive the Norwich express out of Liverpool St, MAMA TVM pops the young TVM up onto the footplate just before the great beast leaves."
If you?re allowed to have that one RF then I?m having the Deltic locomotive I drove (with my dad) in a shunting yard somewhere in Manchester, I was much younger than you, maybe five, and I was very scared and I was crying. Papa was an engineer though not a driver, he started in the engine rooms of merchant navy ships so if I?d gone to work with him when I was two I could have been piloting some old Liberty ship down the Manchester Ship Canal. Never happened though, sadly.
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