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  • Cars you glad you have owned
  • Gachet
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    The first M3 is an Evolution II (220bhp), the other two are the standard (195bhp) version. These have the most comunicative and responsive steering and have a wonderfully supple suspension whilst still giving little body roll. Whilst not that powerfull by modern stardards the chassis and exhaust/induction noise more than made up for that. I actually prefer driving left hand drive cars and wish I still had all of them. You could buy a decent one for £5k five years ago, now you have to spend at least £10k

    Mark 6 Escort RS2000. This has got to be one of the most underated hot hatches, with a aftermarket exhaust and some induction mods it sounded like an old BDA engined Escort and with uprated suspension the handling was really good aswell. Very comfortable Recaro seats aswell.

    rewski
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    I loved my 69 beetle, until the windscreen wipers packed in, the heating stop working and the spare tyre rotted through the floor. The glove box was perfect rolling camberwell carrots though.

    gusamc
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    *Back in 80s

    Austin Maxi 1, £300 with years MOT, drove from Reading to Twickers every day for year, never serviced, just kept topping oil, it blew up 2 days before MOT expired. (*You could get a XR200 or DT175 motorbike in back). Nice scrappie gave me £20 and lifted it out of street. Once I came out of office and it was gone, old lady told me the workmen had moved it 100yds up road as they were tarring, no probs. Other time, pissing down, rushed out, unlocked door, started it up and then realised that the steering wheel was furry covered, my car was 2 cars further up…. no probs

    Austin Maxi 2, £300 with years MOT, ran it as above, and then on MOT expiry sold it to a scrapper for £30. Two weeks later mtbing in the shrubbery, going past some council semis this bloke ran up to me waving, it was the scrappie, there was the car – windows/lights etc out, acro props holding roof and sills apart etc etc, he’d won a £50 trphy banger racing in it, he was well pleased.

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    warton
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    Gachet,

    I remember driving back from a rave in Hull at about 4AM on a totally deserted M62. A red M3 Evo came past at some speed, incredible car.

    mastiles_fanylion
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    Austin Maxi – please tell me they were 1750 twin carb models – one of the fastest family cars around at the time – 91bhp 🙂

    We (me and my big bro’) transplanted a carb from one into our Mini 1000 – it went quicker than a 1275GT but fuel consumption was equally rapid so we took it off 🙂

    stcolin
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    FunkyDunc
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    There do not appear to be many people who have ever owned a rear wheel drive car..you dont know what your missing!

    Hora – I know what you mean I had never driven an MX5 before getting the Mk3, but obviously knew of the reputation. After getting the suspension and geometry sorted it handled beautifully, but it just as you say left you a bit cold 🙁

    Drove a work colleagues Mk 2.5 very briefly and you could tell it had that spark and directness that the Mk3 just will never have 🙁

    spacemonkey
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    Had a lot of fun with this back in 04-05:

    Keando
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    1979 Mk 2 RS2000. Still wish I had it. Been looking at the prices to buy one recently 😯

    momo
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    Recently purchased a Clio 172 for not a lot of money, just for having fun in, trackdays etc, so much fun, great handling, currently sat on my driveway looking very sorry for itself with a broken clutch and no interior 😥
    Sadly can’t see it getting used again for the next 6 months or so, but it will be a little weapon by the time next years track day season rolls around 😈

    rewski
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    The beetle was the original rear wheel car 😉

    Pyro
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    My current 53 plate Skoda Fabia. It’s only little, 1.2 engined, but it’s the first truly reliable car I’ve owned, the first I’ve spent proper money on (£3.5k a year ago with sub 20k on the clock). After a string of max £300 junkers none of which lasted more than 18 months, it’s a breath of fresh air.

    It isn’t fast (gets to 60 eventually)
    It isn’t fancy (most basic trim spec)

    But it gets me where I’m going in reasonable time, doesn’t consume like a Geordie on snakebite, and is cheap to tax and insure. Nae revelations, but I’m glad I own it.

    trb
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    I’ve owned some good cars and some nice cars, but cars I’m glad I’ve owned (past tense) include an Austin Allegro (in beige) and a Morris Ital.

    We had lots of fun in those cars as teenagers but they made me appreciate the good cars and nice cars all the more!

    tazzymtb
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    DaveyBoyWonder
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    Can’t be faffed looking for pics of them but N reg Escort, 01 Corsa SXI, 05 Civic Sport, Eunos S-Special, boggo Eunos, Mondeo ST TDCI, Eunos S-Special, Polo GTI, Octavia vRS wagon. MX5 #4 coming next year.

    mtbmatt
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    Some really nice cars poping up, especially the M3’s!

    The car I most wish I’d never sold, Integra Type R DC2. Amazing.

    Before that I had a few other good un’s.
    BMW 525i Sport. Aged 19 it was good fun.

    Another under rated hot-hatch of the time. Almera GTi. Bombproof reliability and pretty nippy.

    And while it wasn’t the best car I have owned, by quite a long way it was a nice feeling to have 270 bhp on tap… even if it was semi-automatic and a bit too electronic for my liking.

    Also owned an MX5 which I thought was seriously over-rated. Suzuki Swift Sport was nice, but too expensive to run for what it was. Current car is a Mondeo ST TDCi and it is the best all-rounder I’ve ever had.

    thisisnotaspoon
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    There do not appear to be many people who have ever owned a rear wheel drive car..you dont know what your missing!

    +1

    My Midget’s handling is pretty ‘basic’, some might say worn out, but at least it’s not got the 101 quirks of modern FWD cars power steering and servo brakes! lift of the accelerator and new cars direction all by themselves, downshift whilst brakeing and the brake pedal alternately pushes back then sinks into the carpet as the monifold pressure changes, grrrrrrrr.

    Midget’s rock!*

    *other tiny RWD cars are available, buy one!

    mastiles_fanylion
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    There do not appear to be many people who have ever owned a rear wheel drive car

    Racks brain….

    Nope, don’t think I have, but I used to drive my dad’s 2.0 Ghia Cortina which was nice. I wanted a BMW 3 series (335) specifically for the RWD but couldn’t afford it and ended up with a TT which is still nice 🙂 Goes back in 20 days 🙁 not nice

    EDIT:
    My mk1 Escort 1.3l was RWD 🙂

    It also had a removable gearstick which I held in place with matchsticks jammed in the bushing 🙂

    donsimon
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    CountZero
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    My absolute favourite car, (not this exact one, don’t have a photo convenient to hand), broke my heart to get rid of it.

    Had one of these for a while. Loved the shape, mine was this colour, but then resprayed metallic black. ’74 Opel Manta, and wouldn’t mind another, space and cash allowing.


    my first car was one of these, followed by a second one. Fantastic little car, the second one had a 1300 engine, a van rear axle, Riley drum brakes on the front, Koni shocks, and 5×13″ eight spoke alloys, with reclining buckets. Had so much fun in this little car, driving and… otherwise.
    Someone drove into the back of it outside the house. 

    toby1
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    Weirdly I’ve never had the money to buy a car I actually like!

    Too many Peugeots and Fiat Uno are all the cars I’ve ever owned. Currently thinking of a move to a Civic type R, just working out whether to go for the new type (lower mileage and hopefully lower maint but more up front cost) vs an older (04/05 plate) – I know they are different animals but they are apparently far superior. But then how can even the new shape not be superior to a 206?

    coffeeking
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    cel2 by j.buckle, on Flickr

    Nobby
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    In no particular order:

    Escort Mk1 RS1800
    Escort Mk3 RS1600
    Triumph Dolomite Sprint
    Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
    Ford Fiesta Supersport
    Saab 900 Carlsson
    Group N spec Astra GTE
    Impreza STI

    Tracey
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    Enjoyed each of these
    Mini 1000
    Nissan Micra
    Toyota Carena Estate
    Nissan Sunny ZX
    Mazda MX5
    Toyota Rav4
    Toyota Picnic
    Mazda MX3
    Peugeot 307cc
    Peogeot 308cc

    Sancho
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    205 GTI was a sad loss, but sooooo much fun, used to enjoy racing mates on the moors

    CaptainFlashheart
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    My MkII Golf. Pure motoring perfection.
    My first Volvo. A lovely 940 Wentworth. What a luxo-barge!

    jam-bo
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    audi quattro – gives me an excuse to drive like a ****

    grtdkad
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    Managed to get all of the following airborn on numerous occasions:
    – Jaguar X-type estate 3.0 V6
    – Peugeot 306 XSi (both of them)
    – Daihatsu Charade GTTi (a mental car 993cc and 0-60 in 7.5secs)
    8)

    julians
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    mudshark
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    Both great in their own way

    timbur
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    Pug 306 GTI6.
    Fast, subtle and fun. Those poor BMW’s didn’t have a clue what it was.

    LadyGresley
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    Renault 6 with an 850cc engine – surprising what you could make it do, but most fun when the suspension had gone and it just bounced all the time 😀

    M6TTF
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    Polo g40 – very similar to this one – was a brilliant ‘Q’ car

    Bregante
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    Coolest car I’ve ever owned

    rewski
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    Bregante – I think that’s possibly the nicest car in this thread, simply a beauty.

    kerv
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    meandmytruck by kevin and stephanie, on Flickr

    Along with various minis and a TI Sunbeam back in the 80’s. Now a Volvo estate driver!

    br
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    309gti 1.9 – unlike the 205 it actually kept all four wheels on the ground when cornering (hard)

    405Mi16 – looked like a mini-cab, went like stink

    and quite attached to my current 535i

    Jason
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    The car I sort of regret selling was my MR2, pretty sad when that was driven away by it’s new owner. It was a Jap import turbo version with a custom interior. A great car to drive and much quicker than the UK version.

    Replaced with a Westfield, which was great fun (and very glad I have had chance to own) but it had to go once kids arrived.

    Luckily the replacement ‘family’ car was something I had always wanted to own.

    For some reason the cars I have now have seem to be proper family motors. 🙁

    godzilla
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    Corrado Vr6
    Golf GTI MK1 MK2 MK3’s x8
    Renault 5Gt Turbo
    Pug 205 GTI
    Scirocco
    The Jettas
    The “Bling” Berlingo
    Cool’s cars of my yoof, im glad i owned them as good examples of these cars are hard to come by now, there have been loads more but these spring to mind.
    Got a Fabia vRS that i love.

    Candodavid
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    Tail happy fun every drive, glad I haven’t got to fuel it now with the huge dellorto’s I had on it

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