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Remind me, did you only just pass your test?
And if so, did you have to use the green 'P' plates on your 'first car'?
I didn't start lessons until I was 33 (in 2020), then lockdowns happened and I passed three months after the Turbo arrived in 2021. I bought it for my wife and said I wouldn't be so stupid to have it as my first car. The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves; I have, in fact, never driven any car - outside of lessons - other than a Taycan Turbo or Turbo S.

You don't have to put the P plates on, but I did so: https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/learning-to-drive-in-a-taycan-turbo.5678/page-2
 

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Really cool thread and super interesting to see how varied everyone’s automotive backgrounds are.

My contribution - all pictures are mine from my actual cars.

2008 - just passed my test at 18 and got my first car, a 2007 Peugeot 207 CC Griffe 1.6HDi 110hp
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2010 - My father bought a second car for use in Paris and didn’t like it, so jumped on it. 2009 Audi A4 convertible S-Line 2.0TDI multitronic that I remapped from 140hp to 170bhp. Kept 3 years and really loved.
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2013 - Second child on the way so best thing to do is change for a practical car. 2011 Audi A5 2.0TFSI S-Line multitronic, in White with 19in rotor alloys of course. Remapped + Supersprint exhaust + APR air intake from 211hp to 270hp. Kept 6 months as son’s seat couldn’t be installed without removing the roof ??‍♂
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2013 - keeping practicality and good parenting in mind, passed my motorcycle test. Bought a 2013 Yamaha FZ8-N. Still owned (and still on french plates), 6k miles on the clock. Obviously a good decision once again
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2014 - proper family car. 2010 X5 E70 35d 10 Years Edition. Remapped from 286hp to 350hp + aero bodykit. Driven like it was stolen and very enjoyable for what it was. French car so had to go once I had been caught a few times living in the UK with wrong plates.
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2016 - wife learning to drive. 2011 Mini Countryman Cooper S manual 190. Mistake - had to have an automatic.
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2016 - take 2 for wife learner car. 2005 Range Rover L322 4.4 V8 Vogue 306hp. Mistake again - way too large of course and too unreliable
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2016 - I’ve always been impressed with a Q7. Wanted a V12 TDI but couldn’t insure it for less than 10 grand a year in London at my age, so went V8. Found one an Aston dealer took in p/x from one of their ‘good clients’. Insane spec… 2012 Audi Q7 4.2TDI S-Line Exclusive remapped from 340hp to 400hp and 900Nm. Proper fast that was.
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2017 - take 3 for wife car now test is done. 2009 Merc A180 CDI Auto 109hp. A POS which served us well for about a year.
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2017 - my Father-of-3 ideal tank, 2013 GL63 AMG. Didn’t remap the 560hp ? most loved and missed of the list. The noise, the giant cabin space, the ride… the 13mpg ?
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2017 - new job, 150mi commute per day. Need a cheap car to run. 2012 BMW 320d, 60mpg.
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2017 - want more comfort for commute. Worst car mistake of my life. 2013 BMW 730Ld. Great car to drive and very efficient for 250hp, just got the wrong one w/too many miles. Racked up 20 grand in bills including replacing the engine. Sold for spares after breaking down. Lost my arse on this one.
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2018 -My wife needs something more allroady for local roads after moving to the countryside. 2012 MINI Countryman Cooper SD Auto ALL4, 143hp. Fun chassis but lacks power and slow gearbox.
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2019 - got this for 4 months as my GL was on SOR at a dealership. Comfy and fast but fugly. BMW 535d GT, 313hp.
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2019 - Living in the UK, I had to have one. 2013 Range Rover L405 4.4SDV8 Vogue SE. Wrapped to my taste and on 22s for good measure, as I was still in my 20s. Proved to be yet again unreliable despite low miles.
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2020 - Good lockdown deals around. Countryman getting old. 2021 T-Roc R DSG, 300hp. Great all rounder and really fast in all weather
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2022 - I hope. Taycan CT4S.

Should be 17 vehicles in 13 years of driving. Hopefully I’ll grow up one day
 
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Some pics not actual car, didn't take one at the time, but same colour spec etc

Morris Ital - First car after passing my driving test. Only car that could understeer and oversteer at the same time lol.
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Vauxhall Cavalier - Cheap and cheerfull, replaced Ital after I killed the engine.
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Skoda Rapid - Cause someone told me they handled a bit like a 911
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Fiat X19 - Now this did handle, but also turned out to be water soluble
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Ford XR2 - Loved this, owned for it for one month only. Sure some members remember the 90's hot hatch insurance problems. Car was worth about £1,500, cheapest insurance quote was £3,000. That was third party only.
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Fiat uno - Cause I lost my shirt on the XR2
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Fiat uno turbo - Cause this was sooooo much better. I loved this car. So did a thief, never did find it after it was stolen.
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VW Passat estate - couldn't afford to have another car stolen from outside work so went old banger again.
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Rover 214sli - actually loved this car. New job meant more money so could afford a nearly new car. One of the longest I every kept. Sold it after three years to upgrade to....
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Toyota celica - 1.8 ST - Fun car, for about 1 week. Dreadfully underpowered. Didn't keep for long, moved into a company car.
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Mercedes C180 - It was a Merc - back when that still meant something
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Alfa Romeo 156 - 2nd company car
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Saab 9000 - Switch company car to car allowance so I could buy a bigger house. This car almost crippled my back, so bloody uncomfortable.
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VW Passat - replaced Saab after short stint with it. Found out the hard way that you could open these with a nail file and your index finger. I kid you not.
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Rover 218vvc - back to rover, a return to the magic of the 214. No, lowered suspension on the one I had which meant it tramlined like a pig.
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Fiat Barchetta - cause it wasn't an MX5
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Land Rover Discovery V8 - cause we now had kids. It was like a hot hatch on stilts. Fuel economy was woefull. Oh, it'd also smack you in the side of the head when cornering fast. Well done to BMW on sorting the suspension, not!
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Land Rover Discovery - Part 2. Actually did used to offroad this. Fun offroad, practical, built like total rubbish. First foray into JLR main dealers...grrr
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Mercedes E class - Great family car. Ushered in a new era of Merc build quality......crap
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Mustang - First midlife crisis car. This was my actual car on Top Gear. Sold it cause it kept trying to kill me or poor pedestrians.
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BMW M5 - Lost loads on cars, lets go modern classic. That certainly speed up the cash outflow. Great car but always worried it'd blow up on me.
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BMW Mini JCW cab - the exhaust, my God that was a thing. Also liked having teeth so didn't keep very long. Had also been rehearsing my arguments for my next purchase.
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Maserati 4200 - Amazing engine, so so handling, amazing interior, so so build quailty (side window fell into door, roof lining fell on head, boot filled with water). Still miss the drama of it, not the bills.
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Chrysler Grand Voyager - Sensible time again, sort off. Was great family car, miss the space for carrying stuff.
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Audi A1 - Brand new model, impulse buy to replace 4200 (had a couple of cars at the same time). Sold within a month but didn't lose anything on it.
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Audi A4 - HATED this car. It was hard, steering was crap, engine underpowered,...why do people like Audi's. I don't get it.
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Range Rover Sport - Now that is better.....Mind you, how did they get so little interior space from such a huge car. Was working as a consultant at the time, needed to eat, so trading down to...
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BMW 325i - Nice car, kinda slow, roof rattled...a lot
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Subaru Forester - Opposite of mid life crisis. Tried so hard to be sensible.
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Mercedes CLS - amazing lease deal, great car.
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Land Rover Freelander - fun project car on the side
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Mercedes C63 - YEAH.....got to know guys at petrol station well. New tires every 5k miles got a little bit old.
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Mercedes E220d - Needed a more sensible car. Thought I'd repeat the experience of previous E Class. It really didn't. It was not a good car.
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Mazda MX5 - Fun car on the side, not a Fiat Barcetta ;-)
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Dacia Duster - Dog car. Lost very little on this when sold it.
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Alfa Romeo 4C spider - A financial gamble to get out of negative equity from the E-Class. That actually worked. Oh, and if you are wondering. They really do try to kill you on UK roads.
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Alfa Romeo GT - I wanted one, I needed a car to get to work and back. 4C didn't do that very well.
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Jaguar iPace - Cause you gotta love UK BIK system........fast, almost reliable, kinda sporty. Current car. Owned for 3 years, done over 50k miles
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..also have a MG HS (dog car), Macan GTS (fiancee car), TVR 500 Chimera (fun car) but no pics of those yet and I am kinda boring myself now.

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Oh wow…..great thread. I’m 52. I’m at 109 cars since I was 17. My Daughters can count 35 cars since their earliest memories and a few more than that since they were born…:). Too many to list here, however, I may just post up a list of pics for fun!!
Taycan is one of my Top 3 of all time. The ONLY pick is that on longer trips its sometimes a PITA to grab a convenient charge. (1st world problem for sure!)
 

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Fun Thread. Testing my memory. As best as I can remember: Car model years, not my age Lol.

1974 Datsun 260Z - High school. Thought I was king s**t
1976 AMC Gremlin - Reality check, no laughing. At least it was a manual
1986 Toyota Celica GTS - 1st new car. manual. Stolen
1987 Olds Cutlass - Moms hand me down b/c (see above)
1993 Plymouth Sundance - 1st company car = awful
1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Early SUV adopter
1998 M-B ML 320 - Garbage
2000 BMW 528i -Started BMW love affair
2004 BMW M3 -Miss it
2008 BMW 740i Sport - Ticking time bomb
2010 Toyota Prius - HOV lane alone (clean pass) - enuf said
2012 Tesla Model S - Early EV adopter. Went nowhere in snow though.
2015 Tesla Model S - now AWD. Better seats. able to drive in snow.
2020 Porsche Taycan 4S- Bye forever Tesla!
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