Escort 1.3L 1983
Astra 1.6L 1986
Orion 1.6LX 1993
Impreza RB5 Prodrive 1999

Erm, I got slightly pi55ed off with rattly motors and decided to sort myself out.

 

Here's mine.

P reg VW Polo 895cc

A reg Fiat Uno 55 (de-badged!)

E reg Pug 309 XSi 1.6 (de-badged!)

E reg Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 CDI (de-badged, lowered 20mm, K&N 57i, splitfires, uprated injectors, FSE boost valve, braided hosing, TAR-OX disks, Mintex 1144 pads, Bonini exhaust with twin 3" pipes. All these mods made the car far more fun than the 'caravan towing' standard ones ;-)

T reg Subaru 2.0 Turbo Wagon (no rear AWD Turbo 2000 sticker!)

J.

 

My cars since i passed at 17:

1) C Reg Golf 1.3 [Red] GTi Bumpers (Died after a few weeks)
2) J Reg Escort 1.4 [White] (Wrote off on side of friend who decided would be fun to use the handbrake to turn infront of me at 60!!!)
3) H Reg Escort 1.4 [White] with RS2000 Skirts (hmmm)
4) 51 Reg Fiesta Zetec-S [Imperial Blue] (Still got)
5) Scooby Turbo 2000 in a few months

Zetec-S is great fun, but I have driven a Scooby, so I have the bug!!!!!

Andy

 

err.

93 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 GLSi - Whopping 82bhp no mods
MY98 Impreza Sport - <140bhp, plenty mods

Still have to get a fast one...

 

Oooh i'll have to cast my mind a loooong way back for this

2000-2001, a crppy mk2 golf 1.3 (no brakes or suspension not to forget, no power)

2001-now MY95 turbo wagon (strange colour too)

 

1) Fiat Panda 45, Y reg. An unreservedly terrible car - clockwork engine, noisy, uncomfortable, unreliable. Very glad when the bodywork finally rotted so badly there was nothing left to weld together. Sold it to someone who was apparently going to do it up and give it to his girlfriend. Hope she dumped him - I would.

2) Rover 216S, G reg. Much bigger, quite comfy. Still, very heavy and no power steering so it was really hard work to park. Kept dumping its coolant all over the road. I built up a good toolbox during the time I owned this car. Hope it's now been crushed.

3) Nissan 100NX, L reg. Targa roof, quite unusual, much more reliable. Luxuries like electric windows and power steering. Fuel injected engine that didn't have the 'personality' (read faults) of the previous cars' engines. Quite sad to see it go actually - I sold it locally and do still see it around from time to time. Glad it hasn't been crushed.

4) Impreza Turbo, V reg, lots of Prodrive toys. Fantastic machine, 'nuff said.

5) Westfield SEiGHT - looking to buy, right now. Anyone got one for sale?

Andy.

 

ok mine shameful motors are:-

A reg 1.3 Auto Metro (Destroyed the gearbox)
A Reg 1.3 HLE Metro (Broken into and written off)
A Reg 1.3 Auto Metro (I see a patten forming lol)
R Reg Peugeot 106 1.1 (Great little car)
T Reg Peugeot 306 1.6 (Wish I never got rid of it)
W Reg Saxo VTS (Got rid off due to loads of problems nitemare)
Y Reg Saxo VTS Running at the moment and far better than the other saxo great little car and show up alot of bigger cars lol
J Reg 214 (Running with my mum as work car)

Next - Subaru Impreza of course

 

1983 MG Maestro 2.0EFI (What was I thinking)
1981 XR3
1988 XR3i
1989 Astra 1.6 Estate
1992 Astra 1.6 Hatchback
1997 Renault Laguna 2.2 Diesel
1999 BMW 323iSE
1995 Mitsubishi Shogun
2001 Porsche 2.7 Boxster
1998 Audi A4 Turbo Sport Avant
1992 Mitsubishi Pajero
2001 UK300

Hmm I guess thats progress....

 

Volvo 244 estate auto tailsliding monster
Saab 99 my first crash... solid, saved my life.
Mk2 Escort 1.3 my second crash
Metro 1.0
Metro 1.0
Metro MG 1.3 my first rallycar (crashed)
Chevette 1256 tail-out fun with HS bodykit
Mini 1000 go-kart
Mini 1000 scruffy go-kart
Mini 1.3 scary with drum brakes
Renault 5 diesel cheap to run i suppose
Audi 80 1.6 TD friendly quite quick and cost me nothing
Beetle 1300 fun to look at, no fun to drive or weld
Beetle 1303 convertible will be on the road this summer hopefully...
Fiesta 1696 the original trackday monster, got me in Revs mag twice... reshelled and re-engineered into...
Fiesta 1660 (the 'Ring machine)

have probably forgotten a few, haven't included the cars i've written off for my mum... sorry mum!

Owain.

...thinking about a sport...

[Edited by owbow - 5/14/2002 8:31:55 PM]

 

here are mine..

1.2 nova.. then put a 1.3 engine in it... (feel the power, or lack of it more like)

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6

Honda CRX 16v

Astra GSI 16v with chip, filter, exhaust and cams went pretty good.. oh and 100,000 miles on the clock..!

Celica GT-Four

Now a 1995 wrx

Dan

 

1. Nova 1.2L

Then worked in South Africa and had various Honda Civics, Nissan Sunnys and Toyota Corollas from Hertz for a year. Sent them back to them rather the worse for wear

2. Astra 1.6 Sport, 95N in Pineapple Yellow

3. Ford Puma.



Lowered and uprated brakes

4. MY01 WRX




Steve

 

Like to keep hold of my motors for a while so not owned that many outright since 1991 but here goes:

MG Metro (Great fun drove it like a loon )
Metro 5 door (Dads car)
XR2 (Got nicked after 5 days from Blackpool)
Montego GTi (Dads - great car, fast and chuckable)
405 SRi (Dads again (I was at uni) - great car, fantastic brakes)
205 GTi 1.6 (First real 'own' car after uni - very fast, tuned up 4" zorst etc)
Rover 216 GSi (Bought a house, had to sell Pug - this was actually a very quick car with 115bhp and 16v)
Nissan Primera - company car
MR2 1994 (Current - great fun, 174bhp surprises quite a few)

Next: MR2 turbo or Scoob

DW

 

MG Metro Turbo E Reg white for a first car this was a stonker !
Upgraded to F Reg RENO GT TURBO , leagues ahead
Then J Reg RENO GT Turbo 180 BHP recorded on the rollers !
The 2 reno 19 16v's
Then another H REG 5 Turbo
thn some sensibl cars in between now on my 2nd scoob

 

@17
1985 VW Golf 1.6 GL - lowered/allows/weber + K&N - sweet motor
@18
1989 VW Golf GTI 16V - my dream car when I was 18!


@22
1997 Scooby Turbo 2000 - Ignore the above - this is my dream car!


@23???
By then my dream car will probably be a P1...
and so on...

 

first
triumph dolly sprint, 16v 2.0lt (nice)
astra GTE mk1 (cr@p)
BMW 320
BMW 323
BMW M3 ( 2 expensive and broke down 2 much , from new)
mini cooper mk1 (extra car, fun)
scooby 98
my wrx ppp
next sti7 / evo not sure

 

Here goes:

Ford Escort Mk2 (beige 2 doors, RWD 'nuff said) - eventually stolen
Vauxhall Astra Mk1 (green - pile of sh*te)
Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR (black - ditto) - broken into, never stolen (shame)
Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6 - Lovely car - best handling FWD drive I've ever driven, really regret selling that
Renault Laguna 2.0 Automatic - company car - surprisingly quick
Peugeot 306 S16 - Fun car 155bhp - needed more power
MY00 Impreza - first brand new car - WOW
MY01 Impreza WRX
Next? Dunno, fancy an STI next year, but also like the Alfa 156 GTA hmmm

Chris

 

E reg Pug 309 GR 1.6 for 5 years. Had chrome wheels and probably contained too many speakers!

Sold it for actual money last month at 120k miles...

May pay for the ICE in the Scoob

 

1) 1984 opel manta gte, fitted a 2.0 16 valve astra engine, 240 bhp, painted imperial blue, had it for 10 years
2) 1988 opel manta i240, red, wide arch kit, bbs wheels, 2.4 engine, 162 bhp, lsd, had it 2 years
3) 1997 impreza turbo, red 4 dr, ss exhaust, 16" wheels, 4 pots, my00 lookalike, had it 1 year
4) 2001 p1, alcons, 18's, ss exhaust, clear indicators

mark

 

Only had the three cars but they were all great.


Citroen AX GT

Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI

Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000

All were modded slightly and I still have the Scooby.

 

(1st) Mk2 Ford Cortina 1.3 estate (hand painted). Cost £20 inc. 1yr MOT! Tax was £55 & insurance £150. Worst thing about this car was the gearstick which kept coming out when hitting 2nd!!!!!

(2nd) Mk1 Ford Escort 1.1 saloon. It was cheaper to buy this than get the Cortina thru the MOT! It could do 105mph flat out! The brakes were drums all round (lethal when wet!).

(3rd) Spartan Kit Car (based on 2.0 Ford Cortina) - looked like a Morgan. Great summer car. Why oh why did I sell this!

(4th) 1988 Ford Granada 2.0 Ghia - it was too cheap to turn down. A good car but I was ready for the "pipe & slippers brigade"!

(5th) 1988 Toyota Celica GT4 (now we're talking!).

(6th) Pug 206Gti. An excellent car but.........I got fed up of not being able to put all the power down & waiting at junctions for big enough gaps to pull out. FWD & wet just don't go together!

(CURRENT) MY01. I wish I had a scooby years ago! This is the only car that I look forward to driving & it never fails to put a smile on my face! I thought all 4WD handled the same - the scooby defies logic, places where the GT4 used to understeer, the scooby just digs in & goes round!

(NEXT) STi. I test drove this. When I got back in my WRX MY01, it felt like it had no turbo or brakes (yes, the STi is that much better!). Unfortunately, I couldn't afford £10K to trade up.

PS. If you own an STi & drive it to its full potential on public roads, it'll be bye bye to Mr. Licence within the year. Did someone mention Laser Jammer?

[Edited by scoobyskid - 5/14/2002 11:08:50 PM]

 

Out of 33 cars owned in 10 years, some of the highlights:

1/ My first car, Mini 850, P reg (1976), bought for £200 when I was 14. Fitted with Stage 3 head, twin SU's, Cooper S reverse rims. Rotten as a pear. I had BIG ideas for the car, as you do when you are 14, but the shell was past saving and me and Dad broke it for bits, cutting the shell up with a hacksaw and cold chisel. Got more for the car in bits than I originally paid.

2/ Fiesta 950 Van, Y reg, bought when I was 16. My second car. Spent months tidying up the bodywork and making it gleam, before destroying it 6 weeks after passing my test. Managed to fell a telegraph pole and cut off the village's phones for a few hours. Blood everywhere, but luckily no serious injuries. You live and learn..

3/Escort XR3. Mint original W reg carbed model in black. Stepped out of a Mini into this when I was 18, and still thought it was crap. Sold it after 2 weeks.

4/ Nova GSi Group N rally car. When I was 20, I decided to sell my life and invest a massive £5000 (a lot of coin when you're 20) into some competition machinery. Nova's were crap road cars but superb rally cars. In 2 years, we did 20 odd forest rallies and plenty of single venues with lots of successes, only throwing general service items and the odd panel at the car in the process. I went to work in it every day, chucked it through the woods at weekend, pulled the numbers off it on Sunday night and went to work in it again still dirty on Monday. Six years after I sold it the car is still going with its latest owner, 50 odd rallys later and the head has still never been off. Amazing.

5/ Capri 2.8 injection. Bought brand new by my father, sold, and then bought back 9 years later again by my father as a 21st present for me. I am 28 on Friday. I will never sell it.

6/ Impreza Turbo MY2000, bought new in 1999. You never forget your first new car, do you?

7/ Astra GTE Mk2. Always liked 'em as a kid. Should have left it at that. Bought a very low mileage one owner car in 2000 as a bit of a toy. One of the worse cars I have ever driven. Hated it so much I couldn't even be arsed selling it, and gave it to my cousin as a 17th birthday present. He sold it after a fortnight.

8/ Peugeot 205GTi 1.9. My current motoring nemesis. NOTHING suits me better. Always fancied owning one, never did until I sold the MY2000 early and needed a cheap stop gap car until my MY2001 arrived. Bought Pug. WRX did arrive, Pug sold. Discovered that WRX was no where near as FUN to drive as the Pug. Deeply regretted it. Sold WRX, bought another 205. And an MX5. And a Golf GTi. STILL had change, so invested it. Happy man again.

 

First car Renault 5 1.4 - good fun even it it was made of tin foil.
Second car Renault 19 16V - quick++ car but lost a huge amount of cash when I sold it. It is interesting to see how many other people have had this model.
Third car MY00 Impreza Turbo - thankfully now have no scary understeer unlike the Renault.

 

After a spell driving my Mum's 957 Fiesta (oh so slow!) and then my Dad's 1.4 Astra (really did feel like a rocket ship in comparison) and 2.0 Mondeo (getting better):
Pug 1.9 GTI - Good fun but flimsy and don't lift off much mid bend.
Prelude VTEC - Great engine and good handling but not much space.
MY98 WRX Scooby - Excellent all round and sooo much faster than all the above.

 

Ford capri Mk 1 1600 GT XLR
Austin 1300
Mini 1000
Mini 1000 No.2
Marina Van
Escort Van
Astra Estate 1300 Mk1
Astra Estate 1300 Merit (newer shape)
Mimi Metro 1000 HL
Vauxhall cavalier 1900 Coupe
Montego 1600 Estate
Montego 1600 HL Estate
Rover 216GTi
BMW 518i
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7TDLS
Peugeot 405 Exec 1.9Td
Ford Explorer 4.0
Porsche 996 Carrera 2 (as owned by Gary Barlow from Take That)
Mitsubishi Shogun 3.5 Evolution (Ralliart)

Bentley 6.7RL Turbo (biggest pose was a long term loan car whilst waiting for delivery of Range Rover - had Sat Nav, 3 x TV's, DVD, Playstation, Mega ICE etc etc - 12 mpg if taking your time! even had shagpile wilton carpets lol)

Range Rover 4.7 Vogue
Mercedes CLK320 Cabriolet Avantgarde with AMG conversion
Nissan Terrano 3dr 2.7Td
Landrover Discovery 2.5td Auto ES
Subaru Impreza WRX MY01 with Prodrive body conversion


[Edited by markyp - 5/15/2002 2:24:40 AM]

 

Ford Zepher/zodiac
Ford consul
Mini
Cortina
Rover 2000 TC
Chevy impala { hit by a bus )
Rover 3 Litre
austin aggro
MG Mystro
XJS V12
WRX 94 wagon
Imported by me and still going

 

Not as many as some on the board,

1979 MGBGT @18, kept for 2 years but failed MOT again.
1981 Sierra 2.0l, kept for a year before big end went.
1984 Manta Hatchback, quite good. Sold after i moved to HK.

Daihatsu Sportrak 4x4, fun but bouncy. Floated it down a river.
Ford Capri Conv. auto, Auzzie style, a US Mercury, Awful.
1989 Porsche 944 Turbo. Wow, 250bhp and a woosh / growl.
1999 STi V5. Double Wow but no woosh - just growl.

The last two are for sale.

 

honda civic lsi(L)(ok for first car)
honda civic esi(N)(stepping stone)
honda civic vti(R)(jolly good fun)
golf vr6(R)(smooth,grafters car)
audi a3 1.8T(S)(classy at the time)
bmw 328i convertible(R)(pose machine)
audi a3 quattro sport(V)(stable)
vw golf V6 4MOTION(W)(absolute ****e!!!)
audi S3(V)(favorites, bought another,see below)
bmw 328i schnizer(V)(tails out!)
golf tdi 130(Y)(frugal and torquey)
honda accord type r(W)(banzai!!!!!!)
audi S3 current(thought about a p1 but as S3 with 265hp, don't think i need one)
I passed my test 3 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[Edited by up4aruk - 5/15/2002 8:24:23 AM]

[Edited by up4aruk - 5/15/2002 8:25:54 AM]

 

Ok,

the hit parade:

1. Mini 1275GT - ace car, rebuild and gasflowed the engine, straight through LCB, v.loud, breathing kit hi lift Kent cams mmmmm

2. Citroen 2CV, actually a really good laugh (once you get used to being overtaken everywhere) great off road, no really!

3. Use of dad's Golf GTI 8v 1991, very nice & quite sensible

4. Use of mum's Clio Williams, very nice although not too much grip and I had a horrible massive oversteer moment on a roundabout proving to my mate that you can't get it to oversteer...Doh!

5. Peugeot 205 1.9D, stuffed into ditch, 3rd party insurance (ow) repaired for 1.5grand, before I get a chance to change the insurance to fully comp some T0$$3R smacks into it drunk driving while parked up and runs off. Lost a shedload of cash on that one.

6. Peugeot 106 1.1 less said about that the better

7. BMW 1.8 automatic less said about that the better apart from the hilarious tendency to not go anywhere and as you (tried) to accelerate out of a corner it would do nothing so you put your foot down a bit more and then some more, end result was double kickdown and lurid oversteer. More than one sticky moment in that monstrosity. Servicing was great though

8. BMW 1.8 Estate (company car), nice, poor spec though. At least it was a manual

9. Focus 2.0 Ghia (company car), Lovely, fun to drive, hugely practical servicing a joke compared to BMW tho

10. Use of dad's Lotus Elise, Bell & Colvill Super 160, hubba hubba, best steering of any car period. Wonderful fluid handling and massive stomp. Crappy gearchange, lethal in the wet/ice/on the brakes.

11. BMW 1.8 (company car) back to the Bimmers, servicing was the lure

12. Scoob MY01, not really anything I can say apart from the fact that my dad now says he wishes he had bought a Scoob instead of his Elise

Sorry for the diatribe, turned out a bit longer than expected!
Cheers,

Simon

 

Hmmm.... lets think.

VW 1300 Beetle
VW 1600 Beetle
VW 1100 Polo
VW 1600 Golf GTi MkI
VW 1800 Golf GTi MkI
Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0 GLX
Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0 GLS
VW 1800 Golf GTi MkII (Big Bumper Model)
Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 GLi
Vauxhall Astra 2.0 16v
VW Corrado V6 (Wicked!)
Honda Accord 2.2VTEC
BMW 325 Coupe
BMW 318Ti Coupe (Sh*te! Lasted 2 months)
Alfa 156 3.0 V6 (Nice sound, great looks, didnt like corners)
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4Ltr Laredo
Jeep Grand Cherokee 4Ltr Orvis
Honda Accord Type R (red line at 8k - marvelous!)
Subaru Impreza WRX MY01 - current steed...

 

X reg Vauxhall Chevette "Silhouette" special edition Marvellous car when you're 17 1 year.

B reg Fiat Regatta. I don't want to talk about it. It was ****e. Should have kept the shoveit. 1 year

E reg 1.4 Fiesta ghia. Far too much ice. Far, far too much - kept for 4 years

H reg renault 19 16v. Lost ****loads of money on this as it was a nail. Knackered electrics, knackered gearbox, knackered callipers. Bought with my heart, not my head. Loved it, but it was just stupidly expensive to run. 1 year

L reg Astra 1.4. Cheap. Cost me 12 quid for a pair of front discs. Just what I needed after the 19 moneypit. 1 year

N reg Clio 1.8 rsi. Wonderful. Loved it. Test drove a Puma, Audi A3 1.8t, lots of things and still loved the Clio. Kept for a year and a bit

Then I test drove a Scoob.

Sold the clio to pay the deposit for an import UK spec, and borrowed...

1965 Morris Minor Convertible. Five months of rear wheel drive mayhem . The chassis flexed quite a bit and if you hit a bump whilst cornering then the driver's door would fly open. Got more looks than in the Scoob, plus let out of every junction

Then..
V reg Impreza Turbo 2000, from Holland.

The feeling of picking up your first new car is absolutely undefinable. Especially from a small garage in Holland when the garage owner has obviously gone to town with the polish.

"Is it mine?"
"Yes, that's yours..."
Tries not to hug large Dutch bloke with dodgy beard

Unlike any time in my life, I don't know what I want next. So I'm keeping it.