[Closed] show me your fast cars!

Is a 120d a fast car now?

It's STW. VWs, Audis and BMWs count as "fast" cars.

What's more surprising is people bother to take photos of them.

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Bog standard Carrera 2, a fun car - cheaper to buy and fix than most people think.

Previously had this....

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which could this (it had very long legs and would light up the rear wheels as you went into fourth at 107mph on a damp runway..)

Now have this:

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which isn't quite as pokey or fun (and I still miss the M5..)

but carries bikes very well and the kids prefer it!

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suburbanreuben's pic:

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Bought this 15 years ago when I was in my early 20's and I've never got round to selling it.

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Had around 320-330bhp in this video and it's got another 100 on top of that now so quick enough for me!

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This was before I had to buy a family car. If I'd have kept it, I probably wouldn't have been around to start a family. As shown by the speedo in the picture below, it was still accelerating at that point.

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Chuffing ek, the Alfa Winz... (looks like a Junior anyway)

Beautiful.

Love the 130i and Griff! Had a Chimaera 15 years ago and loved it when it worked! Had a 130i about 10 years ago and have fond memories of taking it to the 'ring.

Mk1 MX-5's aren't exactly 'fast' as stock but they're fun to drive. Mine wasn't exactly as it came from the factory - I know looks were a bit marmite:

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As well as body, interior, suspension, brakes etc, it'd had some work done under the hood. Kept it normally aspirated but twin Mikuni carbs, lightened fly, JDM skimmed racing head etc, 4-1 manifold, ECU upgrade. Made for a lively drive...

Some of the Japanese tuning houses are doing crazy things with 5's. Maruha Motors had a 2.1 litre NA (wonders off to find details on google)

Yeah mine was awesome but did have the occasional expensive trip to the garage, but they're always going to do that. I fitted straight through pipes after a while. A mixed reaction off the neighbours for that one. Plus it always set off car alarms in car parks. But what a noise...

I sold it for a Mk2 Clio V6 255 in the end.

I had an E30 M3 followed by an E36 M3 but previous to those I had my all time favourite car which was my Williams Clio. I co drove a race prepared 911 for a while which was fun but was very expensive even when shared.

Picking up an Octavia VRS Diesel estate on Thursday next week which is fast enough and fits a family/camping/biking 'lifestyle'.

Pah.
They might be fast but I bet the front seats can't turn round. 🙂

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They might be fast but I bet the front seats can't turn round.

You want the 'show me me your 'cars with rotating seats (kill me now)' thread 😉

My old m135i, and even older fn2 typeR.

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Downgraded for a sensible ish 325i which is well-balanced and makes a nice noise but isn't thrilling in the same way. I loved that m135i. I can't think of a better car that is usable everyday including for chucking bikes inside and still completely silly and brilliant 🙄

What about a photo of Magnetodog instead?

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suburbanreuben's pic:

Thanks Jamie! Picasa were playing silly buggers. I'm now a little worried you may have access to my private collection....

Chuffing ek, the Alfa Winz... (looks like a Junior anyway)

Beautiful.

Well, it's faster than my minibus.

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I'm now a little worried you may have access to my private collection....

Nah, I just took it from one of the broken links you posted. Worked as a url, but not as a direct pic link.

My 320bhp bike transporter
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210 BHP of driver involvement 😀 Kids were pissed when I eventually sold it.

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Tesla model S P100D (electric) (not mine unfortunately)

"Model S Performance comes standard with All-Wheel Drive Dual Motor, pairing the high performance rear motor with a high efficiency front motor to achieve supercar acceleration, from zero to 60 miles per hour in [B][u]2.5 seconds.[/B][/u]"

2.5 seconds 0-60! I cant wait for the leccy car revolution.

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Just some of my old ones...

Supercharged Golf R32, running between 350-440hp depending on weather:

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Clio Williams no.123:

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Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo (300hp+):

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[quote=woffle ]Some of the Japanese tuning houses are doing crazy things with 5's. Maruha Motors had a 2.1 litre NA (wonders off to find details on google)

I'm trying to find a spare couple of grand to supercharge mine. I think about 190-200hp is enough for an MX5.

I do love that mine feels like you're driving the wheels off it, then you look down at the speedo and you're doing 61mph, ooo-er!

Too many diesels in here .

Not mine but got to take a 998cc 4 on the floor mini for a spin yesterday. Not fast in the slightest but sooo much fun to keep it singing.

Then we went out in a vx220 now that is a car that handles like it's on rails. Doesn't have any of that lovely "fast [s]in a straight line[/s]" diesel heavy front end understeer.

I then got back in my land rover and trundled off home happy enough.

Built this 12 years ago, still going strong 55k miles later:

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(Pic taken a couple of years back)

My new bike carrying wagon
Petrol ST3 250ps 🙂
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Too many diesels in here .

I dont see why this is an issue, if its good enough to race at Le Mans... A "fast car" is a fast car no matter how its powered.

This has made me look at 135i/140i a lot...

No photo but I drive a 130i, I've done over 50,000 miles in it so far and I love it.

My JDM RX-8. Doesn't get driven much around here but can't bring myself to ever get rid.

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Kryton57
I dont see why this is an issue, if its good enough to race at Le Mans... A "fast car" is a fast car no matter how its powered.

This thread needs rules - agreed no problem with diesel but something like 0-60 in under 6 seconds as a minimum qualifier or something as "fast" is clearly pretty subjective!

Race car is race car though. Don't see any diesel race cars here.

Some people's fast cars look funny too it's like their missing 2 wheels as well.

Loving the caterhams and derivatives - most fun I've had in a car being slung round a track by a mate in one.

maybe i should have changed the title to 'fun cars' instead..

Some interesting stuff on here

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1st proper 'fast' car. 1983 Golf GTI Mk1, resprayed in Dragon Green:
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1st really fast car. 1992 Corrado VR6 tweaked with a Ram Air induction kit boosting it to 210bhp:
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AARRGGHHH, can't get Flickr thing to work 🙁

Here you go, stevie.

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Jamie - Member
Here you go, stevie.

[i]This thread needs rules - agreed no problem with diesel but something like 0-60 in under 6 seconds as a minimum qualifier or something as "fast" is clearly pretty subjective! [/I]

4.7 ok, diesel though 🙂

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Love the old VWs.

I have had a couple of MK2 Golf GTIs and a couple of Corrado VR6s in my time before the 911.

Actually the MK2 Golf small bumper I had on 14" teardrop wheels with no power steering is probably one of my favourite ever handling and bike lugging cars, should never have sold that one.

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not super-fast, but would get 2 bikes and 2 blokes inside it. Unfortunately they're worth a lot more now so difficult to justify as a toy.

was a handful in the ring in those conditions 😀 spun it twice and had a LOT of moments like this

Is that a turbo 5lab? Very nearly bought a 944 s2 once, really regret not doing so at the time, the balance of those cars is something else.

nah its an S2. the power difference between them and the early turbos was minimal (8bhp) and I couldn't really justify the cost of a later, faster turbo. I wasn't too sure of the lagginess of them either

My brothers Alfa. It was in the Top Gear Studio for last weekends show.

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I've got a 530D - quickest car I've ever owned - the torque is amazing.

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Not all that fast really, but quite practical and as mentioned earlier, not actually that expensive to run.

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0-60 in 3.5..! (skip to 3m57s)

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Love the old VWs.

In that case (although all of these are gone now)......

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Apart from this one which is currently being restored
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