[Closed] Cars you glad you have owned

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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 🙁

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

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

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 😈

The beetle was the original rear wheel car 😉

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.

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!

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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.

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

The car I most wish I'd never sold, Integra Type R DC2. Amazing.
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Before that I had a few other good un's.
BMW 525i Sport. Aged 19 it was good fun.
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Another under rated hot-hatch of the time. Almera GTi. Bombproof reliability and pretty nippy.
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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.
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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.

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!

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

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

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My mk1 Escort 1.3l was RWD 🙂

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

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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.
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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.

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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 5x13" 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. 

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?

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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

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

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

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

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

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)
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Both great in their own way

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

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 😀

Polo g40 - very similar to this one - was a brilliant 'Q' car
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Coolest car I've ever owned
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Bregante - I think that's possibly the nicest car in this thread, simply a beauty.

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

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

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.
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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.
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Luckily the replacement 'family' car was something I had always wanted to own.
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For some reason the cars I have now have seem to be proper family motors. 🙁

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.

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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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Bregante - I think that's possibly the nicest car in this thread, simply a beauty

Not mine but identical colour

The 3 E30 M3's are Cooool"s, Love the Hartage rims on the white one.

1984

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2008

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The only two cars I have ever "owned"

This was loaned to me when I worked in Saudi.

V8 4.0 Lt in think !!!

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

Next best was a `68 Cooper until junior came along and I bought an Allegro with a knackered gearbox which I fixed and the car did 5yrs including being used for club road rallys!!!

There followed various VWs for 13 yrs, the best being a 1.8 Jetta we had for 7yrs

I used to maintain a few race & rally cars inc 1275 Cooper S with the full monty ie Webber carb, lightened/balanced everything, straightcut drop gears etc. Mk1 Mexico x 2, Mk2 GP1(ex Ellsmore)RS2000, race Imp amd GT6

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Monty - getting one of those (A6 SLine SE) at the end of the month - looking forward to that 🙂

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believe it or not, it was great - I think that they had spent all their time on driver ergonomics because everything was in perfectly the right place and it was supremely comfortable to drive.

could get loads in the back as well and 5 adults perfectly comfortable

Most recently, this:

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Fun and, as you can see, oh so practical 😉

Fiesta Supersport and a race prepared xr2 bring back great memories.

@ MF, mines a 2.7 quattro s line, its a cracker, enjoy yours.