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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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What was the first car you bought and how old were you?
Mine Cortina MK1 @ 17...
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Hillman Imp @ 16 !
875 cc 42 bhp, and four wheel drum brakes...

Kids today eh ?

Don't know they are born !

LOL

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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Mk II Escort with vinyl roof and a hole in the outer wing
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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1L Austin Mini when I was 17. It was ace!
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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a white ford escort XR3I (A330 THK) that i rolled............17 (what a ****)
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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1982 Y reg Astra 1.2. 16yrs old. A beast compared to my mates 950 Fiesta.
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mk1 fiat 127 (1973 L reg) 900cc, i was 17 years old

sold years ago but still trying to find it to buy it back as it was an experience to drive it, it may have been scrapped years ago though, it was that basic that it didn't even have a heater or radio

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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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a 1.1 metro but i was 20 not 17 i never passed my test untill i was 19 but had to wait till my 20th birthday before insurance company would touch me

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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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a black Fiat Panda 750cc - A849 OWR.

Blew the head gasket on it!

What a car!

Did me proud whilst I was a student
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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my n was an xr3i too 86 reg cost 900 and insuance was a grand too ha ha
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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MK1 escort @ 16. Used the tax off my 50cc motorbike.
Mk2 RS2000 DBR990S @ 17 Bring back the good times.
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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206 1.4LX @19
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by LondonTownie
a 1.1 metro but i was 20 not 17 i never passed my test untill i was 19 but had to wait till my 20th birthday before insurance company would touch me

My 2nd car was an MG Metro 1300


Thought I was the danglies when I drove that

B reg with the obligatory rusty front wings!!
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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mine was a mk2 cortina 1500gt pre cross flow, was lime green with a dark green bonnet (3WPU, reg number) i was 18 £115 third party only
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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E reg 903cc fiat uno in white,body kit,15" alloys,sunroof held together with duck tape,1st engine give up at 73k replaced with another that cost £275. all in all..a bag of sh**e
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Simca Aronde, was 25, scooters and motorbikes up 'til then.

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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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Mark II Escort 1.3L NNF584P
Sprayed Taxi black from dark brown. With boy racer red pin stripes all over it. Wonder why I was always getting pulled by the cops
I was 18 at the time, cost my £50 as an MOT failure on welding. Which my Dad put right for me, Crashed it with in 16 days of passing my test Dad made me repair it even though he was a mechanic. Still managed to completely kill it within 6 months
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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Morris Minor in white with 1275 MG Midget engine - 4507FH. @ 17
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lol another one with an xr3i. at 17 i bought a red escort xr3i, and a white convertible one, both F and a D reg one, sprayed the 17" wolfraces on the convertible white, like the car, lol. n loved it at the time. still have them actually. wouldnt mind fixing the convertible up for the summer
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 11:38 PM
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plus insurance was bloody dear n all, lol
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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mine was a hand painted talbat alpine s reg hatch back thingy i payed 120 qiud for it and i was 18 i think.it was many moons ago.i traded it in for a mark 4 cortina
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 11:45 PM
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we all seem to love our first cars
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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98 white impreza sport in november 2005, 4 months before i took my driving test. i was 21 at the time.
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Mine was a Honda Civic 1.5lsi 1994 saloon.

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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Flaps
1L Austin Mini when I was 17. It was ace!

ditto :-)
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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ditto :-)
and another ditto - except mine was 998cc !! (17..)

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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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my first car was honda civic 1.6 vti at age of 17.........
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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Triumph 1300 (bit like a Dolomite) in the early eighties, i used to put a pounds worth of petrol in when i was skint, used to last me for ages and the thing wasn't that economical
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by dunx
Hillman Imp @ 16 !
875 cc 42 bhp, and four wheel drum brakes...

Kids today eh ?

Don't know they are born !

LOL

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Ditto: put twin 125 Stromberg carbs on it later. Must have pushed it to over 45 bhp!

Other early cars included Austin 1100 (paid 30 quid, sold 300 quid) and also Triumph 1300.

I seem to only have cars with rubbish brakes. In fact the 1100's front disks used to lock on after every application. I spent a whole winter driving 30 miles each way along country roads to my then workplace (building site). I often used to manage at least one way without ever touching the foot brake.

If it wasn't possible to get there without applying the brakes, I used to pick up a brick-end and give each calliper a good whack to free them off when I got to the site.

I repaired them in the end though.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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Please don't laugh at what my first car was it was the (laugh pride of britain)

An Austin Allegro 1.3 and it had brown seats and a **** radio and i had batman stickers on the back window with " I love gotham city"

Looking back i must have looked a right **** but hey when u are young and nieve...
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