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Old 24 October 2005, 09:31 PM
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Default Favorite sh1tbox and why....

I would say classic but some would say sh1tbox.. but the MK1 golf in my mind is a laugh on the twisties and has charm like no other car.
Old 24 October 2005, 10:21 PM
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Saxo VTS - soooooooooooooo much fun. If you've not tried one you really do have to.
Old 24 October 2005, 10:25 PM
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205 Gti 1.9 in Miami blue - just got rid of one for a WRX STI MY96!!!!

Standard handling is excellent, although steering is very heavy!!!!!

Quality car though!
Old 24 October 2005, 10:32 PM
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Renault 5 GTT

So much fun, for a car that old, it shouldn’t go as quick as it does. Wouldn’t be that far behind most modern day Hot hatches such as Clio 172 etc, and for not much money can be made quicker.
Old 24 October 2005, 10:36 PM
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Mk2 Fiesta XR2.....

The cheap and cheerful XR2 gave many months of starting from cold, receiving a proper hammering then being switched off. Without servicing, or any maintenance other than replacement cheapo front tyres.


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Old 24 October 2005, 10:43 PM
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AX GT

Truly an inflated rollerskate!
Old 24 October 2005, 10:57 PM
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RB5WR. It was a box and was ****e.

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Old 24 October 2005, 11:25 PM
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205 without question
Old 24 October 2005, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream Weaver
205 without question
Yeah, along with Mk1 Golf GTi. Cult classics!!

My sh!tbox is great though, for it's time it's not as good as the 205 - but as it's newer it's slightly better (if you see what I'm saying). :crazy:
Old 24 October 2005, 11:52 PM
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The Landy - soldiering on after 36years, usually costing nothing to fix, and if it does....I spend more on a Friday night than what it costs in parts.




And and it can scare women and small children
Old 25 October 2005, 08:58 AM
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Astra GTE 16v - `such a brilliant engine and on decent tyres nowhere near as bad as most people think
Old 25 October 2005, 08:59 AM
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Another vote for the R5GTT
Old 25 October 2005, 09:06 AM
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Escort 1.3. Not fast, didn't handle and was truely sh1te but you could 4 wheel drift around every roundabout at 20mph
Old 25 October 2005, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by prodriva
Another vote for the R5GTT
Im sure there will be another vote from davegtt soon.
Old 25 October 2005, 10:57 AM
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205 - the one everything else is still compared to more than 20 years on
Old 25 October 2005, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
Saxo VTS - soooooooooooooo much fun. If you've not tried one you really do have to.
or its twin brother 106GTi, certainly makes the drive to work fun
Old 25 October 2005, 12:12 PM
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Triumph Vitesse 1600. Sounds great, and a rapid introduction to the term "lift off oversteer"!
Old 25 October 2005, 01:09 PM
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My fav Sh++box is a certain 10 quid reliant Robin trade in that I just had to take for a blast around the Ashton area. It's the scariest thing I've ever been in (and that includes a ginger bird I once dated!).

It locked up the brakes at 5 mph with the slightest of touches and always at the back of your mind was the impending fear of becoming a flaming fibre glass fire ball due to the strange petrol odours in the cabin.

A **** car but one I actually thought of buying to do the dinner time sandwhich run in!!! Cars with no value that feel like they are being driven at ten tenths (even when they're only doing 10mph) are just fantastic!
Old 25 October 2005, 01:37 PM
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mk1 mr2..very cheap and a lot of fun even nicer if its T-bar. Thinking about getting another one now.
Old 25 October 2005, 01:55 PM
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Nova SR
cheap reliable and bloody good fun
Old 25 October 2005, 01:58 PM
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Fiat Cinquecento Sporting.

Hilarious car, could be driven at 10/10's everywhere, and noone even noticed. Handled brilliantly too.

(and I say this even despite having owned a 205 GTi)
Old 25 October 2005, 02:09 PM
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Nissan pulsar,especially seeing one destroy a m3 CSL at santa pod.
And my trusty J reg Polo that just refuses to die ,even under the most extreme circumstances!
Old 25 October 2005, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MR CTR
It's the scariest thing I've ever been in (and that includes a ginger bird I once dated!)
Old 25 October 2005, 02:55 PM
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Manta GTE, 1986. Scary sideways fun, but slow as crap.
Old 25 October 2005, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by pete1977
Nissan pulsar,especially seeing one destroy a m3 CSL at santa pod.
And my trusty J reg Polo that just refuses to die ,even under the most extreme circumstances!
Is a pulsar a sh1tbox... I'm getting old... Awsome wee car tho Sadly I've never owned one
Old 25 October 2005, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RRH
Manta GTE, 1986. Scary sideways fun, but slow as crap.
Quality car.. well my mates old 16v on webbers was a laugh untill the shell finally let go... rotten.. The drift scene would have lapped them up.. shame
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Originally Posted by nickwrxstiV2
205 Gti 1.9 in Miami blue - just got rid of one for a WRX STI MY96!!!!

Standard handling is excellent, although steering is very heavy!!!!!

Quality car though!
The Miami blue was always the one...
Old 25 October 2005, 04:51 PM
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Indeed
Old 25 October 2005, 05:43 PM
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Lovely my 309 GTI I had a while back. Handled superbly and was entertaining enough.

Pug ugly though!
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309... they were good for the Mi16!



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