The Film-Star Car
Think Bond, Bullitt, Back to the Future, The Italian Job, Mad Max, or the film only you remember.
Noel Edmonds' Cars Of My Life: the great car challenge
Start your 10 cars challenge - 1. Fill in your ten
- 2. Tell each story
- 3. Add a photo
- 4. Send it in
- 5. On the wall
Ten cars that are part of your life journey, whether you owned them or not.
- The family car on the school run
- The first you owned and the first you crashed
- A poster or film car and your first-kiss car
- The one you always wanted and the one you wish you'd kept
- The one you couldn't sell fast enough and the one that means the most
So, what are the ten cars of your life?
Forget horsepower. Forget price tags. The ten cars of your life are the ones that left a mark: the family car, the first one you drove, the one on your bedroom wall, the one you couldn't wait to sell.
Owning them was never the point.
Stuck for ten?
Ten questions that shake them loose
Your ten can be any cars at all, in any order. But if you're staring at a blank page, these usually find a few. Three is enough to send it in; ten is the challenge.
- Job No. 01
The family car on the school run
What did your mum, dad or grandparent drive? What did it smell like? Where did it take you?
- Job No. 02
The first car you owned
Your first set of keys. How much did it cost? What was wrong with it? Why did you love it anyway?
- Job No. 03
The first car you crashed
Where were you, what did you hit, and whose fault was it really?
- Job No. 04
The poster or film car
The one on your bedroom wall, or the one you saw on screen and fell for. Why that one?
- Job No. 05
The first-kiss car
Where were you? Who was with you? Romantic, awkward, hilarious, or all three?
- Job No. 06
The one you've always wanted
The one you always said you'd own one day. Maybe you still will. Maybe your knees say otherwise.
- Job No. 07
The one you wish you still owned
The one you sold, or nearly bought, or let go. What is it worth now, and do you want to know?
- Job No. 08
The one you were relieved to sell
Which car tested your patience, your wallet or your sanity? What went wrong?
- Job No. 09
The one that means the most
Forget value and status. Which car carries a memory you'll never lose?
- Job No. 10
The first one you drove
Who taught you? Where were you? Were you brilliant, or absolutely hopeless?
Three generations, one road
The Family Car Timeline
Put your family history into cars. Grandad's car. Mum & Dad's car. Yours. Your children's. See how the family story changed.
For example
- GrandadAustin Cambridge, 1958
- Mum & DadFord Cortina, 1972
- MeMini 1000, 1985
- PartnerVW Golf, 1991
- ChildrenFiat 500, 2016
The cars that made us dream
From The Screen To The Wall
Which car did you see in a film, on television, in a magazine or above your bed and instantly think: I WANT THAT.
The Bedroom Wall
What poster did you have? Did your taste change, or are you still secretly in love with it?
It's one of your ten. Pin it to "The poster or film car" and it can appear here.
Settle the argument
The Car That Wins
Pick your side. There are no wrong answers, although some answers are clearly wrong.
Pick one to see how everybody else voted.
Show us your car
Every Photograph Has A Story
Put a photo with any of your ten: your first car, your family car, your wedding car, your battered old banger or the one you wish you'd kept.
- 01
Find the photo
Dig out the old album, phone photo or faded print.
- 02
Tell the story
What was the car, where were you, and why does it still matter?
- 03
Put it on the wall
Send it in. Once we've read it, your memory joins the Memory Wall.
Ask Your Parents
"What was your first car?"
Then ask: "What car do you wish you'd kept?"
Keep your answers
My Cars of My Life
Turn your answers into a keepsake.
Print your ten, with your photos and your family timeline, whenever you like. Tuck it in a birthday card, stick it in the scrapbook, or pin it up in the garage.
Print my Cars of My Life