2021 - reckoning up

[Broccoli]

So what cars did you start 2021 with and what cars will you finish with (yes, I know there’s still time for certain plumbers to change things out).

Did you buy a ‘forever car’ this year and decided a week later that ‘you shouldn’t meet your heros’ and sold it?

Was there a remarkable ‘one that got away’ (ONE that got away - I’m looking at you SiC ).

What was your easiest, cheapest, most frustrating or expensive car fix.E.g. Kiltox’s Aldi bottle and pipe swap, that looks like it was guarded by dobermans.

What poor brand, make, model or breed, do you have it in for in 2022?

Pictures (where possible) or it didn’t happen!

[paulplom]

Started with mk1 mx-5 and transhit.
Swapped mx-5 for ls400.
Bought a pug 107.
Swapped ls400 for aldi A8.
Swapped Aldi A8 and 2k for shitroen relay.
Got given Chevy 300c.

Current, transhit, 107, shitroen and 300c

[captain_70s]

Started:

'77 Dolly 1300 - Partially restored
'83 Triumph Acclaim - Undergoing major structural welding works
'04 Saab 95 estate - Borrowed for several months as all my own cars were fuckerated.

End:

'77 Dolly 1300 - Unchanged
'83 Triumph Acclaim - Back to semi-regular use
'89 Volvo 740 estate - Bought in mid summer as use as winter beater
'17 Peugeot Partner - Works van, pile of shit, can be used privately @ 16p a mile.

New job means... Erm, £100-200 more a month but a 55hr work week instead of 38hrs, so don't have the sort of time required to really get shit done on cars once you factor in it being weather dependant and neighbour friendly.

As for next year? No idea, selling everything aside from the Dolomite wouldn't be a not-sensible approach as the Acclaim and Dolly fill the same "occasional use, local pottering and shows" slot on fleet and the Volvo is as needy as it is handy. Lack of parking and off-road storage will be a hassle with 4 cars...

I doubt I'll be buying anything interesting next year as I don't want to spend £2-3k for a "rolling resto" surviving by the miracle of MOT exemption and the time/space limitations hinder the concept of keeping some 60s shitbox sat outside.

[AutoshiteBoy]

Started Rover 620 SLi auto. Ended with a Mercedes A160 CDI auto (W169 model).

[Tetleysmooth]

Started with an 03 reg Honda CRV. Ended with a W202 C200.
The CRV is still here though, now owned by Mrs Tetley. Unusable at the moment due to having the cat stolen on Wednesday.

[brandersnatch]

Started with the Spaceship Civic and the Harley Street Glide. Hyundai i30 for Mrs.B.
Finished with the Spaceship Civic and the Harley Street Glide. Hyundai i30 for Mrs.B.
Kept it simple.

[AutoshiteBoy]

In fairness, my commute changed from 18 miles to 482.

[panhard65]

Started with 2 Bentley Turbo R's the DKW 1000, Fiat 127 Abarth, clio 1.5dci and a Dispatch van. Ended with 1 Bentley, Dodge 3700GT hearse, Buick Special Riviera, Fiat 850 sport spider, Movano recovery truck, Citroen C1 and a peugeot 4007. Had a few in the middle nowt exciting other than the Corvette.

[DodgeRover]

Is the Movano behaving now?

[panhard65]

Is the Movano behaving now?

No such luck it has had a new fuel line, new filter, new injectors, new rail pressure reg, new high pressure pump and the cunt still plays up. It hunts on tick over but not all the time and it can cut out out if you boot it hard up hill and get the revs over 3k it cuts and puts the red eml on. Ignition cycling gets it going again still at the moment. Any ideas are welcomed I really thought the high pressure pump would of fixed it.