Essexdon

Hi fellow ESOCer's, I'm sure we all have had a colourful experience when it comes to previous motors before we saw the light from the east in the form of an Impreza, so lets see them, good or bad, don't be shy now

frayz

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This was the love of my life at 19 mate.

Ebony black Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth 4x4
Rebuilt 200 blocked motor with all the usual stage 3 upgrades.
Koni adjustables, 17" white Compomotive MOs.

343bhp 350lbsft
Tested by Performance Ford at Bruntingthorpe
0-60 4.2sec
0-100 10.9sec
Standing qtr in 12.53 @ 110mph.

The Scoob still doesn't stir me the way this did.

Essexdon

That is stunning Frayz, bet the insurance hurt on the Cossie at 19

frayz

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Yeah, still walk funny 10 years later

Essexdon

Here are a few of mine



Renault Clio 172 Phase 1, Great car pocket rocket but the most unreliable car I've ever owned.



Toyota Supra 3.0 N/A, Only owned for 1 month, big, slow and auto, nice drive though.



Ford Mondeo ST24, nice car to cruise about in and a lovely sound from the V6.



Citroen Saxo VTS, my fave car owned for 4 years and near on 45k miles and not one problem not bad little frenchie



Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 PPP

coleman

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Saph Cosworth on What look like Mo's at 19? Winning.

frayz

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Yeah, had her 2 years and never ever once let me down.
Sold her to buy the Impreza. I could have cried when I drove the Impreza home. Gutless and boring

8 years later its just boring lol

funkmasterjay

My beloved Doris, Banzai featured one and only home diy 1.8 SR turbo conversion.






My Gen 5




My Gen 7


My coupe






My Lexus


My Bravo


Any excuse.

J

frayz

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Always had a soft spot for the gen 5 Jay.
GT4 in Sainz's Castrol colours

Essexdon

Haha come with free KY on quote did it

Forester Thump

Love the Sapphire - perfect!

My early rides were flat 4s - but all aircooled.





Still have the '72 - been working on it when time and funds have allowed over the last couple of decades - and now all the rusty bits have gone, she looks like this...

Scoobysmeet

Ok so I've had the usual suspects, but as you can see my 1st car didn't end up too well. I got thrown out the windscreen as it rolled 3 times in a field.







I did hsve a honda prelude in between my 2 bmw's but can't find the pictures.

Inviroman

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My 306 GTi6, was a stealth machine!
Not everyone's favourite colour?

Scooby_Lee101

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My Old Escort RS Cosworth

0-60 = 3.89 Completed @ Silverstone Ford Fair (450Bhp)

1/4 Mile Santa Pod 12.21 @ 117mph (550Bhp) very easy on the launch, as you can tell from my 60ft time.





Then i bodged my start due to the new clutch.










Bit of nitros just to add to the fun and stupidity of the car.



Had this for about Focus ST3 for 18mths as my daily drive. Great car.

frayz

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Lovely escort there Lee.

Spec'c'57

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10 years of cars in the speccie household.

My first scoob, dont seem to have many pics.

scoob replacement (dodgy pic)

Tuscan replacement in standard trim

After a few mods ( some dodgy decal guy made them back to front )


Mrs Spec'C's, sport special

Mrs Spec'C's Turbo

Spec'C' replacement

Noble/Lin's Scoob.

Noble replacement (due to lack of use)


RS replacement.

Mustoe91

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Here's my other little toy which I'm looking to sell soon

Ford Fiesta RS1800

ron_uk2000

Thought id add some of mine to the mix

Enjoy

My 1st car ......... Didn't last long thou




My Mk1 1600E .... Had a stage 2 Burton Blueprint lump in



The 1972 Firebird ....... Drove this when i was 21







My Mk1 RS 2000 ...... Absolute ANIMAL





The day i sold the RS 2000 Animal and bought my RS Turbo



My RS turbo





The Escort GTi ........ zzzzzzzzzz




Then i got the scoob

Illest

Sme nice classics there

frayz

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Ron, taste is cars is great, but....

The hair?????

ron_uk2000

I wonder when someone was going to mention the hair

Lol

It was the early 90's mate Guessing you were about 7

Liking your cossy thou , Can't belive you got insured on that at 19

Insurance wouldn't touch me on the Firebird till i was 21 !!

frayz

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Yeah, 1990 I was 7 almost 8.
I had an escort GTi and went looking to buy an RS2000 to replace it.
I came home with the cossie and dad was less than impressed.

Steve Cranfield

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Can't find pics of my early ones....

Nova SR
Fiesta XR2
Peugeot 306 S16 (great car)
UK Turbo MY98

then
AC Schnitzer 328 BMW


RB5191


STI Prodrive Bug
when purchased


when sold


then had
328CI beema

then Focus ST170, owned for a week!


Then back to scooby
WRX 350bhp


then another beemer, 330 touring

now...work in progress

Forester Thump

Some great cars on this thread, really enjoying looking through the pictures.

Finally found the photos of another of my old cars - Fiesta SuperSport

Still regret selling this one

Knotty_

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WOW Ron the hair!!!! I was 5 in 1990 lol.

As most of you know, I only started driving a year ago, 7 years of motorcycles only.

Can't seem to find many pics, but I have a couple of my last few.

98 Yamaha R1



06 Kawasaki ZX636R

When I got it (and the mrs' MR2 turbo in the background)



and how I sold it..



Before I sold the bike, I started driving with this:



That french thing last all of two months before I bought my bug.

Knotty_

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Forester Thump - love the beach bug, you might recognize this one: The Mrs' dad owns it, stupid loud lol.



My boy loves it too... :

Rab555

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Some truly awesome cars there, definitely need to experience some of those!

I started driving 5 years ago, went out to buy an accord 2.0 sport...came back with this, and a monumental insurance bill!




2.0 sport, always was impreza mad so really was the only place to start, ended up looking like this before it was written off spectacularly




After the scoob left I was still in the fast and furious mindset which resulted in this...great fun car



The mr2 died completely at 135000 miles, recently seen it go on eBay for £600, regret not snapping it up for a track toy.

Then with a degree of common sense, somehow ended up with this, really didn't enjoy it although very reliable



Finally just prior to moving down here from Scotland, I scrimped and saved to buy my current pride and joy

frayz

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This is my daily...
Quite possibly the most fun you can have in a car

Rab555

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Frayz is that a massive gorilla chasing after you?

maz_man

ok first up is 'my' first car, dad owned it but i payed for everything
this is a pic at a services on the M1 heading to Donington



next was a classic a 1.3 Ford Escort Laser this is us brokend down on ham hill in Devon after she popped a spark plug clean out!



and the one before the scoob a 1.6 RSI clio. Only did a few lill bits to it as I couldnt afford much at the time due to a s*** job!