I know this has been done before but I'm bored at work so would be interested to read how some of you got to Scooby ownership....

My path to Impreza ownership

Fiat Uno 999cc - C reg (Got to build up those no claims)
Peugeot 205 GT - F reg
Alfa 145 - M reg
Golf Gti - K reg
Honda Prelude 2.2Vtec - P reg (5th gen)
Subaru Impreza Turbo Classic - W reg The best by far!
How did you get to yours??

 

1: Citroen Visa (yes I know sad)
2: Triumph GT6 with 2.5 TR6 engine, Vittesse short throw box & overdrive
3: Cavalier SRI 130
4: Nissan Terrano 2.7TDI (for towing horse...boring)
5: Subaru Sport
6: 2003 STI

 

Fiesta Bonus, H reg 950cc

Fiesta Zetec S, Y reg

Fiesta Turbo, H reg (still got)

Subaru Impreza Turbo, V reg, picked her up Sunday just gone

 

Didn't fancy a 4th Fiesta? Bet your happy with it!

 

Insured on my moms P reg Rover Metro Gsi for 3 months when i was 17.
Vauxhall Nova 1.2 (GSI lookalike)... H reg
Rover 114Gta... N reg
Ford Fiesta Zetec S...51 reg
Got to the age of 24, had the NCB so decided to go for it....Subaru Impreza WRX....52 reg, had it 3 weeks now and loving every bit of it.

Amazing what a few **** cars can lead to while building up the no-claims.

 

Escort 1600 sport MK2 Red
Escort 1600 sport MK2 bored to a 1780 black.
Escort 1600 sport MK2 Daytona yellow with a black vynil roof.
Renault 19 16V 3 door.
Range rover 3.5 Vogue SE Piece of ****......designed to slow me down and make me more mature.
Landrover Discovery diesel another piece of ****.
Subaru Impreza turbo 5 door Reddish Blue ...nice car and still practical for new familly. Crashed it at a main roundabout just up the road here in Huntingdon....looked a complete **** sitting on the fence waiting for a recovery truck.
Proper "V"`d it at the front shagged the engine the lot £10K damage had it rebuilt and flogged it
Subaru Impreza P1 no comment!!!!!!!
BMW E46 M3 Carbon black hmmmmmmm nice wheels but a tad dull and very expensive every month
BMW 330petrol Sport ticked every box only had it for a couple of months as I returned it to BMW with a very NON-SPORT handling problem which they could not resolve.
Subaru Impreza STI 02 PPP and everything.
Now WR1 with a kerbed wheel!!!!
Oh and missus has a Pickyourarso diesel as a familly runaround for kerbs just appears that she has passed the habbit to me!!!!

 

Vauxhall Victor estate (Dads old car - banger even in those days)
Ford Cortina 1.6L Mk 4 (First car I bought myself - loved that car)
MG Metro Turbo (What was I thinking !)
Various XR3i's (Boy racer years)
Ford Fiesta Bonus (Wifes car - new baby)
Ford Mondeo ST24 (Managed to persuade the wife it was a typical family saloon)
Renault Scenic - (Now 2 kids in tow)
Vauxhall Zafira 2.2 Elegance - (Jeez where did that 3rd Kid come from !)
MGTF 160 (2 cars in the family again - this one is mine all mine)
Vauxhall Zafira GSi - (Daddy cool, Daddy cool)

And on order 05 WRX PPP - (it's playtime ! Who mentioned mid life crisis ?)

 

`82 Honda Accord 1.6ex
`85 Ford Sierra 1.6gl
`85 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6cd
`83 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8sri (tuned stage 2)
`88 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo (Courtenay Turbo conversion 280)
`99 Citroen Saxo Vts (stage 2 + NOS)

`95 Subaru Impreza WRX (full decat)

 

Mini cooper 998 - avonbar tuned
Mini 1000
A pattern forming here...
Mini cooper 1275
Mini cooper 1.3i + John cooper pack
Clio RSI
Megane 2.0 16v
Clio 172
Civic type R
03STIPPP best so far

Dipster

 

1999-1999 1987 VW 1.3 Golf with GTI bumpers (drive shaft broke and gearbox ate itself, in under a week)
1999-2000 1991 Mk5 1.4 Escort (written off into side of my mates car )
2000-2001 1990 Mk5 1.4 Escort (sold)
2001-2003 MY01 1.6i Fiesta Zetec-S in Imperial blue (First brandnew car i've had!)
2003-2004 MY00 Subaru Impreza UK Turbo (Traded (along with fiesta) for Mr S2000)
2004-> MY03 Honda S2000 in nurburgring (ladyboy) blue

 

me and my wife have had these cars;

escort mk 3 1.3
mk3 golf 1.4
2000 polo 1.6gti
pug 206 1.4 quicksilver(still got this as a daily driver)
s1 rs turbo
mr2 turbo
impreza type r (miles better than anything else we've owned before).

 

i own my first car in Aus....when i was 16,

1. Nissan S13 Silvia JDM
2. Nissan Skyline R33 GTS

then i arrived UK when i was 18

3. Toyota Levin AE111 1.6 20V (black top)
4. Toyota Mr2 GT H reg
5. Toyota MR2 turbo J reg
6. Subaru WRX K reg
7. Subaru WRX Ra K reg
8. Subaru WRX M reg

i am now 20 years old and i am very happy with scoobys......

 

17 - Nova SR (lol)
17-19 - Corsa SRi
19-21 - Lexus IS200
21 (present) - Scooby

 

1. VW Polo (F reg) @17
2. Subaru Impreza 1.8GL MY94 @18
3. Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 UK MY98 @ 21
4 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti 5 Type R Ltd MY99 @ 22 (and hopefully until the day I die) - I am 24 now

 

1.2 Nova @ 17
306 xnd @18
306gti-6 @19
wrx sti @ 21

 

A reg ford fiesta 950cc (like a go cart)

L reg ford escort 1.4 (in blue with spoiler like a dead horse)

M reg seat ibiza 2.0 gti (in red with rust highlights - quite fast though and cheaper to insure than a golf gti which had the same engine in ???)

T reg subaru impreza turbo 2000 (the best car I have owned to date - not very hard to believe!)

 

1.4 Ford Orion GL @ 17
1.6i Ghia Ford Orion @19
Fiesta RS Turbo @ 21
Sierra Cosworth 4x4 @ 24
Subaru Impreza MY00 Y Reg @27
Ford Focus @ 29
Subaru Impreza WRX PPP @ 30

Not inc a few 2nd cars.......

 

1997 Pug 306 XL 1.4
1998 Pug 306 XSi 2.0
1998 Ford Escort Si
1998 Ford Escort GTi

STILL BORED

Dec 1998 Subaru Impreza UK 2000
2001 Golf TDI (2nd car)
2002 Sold Scooby bought a 1994 Landrover Defender.
2004 Met Tiny in Maldon and decided to buy another scooby (cheers Tiny)
2004 Subaru STi
2004 Range Rover (2nd car)

Not bad for 24

 

A reg Golf MkII 1.3 CL
H reg Golf MkII GTI 16v Big Bumper
N reg Audi A4 1.8T Sport
X reg MY00 UK Turbo

 

mk2 escort (s reg)flinstone car)

peugot 309 (j reg)
escort mk4
fiesta 1.4s
sierra saphire 1.6
sierra 2.0
renault 5 turbo
vauxhall calibra 16v
scooby,just smashed it ,now looking for no.2

 

Escort Mk1 Mexico (should have kept it in a barn somewhere, would be worth a bob or two now)

Opel Manta (rubbish)
Saab 99 turbo (very fast)
Fiesta XR2 Mk1 (had fo 8 years with no problems at all)
Escort RS1600i (scary when braking hard, otherwise a true classic)
Audi 80 sport (hhhmmm - big boot !)
Peugeot 205Gti 1.9 (lovely)
Peugeot 405Sri (used more oil than petrol !!)
Escort 1.6 Si (company car)
Audi A3 (better company car)
X Reg MY00 UK Turbo. (love it,love it,love it,love it,love it,love it,)

Next year Sti9 with PPP.

Ian

 

X reg 1.3 Escort in dove grey (possibly worst colour ever in a car) A reg 1.3 Astra (red)
C reg 1.6 SR Astra (dark mettalic Gold) - with k&n induction and scorpion exhaust
Y reg 1.8 Astra GTE (Black) (possibly my favourite car for fun times)
D reg 1.8 Cavalier SRi (red) - no power steering like trying to park a lorry !!
H reg 1.6S Escort (used by ford to fill the gap left by XR3i)
L reg 2.0 GLX Mondeo (black)
T reg 1.4 Rover 200 (BRG) - first new car and last ever rover 2 big crashes convinced me that Green is an unlucky colour for a car !!!
Y reg 2.0 Focus Zetec - Fantastic car quick comfortable handled brilliantly ...... Then one day finished work early test drove a classic scooby and the rest they say is history
52 plate bug eye 2.0 GX Sport (blue black mica)
54 plate blob eye WRX (Forge DV, Hayward & Scott rear box) only had 2 months so still a massive lists of future mods.

 

1984 Nova SR
1984 Fiesta XR2
1979 Golf Gti
1989 Fiesta XR2
1987 XR3i Cabriolet
1987 XJ6
1988 205 GTi
1992 Range Rover 3.9
1997 Omega 2.5
1999 IS200
2003 WRX UK - The best of the lot!!

 

Mk3 Escort 1.1 X reg
Metro 1.3 Sport W reg
(then used parents Vauxhall Belmont for a bit)
Peugeot 309 GTI F Reg (only sold it a few weeks ago - sob)
Rover 214 SEi N Reg
Subaru Impreza Turbo W Reg

 

Ford Escort XR3 Y reg
Rover 216 C reg
Fiat Uno Turbo E reg
Renault 19 16v K reg
VW Golf Gti 16v R reg
Subaru Impreza WRX Y reg

 

2xMini 1000
Series 1 escort rs turbo(best escort ever)
Astra gte 16v
Fiesta rs turbo
My99 scoob turbo

 

1. insured on dads 3.1l turbo diesel trooper
2. mk3 1.3 Escort (crashed into a wall - wall won)
3. Peugeot 205 1.9 diesel van (should have been 1.7, but engine popped and was replaced with a citroen lump)
4. mk7 Escort 1.8 16v ghiaX (driven into the back of and written off - bad history with escorts!)
5. mk2 1.6 Golf (bought for £250 last december - only had 40k on the clock, 1 owner and garaged! sold for a profit)
6. Scooby turbo 2000 wagon

James

 

1) Citroen AX GT - 1990 - H reg
2) Citroen Saxo VTR - 1998 - S reg
3) Citroen Saxo VTS - 1997 - R reg
4) Subaru Impreza WRX - 1995 - N reg
5) Renault Clio Williams 1 - 1993 - L reg
6) Citroen Saxo VTS - 2001 - Y reg
7) Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 - 2000 - W reg
8) Renaultsport Clio 172 Cup - 2003 - 03 reg
9) Subaru Impreza STi PPP - 2003 - 03 reg
10) Subaru Impreza RB5 WR - 1999 - T reg
11) Honda Civic Type R - 2002 - 52 reg
12) Renaultsport Clio 182 Cup packs - 2004 - 54 reg

The best cars were the Clio Williams and the MY03 STi PPP

The worst was the Honda Civic Type R! Yes, even the AX GT was more fun than the CTR!

 

@17... D-reg Syndney blue Orion Ghia 1600 ( carb ) 96bhp...
@18... H-reg Radient red Orion Ghia 1600 ( carb ) 96bhp...
@19-21... K-reg Moondust silver Orion Ghia 1800i zetec 130bhp...
@21-to date... V-reg DMBlue Subaru Impreza 2000 turbo...

 

Landrover Series 3 x 2
Diahastu Charade!
Citroen Xantia
Diahastu Mira R4
Smart Car
1600 Mk1 Escort
2.0 litre Inj Bubble arched Mk1 Escort.
VW Passat TDI

Now
Scooby, sierra V6 Turbo, and an off-road Racer.

There ya go.

Comper100