About ~ Motoring Nomad

I'm Damon, a 40-something with a passion for vehicles and enough years under my belt to have experienced a fair few (of differing varieties). Once upon a time, I spent several years photographing Superbikes and MotoGP (see right). Nowadays, the photography I do is limited to my vehicles and those I find interesting when I'm out and about.

I started this site in order to share some of my experiences. Expect to see photos and video from car and bike shows, events, meets, drive outs, tours and anything else which I might think is interesting.

Below you'll find my car and motorcycle ownership history and pictures of some of the vehicles of various performance (and quality) that I've acquired over the years.

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Car Ownership History

I've had more cars than I can reliably remember. Certainly more than twenty and probably more than thirty. My very first car was a diarrhoea-brown Talbot Sunbeam which I paid the grand sum of £250 for in 1993. Following that inauspicious start, a large chunk of my car history comprised forgettable rep-mobile company cars. I've spent too long travelling the roads of Britain in dull, lifeless barges (powered by whatever soul-destroying diesel engine was flavour of the month at the time).

I've listed some of the cars which were slightly more memorable below, in rough chronological order (most recent first):

2023 Honda Civic Type-R
2019 Mazda MX-5 30th Anniversary Edition
2014 BMW M4
2015 VW Golf R
2007 Subaru Impreza WRX
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX
2004 Audi S4
2004 Vauxhall Astra 2.2 SRI
2004 Ford Focus ST170
1998 Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 V6 GSI
1990 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v
1989 Peugeot 205 GTI
1990 MG Metro Turbo

For the record, I hated those Vauxhalls but they're here because I can remember them and at least the Vectra's V6 sounded good. Sort of. The Astra GTE 16v was rapid for its time too, but had the dubious distinction of being mounted on pogo sticks instead of shock absorbers.