1.3 Escort Bonus. Got the nads thrashed off it. Never crashed it though. God knows how!
Anyone else?

B reg Rover 213s.

Complete heap, it was fukced! About a year after I sold it to some smelly, gypsy type bloke I had the police round my house asking me if still owned it.

It had been used in an armed robbery in Leeds. Hardly the best get-away motor!

Toyota starlet 1.2 gl 5 speed,
Brilliant rear wheel fun on the grass, got it from an auction when I was 17 for £280 and nothing went wrong with it in 2 years, it was great fun :D

FTO GPX, nice looking/sounding but slow - turbos all the way from then on :D

chuff me, what was FTO insurance like?
Why do first cars never break?
Well, apart from the piston I melted :-)

a 950cc ford fiesta !! and i broke it real good !!!!

First car after passing test was a 1980 reg Datsun 280C saloon in gold metallic with cream leather trim...passed test in 1981 1st time as treated myself as a reward for passing so quickly....and b4 my sister who had been having lessons for 5 yrs and failed test 10 times lol

Mk 1 Golf GTI - insurance cost me £525 fully comp with no no-claims bonus (obviously).

Now some 18 years later I'm paying £990 with full no claims and 18 years of driving experience behind me - eh???????

Regards,

tiggers.

[Edited by tiggers - 10/07/2003 21:12:03]

MK1 Golf GTI eh? Not my cup of tea but a real nice car!
Insurance is bl00dy stupid nowadays.

Mini 1000cc with spax's and cooper wheels. Top motor!

Mk1 Golf 1.5GLS - had it 9 years (was my mums before that and my grans until she died, car had been in family 18 years) loads of memories of going through my late teens/early 20's. Sold it when it was 21 years old, still going strong. Fine car.

[Edited by Dracoro - 10/07/2003 21:26:04]

mini! now that is what I wished I had bought.
I love 'em
Mate has had loads (like double figures loads), awesome!

1.6 Cavalier L ..

went thru 2 engines, 3 sets of tyes and 2 exhausts and a fence ...lol

1977 1100 Fiesta van,went like mad ,got from newquay to bristol in 2 1/2 hrs b4 A30 complete ....great times..jon:)

'77 fiesta? correct me if i am wrong but that must be just about the first one ever! Reckon that would almost be a classic now!
Anybody know if their first motor is still about somewhere?

997 mini cooper way back in 71

Very, Very bad - £2500 FC

Mk1 GTI, I'd love one of them as a runabout now. What are the running costs? MPG etc?

OUCH!!!!!!!!
Oh well, I guess it had to be done!
MK1 GTI, find a good one and I am led to believe it would cost naff all to run, good MPG etc. Problems finding some parts nowadays though (bodywork etc.) so I am told.

2.0L Capri :D


Second car was a Golf Mk1 GTI, X Reg.Always regretted selling that car since :(

Toyota Starlet Glanza V 1996

At 17: 1976 1100 Mk2 Escort.
At 19: 1977 1300 Mk2 Escort.

And now, at 20, a 1979 1300 Mk2 Escort, but soon to be a 2.1 :)

Gomp.

Opel Manta GTE Coupe. 2.0i

£850 to insure

950cc b reg fiesta at 17

Lots of fords!


[Edited by aroadwarrior - 10/07/2003 22:19:16]

black opel manta gte 2.0, then 2.2, then 2.4 then 2.1 16v
£800 to insure in my mums name whilst 18, now 33 paying £760 for a sti7 prodrive ppp
mark

1.6 i ghia Orion. 'A' reg minter...... ;)

i see the mk1 golf gti mentioned, thats what ive got as a runaround, do about 700+ miles a week, so piling the miles on it instead of the scooby.

its a 1.8i and does 40+ mpg and raggin it hardly affects the mpg either, its shocked me how good it is. scooby is 26mpg drivin steady on a long run :rolleyes:

First car I was able to drive after sitting my test was my mum's F-reg Mazda 121. Then I had a couple of company cars - Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7 TD and a Citroen Xantia 1.7 TD (both M-plates).

First car I owned was a M-reg Golf GTI I bought in 1998, then came the RB5 in May '99 and I'm still driving it.

Stefan

At 17....a 1275 Mini with stage one kit, 12x5 Minilights, Yokos, red/black roof, black grp2 arches, lowered on Gmax shocks, lots of chrome, extra Lucas lamps (one reverse/fog, two 7 inch spots and two 5 inch fogs), half leather, Corbeau recliners blah blah, got hit up the back by some pratt in a Corsa last year, wrote if off :( Syill have it though, having a 1380 built for it as we speak :D

Rich :) ( 18 now, in a Saxo VTS )

Glad to see the Golf Mk1 GTI is getting some good press in here. If it's any help I wish I still owned it - drove a mate's quite recently and they still feel great to drive.

From what I remember it did around 35-40 mpg and cost nothing in servicing or parts as on the rare occasions something went wrong the enthusiast's club knew just where to get the part nice and cheap.

As far as I'm concerned it was the best of all the Golfs - in fact I might just start having a look for a good one - you never know.

Regards,

tiggers