Whats your first car?? Heres mine!
12 December 2001, 02:00 PM
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Had a superb Ford Escort 1.4LX 5 door 1987 model... Went great until it took out a 50ft lamppost ! (Ended up kind of sat there with a steering wheel in my hand and a pile of rust around me !!)
Steering wheel wasn't much use when it rained though - you turned, the car went straight on - hence the above !!!!!
Hey Chiark, how sick is that Chevette site !?! Well funny !!!
Did anyone own the 2.3 litre version !?!! WOW !!!
What's the cr4ppiest car you've ever been in ?! Any former Princess or Morris Ital owners out there ?
Cheers,
John
Steering wheel wasn't much use when it rained though - you turned, the car went straight on - hence the above !!!!!
Hey Chiark, how sick is that Chevette site !?! Well funny !!!
Did anyone own the 2.3 litre version !?!! WOW !!!
What's the cr4ppiest car you've ever been in ?! Any former Princess or Morris Ital owners out there ?
Cheers,
John
12 December 2001, 07:07 PM
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1st car in 89 was a black opel manta gte, later fitted with a 2.0 16 valve engine
2nd car in 99 was a red opel manta i240
3rd car in 2000 was a red my97 impreza turbo
4th car in 2001 is a p1
5th car in 2002 is a sti7 prodrive
mark
[Edited by MARK MORRIS - 11/23/2002 11:27:32 AM]
2nd car in 99 was a red opel manta i240
3rd car in 2000 was a red my97 impreza turbo
4th car in 2001 is a p1
5th car in 2002 is a sti7 prodrive
mark
[Edited by MARK MORRIS - 11/23/2002 11:27:32 AM]
14 December 2001, 09:40 AM
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Mine was a mini that I rebuilt, initial cost £300
If you want to see some bigger pics & spec:
www.kstroud.fsnet.co.uk/Mini.htm
Cheers
[Edited by Stroudy - 1/2/2002 8:12:46 AM]
If you want to see some bigger pics & spec:
www.kstroud.fsnet.co.uk/Mini.htm
Cheers
[Edited by Stroudy - 1/2/2002 8:12:46 AM]
14 December 2001, 11:17 AM
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Nice choice of steed Miles 
I too had a Bluebird as my first car...unfortunately the only photos of it were the official Police accident ones when I snapped it in half round a tree at 80 mph 
I too had a Bluebird as my first car...unfortunately the only photos of it were the official Police accident ones when I snapped it in half round a tree at 80 mph
14 December 2001, 09:24 PM
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AAAAAAAAWWW your still a scooby newbie 
Leon i cant beleive you! Did you ever find your front STi cover?
I'll get you back mate
[Edited by Mr.Manchester - 12/14/2001 9:27:37 PM]
Leon i cant beleive you! Did you ever find your front STi cover? I'll get you back mate
[Edited by Mr.Manchester - 12/14/2001 9:27:37 PM]
17 December 2001, 03:08 PM
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There used to be a little magazine (more of a fanzine) available about ten years ago called Jalopy. If you laughed out loud as I did at Jerry*s Escort tale you would have loved it. There were some absolute Gems in it. I contributed a couple of articles about my 3.4 Jag (£500) and my lancia Delta (£100) however they paled into insignificance next to some tales of woe. And the buyers guide was the funniest bit of automotive journalism I ever read.
It was doomed since no-one wants to advertise in a mag that basically rips the p**s out of car manufacturers. If you see a second hand copy anywhere buy it. Sadly missed.
It was doomed since no-one wants to advertise in a mag that basically rips the p**s out of car manufacturers. If you see a second hand copy anywhere buy it. Sadly missed.
17 December 2001, 04:28 PM
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1st = A reg ford fiesta MKII 1.1
2nd = F reg ford feista MK III 1.1
3rd = M reg ford escort 1.6 si
4th = P reg Ford escort 1.8 si
5th = C reg ford sierra 2.0 ghia (hatch)
6th = F reg for granada scorpio 2.9 (beast of a machine)
7th = N reg ford mondeo GLX 1.8td
8th and about time i came to my senses and moved away from ford (kidding - nil complaints from any of them) = MY98 S reg subaru impreza turbo AWD 4dr QUALITY at last
chris
SPOOLING
[Edited by CHRIS_D - 12/17/2001 4:29:13 PM]
2nd = F reg ford feista MK III 1.1
3rd = M reg ford escort 1.6 si
4th = P reg Ford escort 1.8 si
5th = C reg ford sierra 2.0 ghia (hatch)
6th = F reg for granada scorpio 2.9 (beast of a machine)
7th = N reg ford mondeo GLX 1.8td
8th and about time i came to my senses and moved away from ford (kidding - nil complaints from any of them) = MY98 S reg subaru impreza turbo AWD 4dr QUALITY at last
chris
SPOOLING
[Edited by CHRIS_D - 12/17/2001 4:29:13 PM]
17 December 2001, 08:53 PM
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Great idea for a thread, I think us old Gits are going to win this one:-
Bought in 1975, 997, moded it to 1275, fitted clasic capri front suspension (clasic capri was the one before the capri!) Got over took by a bus going up a steep hill once. Believe it or not someone stole the whip ariel
Took me some years to get to something a bit more cool:-
Bought in 1975, 997, moded it to 1275, fitted clasic capri front suspension (clasic capri was the one before the capri!) Got over took by a bus going up a steep hill once. Believe it or not someone stole the whip ariel
Took me some years to get to something a bit more cool:-
18 December 2001, 10:13 PM
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Hi All
My first car was a 1972 Saab 96, sorry can't be bothered going into the loft to hunt Pics, I still say it was one of the most fun cars I have ever driven, mind you always do have a soft spot for your first car, don't you.
Here's a true classic for you all, my 1980 Saab 99 Turbo, bought it off my brother to replace my year old XR2 which I hated, only 200 of these weresupplied to the uk each year. I suppose it was sort of a holomogation model. Released in 1977 in 3 door form it had 147 BHP not bad for it's day & rallied by Stig, Per etc..... those were the days
Cheers
Paul
My first car was a 1972 Saab 96, sorry can't be bothered going into the loft to hunt Pics, I still say it was one of the most fun cars I have ever driven, mind you always do have a soft spot for your first car, don't you.
Here's a true classic for you all, my 1980 Saab 99 Turbo, bought it off my brother to replace my year old XR2 which I hated, only 200 of these weresupplied to the uk each year. I suppose it was sort of a holomogation model. Released in 1977 in 3 door form it had 147 BHP not bad for it's day & rallied by Stig, Per etc..... those were the days
Cheers
Paul
19 December 2001, 01:03 AM
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Here's my first
and my second and third.
and here's the rudest car I owned, which was built on a Fiat 500 chassis: www.disco.co.nz/cars20.htm
[Edited by Legacy GTB - 12/19/2001 1:10:37 AM]
and my second and third.
and here's the rudest car I owned, which was built on a Fiat 500 chassis: www.disco.co.nz/cars20.htm
[Edited by Legacy GTB - 12/19/2001 1:10:37 AM]
19 December 2001, 11:48 AM
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My first car, staring from 1978 when I passed my test at the tender age of 21 was:
1978: 1972 Austin 1100 3 door (the sporty version)
Having written it off I got:
1979: 1966 Mini 850 with sliding windows, string door handles and no syncromesh on first.
1979: 1973 Hillman Hunter with RS Steel wheels
1980: 1976 Triumph 2500PI
1981: 1975 Hillman Hunter
1984: Ford Capri Laser 1600 - First Company Car!
1986: Vauxhall Belmont 2000
1987 BMW 316i
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier SRi 130
1991 BMW316 again....
1991 Rover 216GTi Twin Cam
then got made redundant and lost the company cars....
1992: 1988 Lada Riva (only had it for a day, the lights didn't work!!)
1992: 1984 Metro Turbo - blew the gearbox!
1992: 1987 Vauxhall Carlton - Blew the negine up by putting unleaded in!!!
1993: Vauxhall Astra 1.4i back to a company car again..
1995: Rover 218SD
1996: Vauxhall Sharan....
1998: Volvo S40 CD 1.9TDi.....
1999: Land Rover Freelander 2.0TDi Softback...
2001: Subaru Impreza WRX with PPP!!!
1978: 1972 Austin 1100 3 door (the sporty version)
Having written it off I got:
1979: 1966 Mini 850 with sliding windows, string door handles and no syncromesh on first.
1979: 1973 Hillman Hunter with RS Steel wheels
1980: 1976 Triumph 2500PI
1981: 1975 Hillman Hunter
1984: Ford Capri Laser 1600 - First Company Car!
1986: Vauxhall Belmont 2000
1987 BMW 316i
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier SRi 130
1991 BMW316 again....
1991 Rover 216GTi Twin Cam
then got made redundant and lost the company cars....
1992: 1988 Lada Riva (only had it for a day, the lights didn't work!!)
1992: 1984 Metro Turbo - blew the gearbox!
1992: 1987 Vauxhall Carlton - Blew the negine up by putting unleaded in!!!
1993: Vauxhall Astra 1.4i
back to a company car again..1995: Rover 218SD
1996: Vauxhall Sharan....
1998: Volvo S40 CD 1.9TDi.....
1999: Land Rover Freelander 2.0TDi Softback...
2001: Subaru Impreza WRX with PPP!!!
19 December 2001, 12:39 PM
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1978 1100 fiesta with 14" wheels! got it for £300 in 1991 and never cost me a penny more. Sold it for £500 8 months later!!
1981 MG metro - biggest pile of sh1te, sold it after three weeks.
1987 XR2, then the tuning bug got me - 15" wheels, Koni suspension, cams, headwork, big brakes. It flew and was great fun
1990 RS turbo, got it from a salvage yard with Konis and 190bhp. Also great fun. It had a dent in every panel so it looked a right heap, but it went well.
1990 Corolla GTi, cracking engine and chassis but needed bigger wheels and stiffer suspension.
1991 Nissan 200SX - First RWD experience, and boy was it good. I did intend to keep this until the offer of an Impreza came up
1994 UK Impreza. - Say no more. Would like a newer one but I've spent far too much money on it so I'm going to keep it until I win the lottery! Then strip it bare and use at as a rally car! And runaround in the Noble M12!!
1981 MG metro - biggest pile of sh1te, sold it after three weeks.
1987 XR2, then the tuning bug got me - 15" wheels, Koni suspension, cams, headwork, big brakes. It flew and was great fun
1990 RS turbo, got it from a salvage yard with Konis and 190bhp. Also great fun. It had a dent in every panel so it looked a right heap, but it went well.
1990 Corolla GTi, cracking engine and chassis but needed bigger wheels and stiffer suspension.
1991 Nissan 200SX - First RWD experience, and boy was it good. I did intend to keep this until the offer of an Impreza came up
1994 UK Impreza. - Say no more. Would like a newer one but I've spent far too much money on it so I'm going to keep it until I win the lottery! Then strip it bare and use at as a rally car! And runaround in the Noble M12!!
20 December 2001, 08:52 PM
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Timbo 33 how can you remember all those cars? I had a few metro's but after months of therapy I finally blanked the memories out
21 December 2001, 04:11 PM
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In 1993 I picked up a silver Lancia Delta 1500 for £350.
Lasted 1.5 years before it was nicked.
Moved on to a MY99 - the only thing in common was the rally pedigree and the colour!!!!
Peter
Lasted 1.5 years before it was nicked.
Moved on to a MY99 - the only thing in common was the rally pedigree and the colour!!!!
Peter
21 December 2001, 04:41 PM
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My first car, is still the Golf VR6 Highline, i actually learnt to drive in the beast !!
Still it seem's slow comming over from 2 wheels, I had my first blat in a scooby a P1 from our pal's at Cheam Motors and yeah.... that's more like it.
Still the Golf gets slated alot but i like and it's more than quick enough compared to anything other than a Scoob / Evo or a Porka (you got the idea), sometimes it's good to be the underdog.........Other times it's just emabaressing listening to the boxer drone getting ever more distant !!
Scooby for '02, Have a bloody good holiday all, and i'll ctach you all soon enough !!
Phill
Still it seem's slow comming over from 2 wheels, I had my first blat in a scooby a P1 from our pal's at Cheam Motors and yeah.... that's more like it.
Still the Golf gets slated alot but i like and it's more than quick enough compared to anything other than a Scoob / Evo or a Porka (you got the idea), sometimes it's good to be the underdog.........Other times it's just emabaressing listening to the boxer drone getting ever more distant !!
Scooby for '02, Have a bloody good holiday all, and i'll ctach you all soon enough !!
Phill
22 December 2001, 10:32 PM
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need i say more!!
followed by numerous vauxhalls (a nova,corsa + a vectra) + fords (4 escorts 2x1.3gl's 1x1.8si and a rs)
now have a my01 and a nissan micra boston 1.0l twin cam(wifes)
followed by numerous vauxhalls (a nova,corsa + a vectra) + fords (4 escorts 2x1.3gl's 1x1.8si and a rs)
now have a my01 and a nissan micra boston 1.0l twin cam(wifes)
23 December 2001, 02:59 PM
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The second Bluebird met an unfortunate end, sideways into a forest. Oops. Lost it on a country road in the wet on pine needles. Still the 3rd and final Bluebird was an improvement. After that, I had two Primera (a shortlived L) and a SRi, before progressing onto Scoobs
24 December 2001, 12:21 AM
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Mine was a 1978 Escort 1.3 which i could drive like a mad man without causing any damage, lost loads of faster cars on roads i knew, ah those were the days, car cost £200 and had it been welded more times than michael jacksons face and was an absolute belter, for some reason i swapped it for a Mk2 capri 1.6 auto (prob cos it was a 1.6)
[Edited by LeeMac - 12/24/2001 12:23:42 AM]
[Edited by LeeMac - 12/24/2001 12:23:42 AM]
25 December 2001, 03:08 PM
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Get yer hair out!!!!!!!!!!!!
Car was an absolute beast! Was going to keep it as a trackday car but ended up swapping it for a pokemon card!
Followed it up with:
Fiesta 1.6sport, Escort series1 RS turbo, Fiesta RS turbo, Escort RS2000 16v, and now my molested MY00 UK Scoob.
Will never be able to beat the performance and handling of my 'poof blue' 1.1L fiesta though!!
[Edited by Steve Fort - 12/25/2001 3:16:28 PM]
27 December 2001, 11:56 AM
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First car was at 19 and an A reg 1.1 Renault 5 GTL (old shape) used to rev the crap out of it and it still carried on Just a shame it rolled like a git on corners Vowed that my next car would not roll at all so......
Then got and F reg 205 1.9GTi - loved that car and still miss it just went and handled superbly
That was written off care of a girl in a corsa not looking at traffic lights
Replaced with 306 2.0 GTi-6, was the natural step on from the 205, went just as well, if not better, and handled superbly and loved it - cracking car (still lacked something from the 205 though) and then replaced that in march this year with a MY99 Scoob turbo
Just a shame it rolled like a git on corners Vowed that my next car would not roll at all so......Then got and F reg 205 1.9GTi - loved that car and still miss it
just went and handled superbly That was written off care of a girl in a corsa not looking at traffic lights
Replaced with 306 2.0 GTi-6, was the natural step on from the 205, went just as well, if not better, and handled superbly and loved it - cracking car (still lacked something from the 205 though) and then replaced that in march this year with a MY99 Scoob turbo
27 December 2001, 11:28 PM
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don't have a pic ,but my 1st car was a hand painted black renault5 GTL (A reg)this was complimented by my cosmetic touch of hand painted bumpers (in white).the interior was orange,it was like driving around inside a liquorice allsort.Oh the shame of it I then upgraded to a rustic orange fiat strada all the way to my present scoob which i have decided not to cosmetically hand paint....can you beat that????????
cheers kev
I then upgraded to a rustic orange fiat strada all the way to my present scoob which i have decided not to cosmetically hand paint....can you beat that???????? cheers kev
28 December 2001, 08:12 AM
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My old man bought me my first car, which I thought was great, then I saw it *lol*
1991 - Austin Allegro 1.3 L - bright orange
1995 - Ford Fiesta 1.3, red
1996 - Rover 216 GTi twin cam - white
1997 - Rover 220 GSi turbo - blue
1998 - Rover 220 coupe turbo - BRG
1999 - Rover 220 GTi - white (needed the money)
2000 - Rover 220 GSi turbo again - blue
Will sometime soon add a scoob and run the GSi turbo as a runaround *lol*
1991 - Austin Allegro 1.3 L - bright orange
1995 - Ford Fiesta 1.3, red
1996 - Rover 216 GTi twin cam - white
1997 - Rover 220 GSi turbo - blue
1998 - Rover 220 coupe turbo - BRG
1999 - Rover 220 GTi - white (needed the money)
2000 - Rover 220 GSi turbo again - blue
Will sometime soon add a scoob and run the GSi turbo as a runaround *lol*
29 December 2001, 10:39 PM
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Just found some piccies of my old ford orion, i know it sounds poo but ill post em soon and then you can comment!