What Euro brands did you own in the past?

Post by **matthew1** » 02 Nov 2008, 22:14

What Euro brands did you own in the past?

I had a Porsche 924, a 1978 model. Pretty car, handled well, but it was underpowered. Somehow I never owned a VW, BMW or Mercedes, or any other European brand for that matter except the 924.

I did own a 1980 Plymouth Horizon with a VW engine. You could see the VW logo stamped on the block

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I added about 10 brands and it wiped all voting records

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Post by **HareBall** » 17 Nov 2008, 09:53

I had a Fiat X1/9 back in the 70's. A 77 model. It was a fun piece of junk. Slow as Christmas, but could take a 90 degree turn at 60 with no problem.
Used to scare my friends half to death in it

Post by **matthew1** » 17 Nov 2008, 10:32

HareBall wrote:I had a Fiat X1/9 back in the 70's. A 77 model. It was a fun piece of junk. Slow as Christmas, but could take a 90 degree turn at 60 with no problem.

I bet you could only do 8-10 of those a day because it took so long to get up to 60.

My 924 was slow also, I know your pain. I got it up to 110mph once on open Colorado highway. Once.

Post by **HareBall** » 17 Nov 2008, 10:52

My Fiat's top speed was listed at 104.

Post by **billofdurham** » 17 Nov 2008, 11:50

My Fiat's top speed was listed at 104.

Did you ever get it there? A friend of mine had one and we managed 92 on a flat stretch of motorway at 3am. It took about 2 miles from a standing start.

I won't vote in this poll because I can cheat. Also many of the Euro cars I have owned never reached the US. They all sank before they got there, so you won't have heard of them.

Bill.

Post by **HareBall** » 17 Nov 2008, 15:26

I got it showing about 110 once downhill with a 50mph start.

I might have heard of some of the cars you have had. I was in the US Air Force and we went to RAF Mildenhall 6 times when I was in. I spent 2 months each time except the last time I only spent 1 month there and 1 in Athens. England was a fun place to be in the late 70's.

Post by **billofdurham** » 17 Nov 2008, 15:41

A trip down memory lane:

Standard 10; Standard Vanguard; Fiat 500; Morris Minor; Morris Isis; Morris Oxford; Wolseley 1500; Riley 1.5; Ford Cortina; Ford Capri; Austin Cambridge; Austin Westminster; Austin 2200; Austin Princess; Austin 3 litre; Vauxhall Victor 3300; Hillman Hunter; Hillman Minx; Hillman Super Minx; Triumph 2000; Rover 3500.

Bill.

Post by **HareBall** » 17 Nov 2008, 15:46

Never heard of Standard or Hillman. But remember the names of the rest and some of the models.

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 17 Nov 2008, 18:59

I won't vote in this poll because I can cheat. Also many of the Euro cars I have owned never reached the US. They all sank before they got there, so you won't have heard of them.

That reminds me - are all of the Volvo's still at the bottom of the drink in the English channel? Volvo was running a "guess where we hid the XC90" promotion at the time and I actually submitted my guess that it was the bottom of the channel when the ship sank.

I didn't win and I suppose they weren't amused.

...Lee

Mike-Halewai · Post by **Mike-Halewai** » 17 Nov 2008, 23:09

My 96 VW Golf had the 2.0L w/ just enough options to be comfy, it was the 5 speed, peppy, tons of leg room (more than my 850).. I'm 6'3" and I had to slide the seat forward after sliding it all the way back in order to comfortably reach the pedals.