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Old 30 March 2015, 08:26 AM
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Apologies if this has been done before, but what a people's car histories and how did you get to current car?

Just a bit of interesting fun.

Me: Rover metro 1.1s - Daewoo nexia - ford focus st3 - Ford fiesta - Subaru wrx sti 330 - fiat 500 (still own) and finally impreza wrx hawk (current car)
Old 30 March 2015, 08:38 AM
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Astra sxi, Calibra 16v, MG TF, 106 GTI, Another Calibra, Impreza wrx (Hawk), Octavia Vrs, BMW 320ci and my current Impreza wrx (Bug)

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Old 30 March 2015, 08:45 AM
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honda civic 1.6 16v
suzuki swift gti
impreza sti version 3i
mpreza sti type r version 5
current sti type r version 5
current mk4 golf tdi 150bhp

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Old 30 March 2015, 08:47 AM
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Escort mk3 (old w reg), Astra 1.3 mk2, Astra GTE 8v, Saxo vtr, UK 2000 wrx, Volvo s40, WRX SL wagon (still own), SAAB 93 cab, VW Golf, skoda Octavia, Merc 220 (still own) Volvo XC60, BMW 5-Series (still own)...��
Old 30 March 2015, 08:51 AM
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87 Nova SR,
89 Nova SR,
90 205 1.9 GTi,
96 Clio 16v,
1998 Turbo 2000,
2007 Lotus Elise
2002 Clio 172,
2004 Mondeo TDCi,
2004 Fabia VRS,
2008 330d.

Old 30 March 2015, 09:02 AM
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Escort 1.4 GL (first car)
Peugeot 306 S16
Fiesta xr2 (mk iii)
Porsche 944
BMW 323i
Subaru impreza sti JDM bugeye (current car)
Old 30 March 2015, 09:16 AM
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Capri,Mk2 Cavalier Sri 130, cavalier gsi2000, cavalier gsi2000 4x4 , 2 × mk2 xr2's, rover 220 gti, rover 620ti, Nissan almera Sri, Nissan primera gt, volvo t5, civic type r ep3, blobeye wrx, blobeye sti, vectra estate

Last 2 are my current cars and i finally pick up the Nissan gtr in 3 weeks
Old 30 March 2015, 09:31 AM
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Bought my first car at 18, a Focus 1.8 zetec
Then when insurance became favourable and I could afford it

Bugeye STI Prodrive
Hawkeye STI Spec D
997.1 Carrera S
widetrack Blob STI PPP
Clio 200 Cup
Cosworth CS400 STI (current)
MkV R32 Golf
A3 Quattro 2.0 tdi (current)
S202 Bugeye (current)

Am very tempted by the new STI saloon, and keep thinking about selling the wife for a Cayman GT4
Old 30 March 2015, 09:40 AM
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-1.3 Vauxhall Astra
-Golf mk2 gti 8valve (small bumper)
-Golf mk2 gti 16v (big bumper)
-impreza turbo 2000
-impreza 03 sti blob
-impreza 54wrx estate
-Impreza 06 sti hawk....
Old 30 March 2015, 12:07 PM
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Rover 25 (next)

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Old 30 March 2015, 12:20 PM
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Renault 5 - Sold after 5 months
Ford Fiesta MK3 - Crashed
Ford Fiesta MK4 - Crashed, repaired, sold
Peugeot 106 GTi - Sold
Ford Fiesta ST - Sold
Subaru Impreza STi blob eye
Nissan GT-R (next car....) hopefully!
Old 30 March 2015, 12:25 PM
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Metro Turbo (Modified to 1380cc)
205 GTI 1.9
106 Rallye
205 GTI 1.9 (Engine/ head work running lumenition TB's)
Blobeye STi (350bhp)
Hatch Sti (540bhp)
Old 30 March 2015, 12:33 PM
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Mk2 escort 1.3 ghia (written off!)
Capri (survived)
Mk3 escorts xr3i (survived )
Opel manta gte (survived)
Nissan silvia ( survived)
Mr2 ( written off!)
Xr2 ( survived)
Mk2 escort rs 2000 (still going!)
Toyota corrola gt (crashed but lived)
Xr2i (survived )
Escorts gti (survived)
Toyota celica gt4 ( survived)
Alfa romeo (crashed but survived)
Current subaru impreza wrx 300 (still going strong!

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Old 30 March 2015, 12:51 PM
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Volvo 122S (1964 - still registered)
Rover 3.5 SD1 (written off by others when parked)
Rover Vitesse 3.5 SD1
Rover Vitesse Twin Plenum 3.5 SD1 (homolgation special) (written off by others)
Peugeot GTi 1.6
Nissan 200SX
Impreza 1999 WRX (JDM)
Impreza Spec D
Old 30 March 2015, 01:15 PM
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Nissan Sunny Coupe ZX 1.8i twin cam 16v
Ford Escort mkvi Convertible 1.8 Zetec
VW MK2 Golf GTi 8v
VW MK2 Golf GTi 16v
Toyota Supra 3.0l MK3
Toyota Celica GT4 ST185
Toyota MR2 Turbo rev 2
Mitsubishi Galant VR4
and now Subaru Impreza WRX blob eye
Old 30 March 2015, 01:28 PM
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Astra 1.6
Subaru sport
Astra gsi
Integra dc5
Blob sti
Accord type r
Astra vxr
Hawk sti
C63 amg (current)
Old 30 March 2015, 01:43 PM
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Ford orion 1.4
Mini 1.0
Citroen bx 1.4
Ford Granada 2.0
Saab 9000 2.0
Civic 1350dx
Rover 418gsd
Mk1 golf gti 2.0 (Audi engine)
Mk2 golf gti 8v 1.8
Subaru impreza turbo 2000 prodrive wagon (series McRae interior) 2.0
Saab 93 2.0
Subaru impreza blob wrx prodrive 2.0
Vauxhall corsa 1.4
Citroen c1 1.0
Seat Ibiza 1.9 tdi (current)
Subaru impreza p1 2.0
Saab 95 tid 3.0 (current)
Subaru impreza wrx Sti widetrack 2.0 (current)
Probably forgot some tbh....
Old 30 March 2015, 01:47 PM
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Renault 5
Vauxhall Nova - lol - oh dear that sticker - 'you've been novataken' haha
Peugeot 205 GTI
Peugeot 106 GTI
Subaru Impreza Sport special
Subaru Impreza T2000
Seat Leon FR+ TDI 2005
E46 320CD
Seat Leon SX TDI 2003
Seat Leon FR+ TDI 2005..again
V3 STI (current)
306 Diesel for work (current)

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Old 30 March 2015, 01:51 PM
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EP3 Type R - Thanks Daddy
1.4 Focus
2003 STi Type UK
Yaris 1.4
V5 STi Type R Ltd (current)
V6 STi Type R (current)
E60 M5 (current)
Old 30 March 2015, 02:05 PM
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To many to list
Old 30 March 2015, 02:15 PM
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Peugeot 205 XR
Mitsubishi Colt
Renault Clio RT
Renault 19 RT
Golf Mk2 8V Small bumper
Audi A3
BMW Compact
Passat 20V
Golf Mk2 8V Big Bumper
Fiesta Freestyle Diesel
UK Classic Wagon 2000 1999
Newage WRX Bugeye Saloon 2001
Newage Bugeye Wagon 2001
Legacy WR Ltd Spec B GT MY04
Forester SG9 STi MY04
GC8 V5 STi MY99
MX5 Eunos 1.6 Mk1
GC8 V3 WRX RA MY97
Newage Blobeye WRX JDM

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Old 30 March 2015, 02:24 PM
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Austin A35
Alfasud 1.2Ti
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Peugeot 104
Alfasud 1.3Ti
Alfa 2000 GTV Bertone
Peugeot 205 1.6 GTi
Mazda 323F 1.8 GTi
Mondeo 2.5 V6
MY98 Impreza Turbo wagon
MY01 bug WRX saloon
BMW 320D M-sport
MY05 JDM STi
Old 30 March 2015, 02:32 PM
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Peugeot 205
Saxo vtr
Clio 1.8 16v
Mk1 caddy pickup
R5 gtt
Megane 225
Blobeye wrx
Evo 6
V4 type r v ltd(never should of sold)
Ibiza cupra
Vauxhall combo van
Cooper s
Prodrive bug sti(current)
Old 30 March 2015, 02:55 PM
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...too many to list but ones that stick out in no particular order was several 205 and 309GTIs, 2x 405Mi16, 2x ST185 Celica GT-Fours, Starlet GT Turbo, Isuzu Piazza Turbo, 3 Renault 5 Gt Turbos and 2 x Ren 11 Turbos, Honda CRX 1.5 and Civic VTI...325i Sport E30, 328i Coupe Sport, 323i Coupe Merc CLS500, 320SL and 190E...Jag XJ 3.2 V8 Sport...Subarus; Legacy GT-B Twin Turbo VDC, Impreza Turbo2000 Wagon, STI V3 Wagon, Bugeye WRX Wagon and now a Prodrive Bugeye STI
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Old 30 March 2015, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Sti Prodrive Edition
...too many to list but ones that stick out in no particular order was several 205 and 309GTIs, 2x 405Mi16, 2x ST185 Celica GT-Fours, Starlet GT Turbo, Isuzu Piazza Turbo, 3 Renault 5 Gt Turbos and 2 x Ren 11 Turbos, Honda CRX 1.5 and Civic VTI...325i Sport E30, 328i Coupe Sport, 323i Coupe Merc CLS500, 320SL and 190E...Jag XJ 3.2 V8 Sport...Subarus; Legacy GT-B Twin Turbo VDC, Impreza Turbo2000 Wagon, STI V3 Wagon, Bugeye WRX Wagon and now a Prodrive Bugeye STI
And what was your favourite Subaru so far?
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Escort 1.6
Mini clubman
Cavalier 1.6
309 sri
Rover 400
Bmw 325i
Nissan skyline gtst
Mr2 turbo
children arrived so down to 1ltr saxo
Escort 1.3
Mondeo tdci
and then to my 05 blob sti. ☺
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Ford Escort Mk2 1300
Talbot Sunbeam TI
Ford Escort Mk2 Ghia
Peugeot 205 GTI 1600 Phase 1
Vauxhall Nova GTE
Ford Escort RS Turbo S2
Vauxhall Cavalier SRI
Ford Escort Mk2 RS 2000
Volvo 480 ES (Skint at the time and was cheap )
Peugeot 205 GTI 1600 Phase 2
Toyota Celica GT4 ST185
Fiat Punto HGT
Subaru Impreza V1 Type RA
Peugeot 205 GTI 1900 Phase 1.5 (Still own)
Peugeot 205 CTI 1600 Phase 1.5
Peugeot 206 GTI 180
Renault Clio 172 Sport Phase 2
Audi TT 225 Coupe
Honda S2000
Peugeot 205 GTI 1900 Phase 2 (Still own)
Subaru Impreza V3 STI (Still own)
Subaru Impreza V8 STI Type UK

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Old 30 March 2015, 09:33 PM
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Ford escort 1.3gl (12 months) (approx time owned)
Ford capri 2.0s (12 months,just wanted a big engine at 18)
Ford fiesta xr2 (12 month,very reliable)
Ford fiesta turbo (heavily modded)(6 months as very unreliable)
Ford saphire cosworth (9 months as rolled it)
Vauxhall cavalier gsi 2000 4x4 (modded)(3yrs)
Rover 220 coupe (3yrs)
Nissan 200sx s14a (3yrs)
Mitsubishi shogun 3.0 v6 (heavily modded,owned over 8yrs)
Subaru impreza WRX (mild mods so far,owned 6 months and counting...........

Cheers ven
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Mk1 golf 1.0e with l plates
Pug 205 gt 1.4 passed test
Xr3i but couldn't insure it
Mk 3 escort 1.4
Pug 306 diesel turbo
Xr2 ( red)
Pug 205gti 1600
Rover 220 gti
Saxon vtr
Xr2 ( grey)
Calibra se6
Pug 106 quicksilver
Renaultsport clio 172
1996 sti ra and a snob green corsa ( couldn't get the wife insured on the sti )
Px both above on a Toyota corolla tsport
Golf gt tdi make 5
Mini Cooper s
Renaultsport meganne 225
Corsa sport 1.6
Mica red bug wrx in profile pic ( mine for 5 years) sold last year to upgrade to new house
New corsa sxi ( hers)
Now make 6 golf gt tdi 140 ( hers)
1997 wrx import ( mine)


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