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jp79er

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Always fun to see what cars people have owned along with the good the bad and the ugly....

 

Here is mine:

Yugo Zastava 311 A reg..Classy

Astra 1.3 merit F reg

Mini Mayfair 998cc heavily modified with stage 1 engine B Reg

Phase 1 Renault 5GTT heavily modified D reg

Cavalier GSI2000 heavily modified H reg

Then I moved out with gf who now is SWMBO....and getting my hands dirty under the bonnets of cars....and the company cars came marked as CC....

Escort 1.6 eclipse S reg CC

Fiesta 1.2 black 02 reg CC

Mg ZS 120+ 03 reg

Mazda3 2.0i sport 05 reg

Fiesta 1.2 R reg

VW golf 2.0tdi 06 reg CC

BMW 118d es 08 reg CC

BMW118d es 60 reg CC

Honda insight 62 reg CC

Honda civic 1.6idtec 63 reg CC

Freelander2 td4e GS 60 reg current...me thinks Discovery Sports next...

 

best one of the lot was the mini fast and handled like it was on rails...a total blast to drive.

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Hmm, not a big petrol head but here goes

First car was D reg metro, absolute rubbish without a stereo but got me up and down the a1 newcastle to derby quite a few times. Used to sing to myself quite loudly to pass the time. It eventually died of neglect.

Next up was a Nissan sunny, E reg. parked on a hedge after braking in the corner rather than before, caused a lot of damage underneath. Got it all fixed up with a full respay only to wrap it round a tree when a remould tyre failed on a bend.

Can't remember what was next but the next one I do remember was a honda civic, P reg. decent car, I had it for a while until neglect took over. I snapped the corner off the spoiler and the rear window was replaced with a plastic sheet after it was broken into.

After that I got a G reg fiesta for

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im only 19 so i haven't had that many but anyhow

 

1983 mk1 fiesta ghia 

1989 mk2 fiesta pop plus

1988 mini 1293cc 

2005 mk6 fiesta zetec s tdci

1980 Mg midget 1500tc 

1989 audi 80 1.8S 

 

 

me and my dad restore classics so i tend to prefer the older stuff 

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The Mini is always a good call I love them......I used to race Formula 1000 mini's and have gone through a good few of them along with a couple of mini metros...your '88 Mini, looks well nice and tidy, 1293cc good engine too. Is that full original Cooper `S' engine or a tuner rebuild?

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I have had 2 cars. The first one I was given and I never once even started the engine

Vauxhall nova no idea what year engibe or anything. Sold it for scrap after it sat on the drive for 9months

106 1.5 diesel in red.

My current car cost

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it was a 1275 block bored out with a 11 stud cooper head, hif44 and a mild unknown cam. Would have been nice to get the cooper twin carbs but they go for silly money these days! 

 

Sweet...

 

I swapped out my 1 1/2" SU and inlet manifold, for twin 1 1/4" SU Carb's, uprated needle and jets on a water heated inlet manifold and twin steel mesh pan filters on mine, they did look super nice...

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1973 Marina 1.8 Super 2-door (had 3 engines and 2 gearboxes over 5 years' ownership!!)

1982 Cavalier 1.6 SR 4-speed hatch - rocket for a 1.6 (had been a rep's car up and down motorways)

1983 Capri 2.8i 5-speed - nice!

1990 205 GTi 1.9

1998 Jag XKR V.V fast - toooooooo smooooooth!

2000 Fiat Punto 1.2 EX - excellent little runabout.

2005 GT40 replica.

 

GOT MARRIED.

 

2007 Honda Civic 2.2 diesel.

 

BOUGHT A HOUSE.

2 children.

 

Game over!!

 

Al.

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Orion Ghia 1.6i E reg

Escort 1.6i P reg

Cavalier SR130 D reg

Fiesta Van 1.6d E Reg

XR3i F reg

306 1.9tdi S reg

Ibiza 1.6i V reg

Civic 5 door 1.4i P reg

Escort 1.6i S reg

Octavia 1.9tdi 02 reg

Every single one was a shed apart from the XR3i :lol:

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Orion 1.4 Ghia (H plate), perennial theft target, mum traded it in, and I got (formerly Grandpa's):

Nissan Sunny 1.6 GS (F plate). Sold this and took charge of my sister's:

1.8DL Festa (K plate), which I eventually broke the can shaft on (oops!), so traded that for a:

1.3 Corolla (three door, on an L plate), which some tool decided to write off, so I bought:

1.7 Puma (V plate) which was freakin sweet, until I polybushed it and found the ride too hard, so off she went for:

320ci (53 plate) which, although bought from a long standing independent, was an utter bag of coil pack failing poop, so, I traded that for the current ride:

320ci (04 plate) which has still to hit 60k, is mechanically sound and cherished by me, and should still be in my ownership for many many years to come :)

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Short and strange list for me

Fiat cinquecento, 900cc of ported power, was actually properly nippy

Skoda fabia 1.9 SDI, ended up with a stereo more powerful than the engine still in my possession until the misses passes her driving test

Ford Fiesta ST, panther black with full black leather interior, all the toys i need plus it's only just hit 60000 miles so will be keeping this one or the foreseeable future 

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Quite a few here, 

 

1988 Fiesta 1.4 sport

1992 Citreon ZX 2.0 volcane

1988 Fiesta XR2 (one of my favourite cars)

1990 Fiesta XR2i

1987 Golf GTI

1993 Honda CRX 1.5 VXI (jap import)

1995 Honda Prelude 2.2 vtec (jap import)

1997 BMW 323i

1999 Seat Ibiza cupra

1991 BMW 325i (it blew up)

1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo (jap import, the best and fastest car i ever owned)

1997 Subaru Impreza turbo

1994 mitsubishi FTO

2003 Renault clio 172

Toyota Celica GT4 (jap import)

1999 BMW 328i

1997 Honda Civic vti

2000 Volvo S60 T5 (fast and super smooth)

2003 Honda Civic type R

 

Well there it is, quite a big list when i look at it. My mrs passed her test and now owns a Mazda 6. Its great for the wee one so i sold my Type R and bought RC cars.

 

I now own nothing! 

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Good list RCpete alot of jap motors there.....The gt4 would be my pick out that

Posted by me ????

 

The GT4 was good, but the MR2 turbo was better. It looked better, drove faster and had pop up lights......enough said lol  :tease:

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1982 Alfa Romeo gtv6 3.0

1998 BMW 328 cabriolet

1995 Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 v6

1992 Fiat uno Turbo

2002 Toyota Hilux

2003 Mercedes C32 AMG

2005 Subaru WRX Sti

1998 Mitsubishi Evo 5

No car at the moment :)

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Fiat 127

Ford escort xr3

Suzuki sj410

Ford fiesta 1.3

Suzuki sj413

Range rover clsssic 3.5v8

Jag series3 soverign 4.2

Jag xj40 3.6l soverign twr spec

Dutton phaeton

Landrover 90 200tdi

Tata safari

Saab 95

Mini cooper

Suzuki jimny

Dihatsu sportrak

Landrover 110 300tdi

Mazda bongo 2.5 v6

Autohomes wanderer motorhome

Ace napoli motorhome

Hyundai santa fe

Ford fiest st150

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1982 Escort XR3i.

1979 Morris Marina HL

1984 Orion 1.3L

1983 Escort 1.3L. Modded into a XR3 lookalike

1982 Mini Mayfair. Mg Metro 1275 engine

1990 Escort 1.3.

1996 Escort LX 16v

1994 Mini Mayfair. MG Metro 1275, roll cage, buckets, alloys

1986 Mini Mayfair. Written off by a van

1990 Metro GTi. Loved this to bits

1994 Metro GTi Mpi. Bought for spares, was rotten as a truckload of rotten pears

2002 Corsa Club. 1.0 3 cylinder drag racer

2005 Corsa SXi.

2006 Corsa SXi+

1985 Mini Mayfair. Heavily modded but terminally rotten.

1992 Mini City. Rebuilt from ground up. With modded parts from previous Mini

1991 Mini Studio 2. Bought from sister in law. Never failed me once. Smashing Mini

2000 Vectra SRi 140. Bought with blown head gasket and repaired. Stunning car.

2009 Fiesta Zetec S. Current daily driver. Quick, clean and comfy

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1982 Alfa Romeo gtv6 3.0

1998 BMW 328 cabriolet

1995 Alfa Romeo 155 2.5 v6

1992 Fiat uno Turbo

2002 Toyota Hilux

2003 Mercedes C32 AMG

2005 Subaru WRX Still

1998 Mitsubishi Evo 5

No car at the moment :)

 

Interesting list, for some reason i always wanted an Uno Turbo.

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Well where do I start I can't remember the years of them all but here goes

 

1.8 Vauxhall Chevette,

1300 maxi

1800 princess

1.3s Opel Kadet (Astra mk2)

Astra GTE

Renault 5 gordini

Mk1 Escort Mexico

Mk 2 Escort RS2000

Renault 5 GT Turbo

Metro 6R4 (Tony Ponds ex-works rally car)

BMW 316 martini (shaken not stirred)

 

it went down hill from this point

 

Montego 1.6

Montego 1.6 Auto :yucky:

Rover 800 MK1 2.0

Rover 800 mk2 2.0

Rover 800 MK2 2.7

Rover 800 MK2 FACELIFT 2.0

Rover 800 MK2 facelift 2.0

Rover 220 turbo tomcat

Mercedes S500 LWB

Saab 900

Saab 9000 2.0

Saab 9000 2.0 K reg

Rover 800 2.0 Auto

Fiat Ulysse MK1 People carrier

Alfa 164 3.0 24v

Alfa 164 3.0 24v

Alfa 147 2.0TS

Alfa 166 3.0 24v

Porsche Boxster S

Porsche Cayman S

Mercedes E220 2001

BMW 530D Estate

Current car VW Passat W8 estate

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Whoa saabmania, the first part is awesome. Gordini, 6r4, mexico, rs2000, martini a proper set of drivers cars...just need a lancia delta integral and quattro turbo to go with it for the classic group b set.

4 alfas....how electrical faults have you had to endure...lol

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