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What car did your parents have?

104 replies

OneUmberJoker · 19/10/2025 18:12

Micra

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TeenToTwenties · 19/10/2025 18:13

Morris minor
ford fiesta.
Ford capri.

Parky04 · 19/10/2025 19:06

Ford Cortina.

Clingfilm · 19/10/2025 19:07

They didn't have one back then, we made do without (they do haven one now).

EuroTour · 19/10/2025 19:08

Mini and VW Beetle. Later swapped the Mini for turd brown Allegro that broke down all the time.

Hoppinggreen · 19/10/2025 19:09

My Mum always had Fiat Pandas and my Dad had Jags

SpottyAardvark · 19/10/2025 19:11

They didn’t. I grew up on a council estate & we couldn’t afford a car. We didn’t have a phone either, for the same reason. And this was the 1980s, not the 1950s.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 19/10/2025 19:11

Commer campervan from when I was 5 to 14, then a Volvo 340

GypsyQueeen · 19/10/2025 19:12

Rolls - Royce. I came from a working class background though.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 19/10/2025 19:12

Golf
Polo
Renault Fuego
Renault 25 I think it was called

NotForTheMoneyandNotForTheApplause · 19/10/2025 19:14

Its been a while @OneUmberJoker since I've seen one of your threads, have you been on holiday?

Don't bother replying folks, this poster is the queen of asking a banal question and never coming back to the thread

StressedEric · 19/10/2025 19:14

Jaguar Sovereigns with two fuel tanks on each wing . Always smelt of petrol 🤢

PrivateMusic · 19/10/2025 19:14

I remember my mums Yugo in the 90’s. It was her first car and all she could afford.

HarlequinHare · 19/10/2025 19:14

A succession of total bangers on their last legs including minis, a Ford Cortina and a Simca of all things. Then a new VW Polo when mum got a job.

lovecookiedough · 19/10/2025 19:15

Only my dad drove, and didn’t get a car until I was 11
first was a dark brown Austin Montego then a cortina.

tfu · 19/10/2025 19:18

My dad had a jag before I was born- afterwards Austin Princess, Vauxhall Carlton , VW Golf then an Audi

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 19/10/2025 19:18

ford capri after Ford fucking capri 😫 they had at least six in total and I’m not sure if that’s because they kept breaking more than their love for them but I think all cars broke back then.

Arlanymor · 19/10/2025 19:21

Datsun Sunny Estate
Ford Escort MK1
Rover 800
Nissan Bluebird

RaymondPeterfellow · 19/10/2025 19:23

A Fiat Uno and then a Peugeot 406. Good times

Sassylovesbooks · 19/10/2025 19:23

Ford Cortina Mark 4 and 5!!

AllJoyAndNoFun · 19/10/2025 19:24

Bright yellow Ford Cortina and then we got a Ford Sierra and that was a cool car back then! 🤣

AllJoyAndNoFun · 19/10/2025 19:24

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 19/10/2025 19:18

ford capri after Ford fucking capri 😫 they had at least six in total and I’m not sure if that’s because they kept breaking more than their love for them but I think all cars broke back then.

Oh year there was one of those too and it was metallic turquoise

Sosbanfachtheresatellyinmybath · 19/10/2025 19:27

Vauxhall Cavalier in mustard, and a Ford Escort in black. I can still remember the reg of both, but can't remember where the hell my new boots are 🤣

Chiseltip · 19/10/2025 19:30

Austin Allegro, estate, in canary yellow.

Also a baby blue Ford Fiesta.

And of course the "famous" Lada Niva.

user2848502016 · 19/10/2025 19:30

Talbot Alpine
I remember friend at school saying they had got a new car that was a Ford Sierra - I thought it sounded incredibly posh and wanted my Dad to get one 😆

Missey85 · 19/10/2025 19:47

We didn't have a car 😊