This follows on from a thread i've just picked up on a gt4 board, it basically askes why do you currently drive a GT4 and where did the passion for cars come from. Well after one trip down memory lane i posted the below. SO the question is.. When did your passion for cars start and why did you end up driving a 300zx???
Here was my post.
I suppose it all started for me as a kid, i used to be a porsche nut, god knows why, maybe it was condorman and all those black 911's. Back then at the age of around 6 i went to Germany on hol with the folks and i was in Porsche heaven, they were everywhere, or so it seemed at the time.
Then I remember being on my push bike at a garage and a mk1 MR2 pulled in. What year did they come in B reg maybe? whats that around 1984? so i would have ben about 9 and thought they looked out of this world. Then a few years later after trips to the motorshow i remember seeing Honda integras ( the mk1 versions) and again drooling over MR2's, god knows how old i was then.
Next thing, i'm 17 and I can drive.. woo hoo no more push bikes for me and after dabbling with a mk1 x reg astra I found myself in a Burgandy D reg 1.3 escort, at a time when the car that me and my fellow apprentices aspired to was the orion Ghia 1.6i. Anyway this put the timeline at about 1992 and low and behold a new magazine, hit the shelves called MAX POWER. It was ace, full of Dimma Pugs and escort cosworths,fiesta rs turbos etc etc fantastic, i was hooked.
So i set about modding my 1.3 escort, one K&N, some spax spings and a set of speedline mistral alloys and my car was the dogs. I had big plans for that car, ie full rs turbo transplant, cosworth whaletail, the works. All inspired by the maxy P project car that was RS KIcker for those that remember, the greenish escort RS turbo they modded. Then for one clear moment, i saw the light and thought, dont waste your cash modding, just by and Escy RS Turbo, so i did at the ripe old age of 21/22.
After some alloys ( antera 121's) chipping, shocks and springs I had around 5 or 6 damn good years out of that car it was ace and in my eyes one of the most underrated cars out there , the only times it ever let me down was for a couple of starter motors and batteries.
Anyway after a while the need for more power tooi a hold and my eyes were dragged towards supras, 3 litres , twin turbos.. the slobber ran like a river, however i couldn afford one, then low and behold one day i should cast my eyes over a silver beauty, the like i had never seen before. I though it was one of the most beautiful cars i had ever seen on the road ( at least from the front)it was a nissan 300zx. One quick scout of auto trader revealed it was in my price range and it also had 3.0 tt like a Supra. Jobs a guddun,i got one, a blue one in the end. After modding the 300zx and taking it as far as I could afford to mod it, anf having been bitten by the drag racing bug, at the age of 29ish i decided i needed something that A- didint need 2 of everything like the 300 does, or B - was a bit lighter, better for dragging possibly track days and a bit cheaper 2 maintain ie didint need the engine pulling for every job.
So 4wd drive rally slags were the way forward, evo's were still pricey, everything before an evo 4 is just too ugly, didnt want a scooby as every cnuts got one so I looked at the gt4, only the st205 version really floated my boat looks wise and i just happened to stumble across new eras website where they were flogging one. It looked great so i bought it.
So here I am, and i'm still loving the whole car thing at the ripe old age of 31. Funny how with most people they grow out of the whole car/boy racer thing, i havent and i cant ever see myself not having a 'toy' to play with and a daily crapheap for going to work in. I guess some people never grow out of it.
This follows on from a thread i've just picked up on a gt4 board, it basically askes why do you currently drive a GT4 and where did the passion for cars come from. Well after one trip down memory lane i posted the below. SO the question is.. When did your passion for cars start and why did you end up driving a 300zx???
Here was my post.
I suppose it all started for me as a kid, i used to be a porsche nut, god knows why, maybe it was condorman and all those black 911's. Back then at the age of around 6 i went to Germany on hol with the folks and i was in Porsche heaven, they were everywhere, or so it seemed at the time.
Then I remember being on my push bike at a garage and a mk1 MR2 pulled in. What year did they come in B reg maybe? whats that around 1984? so i would have ben about 9 and thought they looked out of this world. Then a few years later after trips to the motorshow i remember seeing Honda integras ( the mk1 versions) and again drooling over MR2's, god knows how old i was then.
Next thing, i'm 17 and I can drive.. woo hoo no more push bikes for me and after dabbling with a mk1 x reg astra I found myself in a Burgandy D reg 1.3 escort, at a time when the car that me and my fellow apprentices aspired to was the orion Ghia 1.6i. Anyway this put the timeline at about 1992 and low and behold a new magazine, hit the shelves called MAX POWER. It was ace, full of Dimma Pugs and escort cosworths,fiesta rs turbos etc etc fantastic, i was hooked.
So i set about modding my 1.3 escort, one K&N, some spax spings and a set of speedline mistral alloys and my car was the dogs. I had big plans for that car, ie full rs turbo transplant, cosworth whaletail, the works. All inspired by the maxy P project car that was RS KIcker for those that remember, the greenish escort RS turbo they modded. Then for one clear moment, i saw the light and thought, dont waste your cash modding, just by and Escy RS Turbo, so i did at the ripe old age of 21/22.
After some alloys ( antera 121's) chipping, shocks and springs I had around 5 or 6 damn good years out of that car it was ace and in my eyes one of the most underrated cars out there , the only times it ever let me down was for a couple of starter motors and batteries.
Anyway after a while the need for more power tooi a hold and my eyes were dragged towards supras, 3 litres , twin turbos.. the slobber ran like a river, however i couldn afford one, then low and behold one day i should cast my eyes over a silver beauty, the like i had never seen before. I though it was one of the most beautiful cars i had ever seen on the road ( at least from the front)it was a nissan 300zx. One quick scout of auto trader revealed it was in my price range and it also had 3.0 tt like a Supra. Jobs a guddun,i got one, a blue one in the end. After modding the 300zx and taking it as far as I could afford to mod it, anf having been bitten by the drag racing bug, at the age of 29ish i decided i needed something that A- didint need 2 of everything like the 300 does, or B - was a bit lighter, better for dragging possibly track days and a bit cheaper 2 maintain ie didint need the engine pulling for every job.
So 4wd drive rally slags were the way forward, evo's were still pricey, everything before an evo 4 is just too ugly, didnt want a scooby as every cnuts got one so I looked at the gt4, only the st205 version really floated my boat looks wise and i just happened to stumble across new eras website where they were flogging one. It looked great so i bought it.
So here I am, and i'm still loving the whole car thing at the ripe old age of 31. Funny how with most people they grow out of the whole car/boy racer thing, i havent and i cant ever see myself not having a 'toy' to play with and a daily crapheap for going to work in. I guess some people never grow out of it.