Well a few posts have got me thinking about my veloved chariots,

 

Age 17;

 

1st car a Seat Ibiza 1.5 with a Porsche system engine, wow I thought I was the *****cks, wait for it.........three spokes!! OMG!! a big zorst and a 15 inch jamo in the boot with a dodgy german graphic equalizer flashy light amp thing

 

2nd car a Onion Ghia, fitted a full RS kit, had piper cams fitted, lightened flywheel so much stuff done to the engine, that infact, it ran worse than ever before, occasionaly would keep up with my friends, hanging S1 RST, but most of the time would splutter and die I briefly bought a R5GTT which I liked for its go kart ability, I didnt like the fact with more than two people in, it would turn into a steaming turb and you could be overtaken by fiat pandas.

 

3rd car R21 Turbo, heres the piccies

 

 

 

Man had it fully resprayed, spent enough money with prima racing to open a shop, pitty I forgot about the wheels and left 15 inchers on it lol mind you went like stink 252bhp at the time anf FWD :eek: torque steer anyone?? kept this little guy for three whole years the longest record to date!!!! the things we do when we are young! This car has to win the smallest wheels ever on the biggest car lmfao.

 

Age 19;

 

3rd car Cavalier 4x4 GSI2000 not much to say other than very comfy, sounded like a angry wasp wish id never changed the zorst it was embarasing rattly noise, biggest mistake of my life as the R21 was soooo much better beleive it or not. Lowered usual crappy mods, had some bits done at power station in cheltenham who ripped me off on 320.00 for a chip!!! had a staggering 186bhp so I dropped fooking shit loads from the reno, couldn;t stand having a normaly aspirated car.

 

4th car Nissan 200SX, face lift model, very nice, bought a shit sounding lemans motorsport blow off valve for it and regretted it from day one, it is by far the worst sounding and made peice of shit ever, do NOT buy one!!! did the usual mods.

 

5th Car Mondeo 2.5v6 st24, not a bad motor, but I got bored and wanted to get a turbo again.

 

Age 20:

 

R21 Turbo (again!!!!);

 

 

 

 

Still beleive it or not, nothing could satisfy the performance and fun of my prev r21 turbo, so I bought another, lmfao, this time I thought i'd do it properly (well for a R21 anyway), 276bhp despite changing nearly eveything on the ****ing car! still, for some reason the torque was was close to the bho figure, meaning the car would spin all the way to third gear. The car was running 20psi for a good length of time, my tron like gear changes bent and buckled various selector rods whilst the awesome pressure kept continuosly blowing off hoses, I spent more times on the side of the road with the bonnet up than any other car, but would I change it? would I fook. Never had one car beat me in a race in the dry. I miss this car.

 

Age 21

 

Nissan 200sx S14, wanted another taste of Jap RWD, as frying front tyres and getting no grip 80% of the time started to get tedious. Owned this car four three months, before deciding I prefered my prev S13 and so

 

Nissan 200sx S13 (pre facelift) some of you know her, she started off a shed and blossomed into a beauty with several thousands pumped into her;

 

 

Not hugely powerful, but, 240bhp was more fun in this than any other car I'd driven.

 

Age 22

 

Well I was being a family man so bought ANOTHER modeo, ST24, seems like ill be having two of every car in my life for some odd reason!!!

 

 

Age 23

 

Nissan 300zx TT

 

And she's as she is now after a couple of years on her!!

 

I did have various other cars but these were the main ones that I hold as memerable,

 

So whats the cars that you loved / hated in your life that you've ownded?

Sorry, pished,out of order, apologies.

Blimey-let me think!!

age 16-Hillman Imp[older than you steve!]

age 17-Triumph Toledo-put twin SU's on it and jacked up the rear[twos the fashion back then!]

age 19ish-Triumph 2000-Pulled this out the scrapyard I was working in!

age 20-Chopped in the 2000 for a vauxhall Magnum-My first real car!

age 22-Swapped Magnum for a Granada 2.3 off a lad at work[why??]

age 23-Bought a Mazda 626 TWR-nice motor

age 24ish-Chopped the 626 for a cortina 2.0 mk5-nuff said!

age 26-Chopped the 'clit' for a vauxhall astra gte-tarted it up and sold it!

Acouple of bikes later got back to the cars about 28/29 now.

Built a Cobra kit car-with oblgatory rover v8

Sold that on and built a Testerossa replica based on a Pontiac!

Sold that Bought a Manta V8 project-rebiult it and sold it![see a pattern emerging :rolleyes: ?]

Built a Porche 911 Replica-this was a dog project-but nice when it was done.

Sold the 911 due to moving house,and losing workshop!

Bought a Mk111 Supra -resprayed,put lexus alloys on and nitrous then-sold it!

had a Transit while doing up the house,

then treated myself to the ZED!

 

 

Bugger-me fingers sore now! :D

Blimey-let me think!!

age 16-Hillman Imp[older than you steve!]

age 17-Triumph Toledo-put twin SU's on it and jacked up the rear[twos the fashion back then!]

age 19ish-Triumph 2000-Pulled this out the scrapyard I was working in!

age 20-Chopped in the 2000 for a vauxhall Magnum-My first real car!

age 22-Swapped Magnum for a Granada 2.3 off a lad at work[why??]

age 23-Bought a Mazda 626 TWR-nice motor

age 24ish-Chopped the 626 for a cortina 2.0 mk5-nuff said!

age 26-Chopped the 'clit' for a vauxhall astra gte-tarted it up and sold it!

Acouple of bikes later got back to the cars about 28/29 now.

Built a Cobra kit car-with oblgatory rover v8

Sold that on and built a Testerossa replica based on a Pontiac!

Sold that Bought a Manta V8 project-rebiult it and sold it![see a pattern emerging ?]

Built a Porche 911 Replica-this was a dog project-but nice when it was done.

Sold the 911 due to moving house,and losing workshop!

Bought a Mk111 Supra -resprayed,put lexus alloys on and nitrous then-sold it!

had a Transit while doing up the house,

then treated myself to the ZED!

 

Bloody hell mate you were busy!!!

 

I still cant beleive the seat, first few efforts at modifying cars are always funny tho arnt they when your a teenager! I still cant get over the 15's on the R21 lmao.

 

Anyone else got some piccies of their past beasts? or not lol

R21 turbo, always wanted one of them, theres one in this

weeks autotrader for £1300!!....tempting!

R21 turbo, always wanted one of them, theres one in this

weeks autotrader for £1300!!....tempting!

 

Lol funny car, you can buy them now for about 500 quid now lol. They arnt worth shit any more, would be a lot of car for a few hundred quid just to rag around for a bit.

Removed because a) it was a bit strong, and b) the guy apologised and removed his post.

 

Regards

 

Hugh

Aged 17: Mk. 2 Escort 1.1, inherited from my Gran. Learnt a) how to get sideways, b) how to get all 4 wheels off the ground at the same time and land successfully, and c) that if you duck when going over a level crossing at 70mph, your passengers bang their heads on the roof :D Lent it to a friend who kindly (not) wrote it off for me.

 

Aged 17 (still): 1.6 Talbot Horizon. Learned how to do donuts, 'racing starts' and how to burn out a clutch within 3 hours of having it replaced. Eventually scrapped.

 

Aged 18: permanent loan of my mum's 2.0 Capri Auto. Learned to control back end slides (very quickly - out of necessity). Also learned how to tell if traffic is coming from the sides at junctions other than by being able to look both ways (long, bullet-bulged bonnets make life fun!) Scrapped when engine blew up after my sister borrowed it and didn't check the oil and water.

 

Aged 18: Yamaha TZR 125 (de-restricted). Eventually sold due to skintness.

 

Aged 18: Yamaha SR 125 custom-type jobbie which nearly got me killed when I cornered it too fast (60 mph) on a muddy, wet road. You live (just) and learn.

 

Aged 19: Girlfriend's Fiesta 1.1 Ran until it died.

 

Aged 21: Girlfriend's Dad's 1.7 diesel Astra. Yawn.

 

Aged 22: Lancia Beta Coupe 1.6 twin carb. Cornered like it was on rails. Rusted to death and scrapped within 6 months. Still sadly missed :(

 

Aged 23: Sierra 2.0 Ran until dead.

 

Aged 24: Cavalier SRi. Nicked after 4 weeks of ownership. Gutted :(

 

Aged 24-28: Lots of disposable, un-noteworthy sh1theaps.

 

Aged 29: Carlton 2.0i CDX. Slightly modded. 150 mph :D

 

Aged 30 - 32: Carlton died R.I.P. Peugeot 309 1.9 diesel and Citroen BX17 diesel.

 

Very soon: a Zed (TT, manwell, preferably CrazyEddie's) - I think it's about time I had a decent car. I feel I've earned one ;)

Aged 29: Carlton 2.0i CDX. Slightly modded. 150 mph

 

My parents had one of them a while back, it was a bullet proof car, bloody lovely to drive, was auto too so lazy, on long journeys it was like driving your lounge lol. It was Bordeux red, I think most the CDX's I seen are with the BBS like alloys, good cars, had the double din blaupunkt sound system too, and i'll tell you what the speakers in it were amazing!!!! :D

 

Cant beat a good capri tho!!!!! :D :D

My parents had one of them a while back, it was a bullet proof car, bloody lovely to drive, was auto too so lazy, on long journeys it was like driving your lounge lol. It was Bordeux red, I think most the CDX's I seen are with the BBS like alloys, good cars, had the double din blaupunkt sound system too, and i'll tell you what the speakers in it were amazing!!!! :D

Yeah, it was the best car I've had so far - very comfy indeed (and quite practical too).

 

Cant beat a good capri tho!!!!! :D :D

Ah, but you should - with a big sh1tty stick ;) At least they teach you how you should handle a skid - you either learn or crash ;)

Ah, but you should - with a big sh1tty stick At least they teach you how you should handle a skid - you either learn or crash

 

Hehe, funny, I liked them when I was younger, then hated them for a while, now I've learned to like them again lol. There is a chap around the corner from me has a brooklands one, original and completly mint, and as sad as it may seem, it is actually a very nice looking motor lol.

Ok, here goes...from what i can remember...

Allegro estate

datsun 120y

mk3 escort x4

montego x3

Opel manta gte...hatch

ren 21 gts

Vauxhall carlton 1.8

peugeout 405 sri

peugeout 309 x2

sierra x2

golf 1.6

datsun stanza

ford transit x2

renault master...van

renault 21 monaco

renault 5 1.4

rover 214 x2

talbot express van x2

toyota supra

nissan 200sx

vauxhall vectra v6 sri

fiat punto 1.1

300zx tt :bow:

 

Many more that i've forgot too, plus numerous vespa's & lambrettas,

motocross bikes etc....

here we go then

age 17

Vauxhall chevette 4 door saloon light blue

then Vauxhall Chevette hatchback British racing green I put a full HS kit on it and Cobra interior

Age 18

another chevette Hatchback blue , shoehorned a 2.3 engine and box from a Vauxhall Magnum in , with a Manta 'a' series rear axle, Twin 48 Dellorto's stripped out interior

Age 19

Charger Kit car VW based with gull wing doors (i was too tall to drive it)

age 20

Genuine Vauxhall Chevette HS 2.3 16 valve, twin 45 webers, dogleg Getrag box

age 23

Vauxhall Cavaleir 1.6 L (brown)

Age 24

Ford Escort mk 4 1.4 Ghia

Age 25

Volvo 740 GL (errrr)

Age 26

Citroen Xantia 2.0 VSX

Age 30

Nissan sunny (hard times!)

Renault 21 Savanna 7 seater (crap)

Age 31

Rover 414

Rover 620 Ti (great car)

Age 33

Ford Fiesta 950 (hard times again)

Daihatsu FourTrak 7 seater

age 34

Nissan 300 TT manual

Mini City Auto

lol i'm not fekn goin thru that list again, was something like 42 cars since 1987 :rofl: no kiddin

 

I'll point out the best n worst :D

 

Worst was a 1985 Astra GTE MKII - cut n shut :o bought at auction for £200 in 1992 :D

 

Best was a 1984 BMW 635csi - I was 23 in 1994 & a student.. maaan did I get some poontang in that!

 

Other memorables a MKI 1984 Fiesta XR2 :) :dance:

 

Driving a BMW 735i to work every day for a year on a German autobahn at 130-150 every day - legally!

 

Until the daddeh! me lovely Z :D one car to rule them all!

nice steve ****in nice that 200 s13 was the sweetest of the bunch mate **** what eisers got wind says :D

 

ok as follows your gona lyao

 

age 18...escort diesal 1.8 shit unreliable broke down 5times

age 19...bmw316i comfy but jeez got fed up with the tappets shagging each other

age20..bmw 318i e46 new shape again comfy 4-doors great,kids can get in traction control kicked in every time you put your foot down regardless whether it was on or off FFS

age21...citroen saxo 1.1i shit shit shit

 

age22 nissan 300zx TT well what a jump from a 1.1i ROLMFAO

i love this car the sad thing is ud think her name was kit as i talk to her when im driving!!

 

unless im skint this car is with me til i die what more can i say :D

here goes

17 years old

vaux chuvit (which i did often)

2.0 cortina mk 11 gt

got into bikes for a few years which ended with kwaka kh 1000

smashed both legs up (end of bikes)

volks scirrocco (nippy car)

capri 3.0 (quickly learnt how to handle cars) jps special

nissan 260 zed

rover sdi 2.6

capri 1.6

capri 2.0 rs

sierra 2.0 ghia (family man)

peugot 405

peugot 206

peugot 405 diesel

renault laguna (luxury motor)

the beloved zed (and a shiter for runabout)

Most of mine have been company cars, but a few my own.

 

Age Co Cars

18 XR2

19 Orion 1.4 x2

19 Orion Ghia I

22 Astra Van

23 Mondeo Estate (put 16" Stealths, boss didnt mind)

26 Laguna RT

28 Laguna RT Sport

29 Laguna Dynamique (present co car)

32 Megane Grand Scenic on order (in Black, 17's and tinted windows)

 

My own cars

 

17 Morris Ital 1.7HL

19 Cavalier SRi

20 Cortina 1.6L (unemployed)

21 Escort RS Turbo Series 2 (great car)

31 Fiesta 1.1 pop plus (still got, long story)

31 The Zed, weekend car

 

 

Would also love to get an American engined V8 Cobra and 3dr Cosworth.

 

 

Barry.

Ok, here goes...from what i can remember...

Allegro estate

 

w00t, my first car was an Allegro too! Wish I had pics of some of these:

 

Age 17: S-reg Allegro 1100S, red, rusty, leaked like a sieve in the rain (damned good fun as a first car though) - ended up replacing carb jets, fuel pump and a whole lot more.

 

Age 17: L-reg Rover Metro 1.4Diesel - first company car, yay, cheap motoring! (Only crashed it twice :o ahem)

 

Age 18: L-reg Rover 218D - second company car (didn't crash this one)

 

Age 19: P-reg Astra 2.0 Sport - great car at the time, handled like a boat but quick in a straight line. Added a Halfords stick-on fuel flap cover :o and read too much Max Power :o

 

Age 20: F-reg Nissan Bluebird 1.8GS Auto - back to owning my own cars :( This was an utter sh*tter, never started right, stalled at the first junction you came to every day. Garage I bought it from got shut down by trading standards for selling nothing but sh*tters. Bought for £2500, sold for £500..

 

Age 20: L-reg Renault 19 16v - loved this car, and still miss it. Most reliable car I've ever owned! Quick and handled great, added lots of tuning bits (decat, chip, induction, brakes, wheels, exhaust etc)

 

Age 22: G-reg Renault 5 GT Turbo as a 2nd car - also loved this car, even though I kept breaking it. Still don't know how it survived running 24psi boost on a stock carb & turbo (when I bought it, some muppet had put the actuator on backward!) but crap was it fast!

 

Age 23: G-reg Nissan 300ZX TT Auto - replaced the Renault 5GTT. Bloody unreliable heap o crap ;) :rofl: Still fell in love with it though..

 

 

Age 24: K-reg Nissan 300ZX TT Manwhel - replaced the Auto and then got shot of the R19 after a few months (when it got broken into, little f*ckers) - still love this car, despite it now being sat in the garage looking sorry for itself .

 

No pics of this one - must take some, if I CBAed to wheel it out of the garage ..

 

Age 25: '02 reg Toyota MR2 Roadster - became my main car while the 300ZX is in the garage. Reliable, drives like a gokart, little bit underpowered but f*ck me can you have fun on the twisties :) Drop top.. I've now decided I love convertibles.. The hairdressing tools that come built in are great too..

 

aged 17

 

1972 vw beetle 1300cc ( rusty and rotten but never let me down)

then another heavily modded 1972 1641cc dual webber beetle ( a nice car but never ran right and was a money pit)

mrk 3 1.1 fiesta ( too slow)

mrk 2 or 3 1600i orion (good fun, but introduced it to a lamp post and it came off worse) :eek:

E30 bmw 1800i (one of the most arse end happy cars ive ever diven)

mrk 2 escort estate diesel (biggest pile of slow crap ive ever driven) :D

s13 200sx (standard) was'nt that impressed with it

1992 uk 300zx (http://www.jds-300zx.co.uk) :bow:

xr2i 1800cc, great fun just like a gokart! full spax suspension, stainless exhaust, K&N filter

Age

 

17 - Austin Meistro 1.6. god knows how it lasted a year with me brhind the wheel

 

18 - Peugot 405 1.9. love it, fun to drive and had electric windows!!!!!!!! Shame a blew the gearbox.

 

20 - Searra 2.0 GLX, first rear wheel drive and was always sideways.

 

21 - Rover 820, nice ride but a bit like a boat.

 

22 - Rover 820 Turbo, first Turbo, blew gearbox in three months.

 

24 - 300zx TT. bloody hell what a car. blew another gearbox though!

Age 17: fiesta popula plus 1.1

age 18: 1967 MG Midget 1275cc

Age 20: 300zx

20 - Searra 2.0 GLX, first rear wheel drive and was always sideways

 

Do you know what, I had a 1.8 sierra for a while, and it was incredible the lack of grip it had, mind you the wheels and tyres were tiny, but in the wet it was a weapon!!! every corner and every bump it was going sideways lmao, good fun tho, cheap on bits and never let me down!

 

I tell you a car I do still like, the old Granada 3.0 mk1. They were the *****cks as far as im concerned lol.

I tell you a car I do still like, the old Granada 3.0 mk1. They were the *****cks as far as im concerned lol.

 

:bow: My dad had the coupe the same colour as the one in the Parklife Video. Was built like a tank. Bloody head gasket went every other year though!

 

Would love to have one as a cool summer car to bowl about in.

Well here goes - let's see how the old memory banks are:

 

18-20 1977, VDN 683R, Avenger Super N 1500 Twin Carb Estate - hot snot up to 50mph and rwd!!!!

20-23 1984, A762 TFL, Vauxhall Cavalier 1,6GL - luxury, reliabilty and economy compared to my first car

23-24 1985, B511 FFL, Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L Estate - Father In Law's ex company car and sold on at a handsome profit (don't tell him!!!)

24-27 1982, TPY 117X, Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6SR Hatchback - felt like a sports car what with those alloy wheels and Recaro seats!!! (I know better now!!)

27-31 1988, E767 KTR, Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 CDi - real luxury and a fair old performer on the autobahn (was stationed in Ericland at the time)

31-32 1995, N133 TOJ, Toyota Carina E 2.0GLi Hatch - bought tax free, run for a year and 13,000 miles and sold on at a profit

32-32 1986, C423 JGR, Ford Granada 2.0 Ghia Hatch - big barge with armchairs for seats - went well and should've kept it longer

32-35 1992, K878 JSR, Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 Diplomat Saloon - an insurance write-off, repaired with a new leather interior and new alloys+tyres and bought from a copper!!!!

35-38 various company cars, all diesels, all Vauxhalls and all doing spaceship mileages - I used to average 1400 miles per week

38-39 1997, Vauxhall Vectra, 1.7TD CDX - necessary as I was working at London Heathrow and needed the economy and comfort - ahh those heated leather seats...

And now.............

40+ - The Nissan 300ZX - 1991 J plate, J-Spec, Short Wheel Base, Manual, Normally Aspirated, Cloth Interior Dark Blue Beast. Unmodified apart from a replacement S/S exhaust, Sony Stereo and comprehensive security. Although plans are afoot.....

And if you're still awake - thank you for reading this.

first were the co owned cars.

 

r reg renault clio barritz 1.2-bought from new

x reg renault clio 1.4 sport-bought from new

 

the we needed 2 cars

 

f reg for sierra 2.0 glsi and a 51 plate aprilia sr 125 scooter tuned with race spec 172cc engine, racing gearbox and racing zorst

 

sold bike to brother bought myself

81 porsche 924 put straight thru zorst on it and it sounded cool

sold that and got

84 porsche 944 lovely car excellent handling

kid born so sold porsche and bought

l reg BMW 740i V8 E32. nice car but after the porsche it just wasnt my kind of car.

sierra died so bought a citroen xantia 1.9td vsx. great car

sold bmw and bought my zed, still wish id never sold the porsche.

Here's the biggest shed I've ever owned.

 

 

They might be great cars. I wouldn't know- I bought this one and it was total shit, which was my own fault but it did teach me a lesson.

 

Here's another granny- you could have a full sized snooker table in the boot and a double bed on the back seats. It was great.

 

 

Handled like a donkey though, but maybe that was just my driving