mine was a xr3i, reg E622YNO, drove that into a lampost drunk then i bought i orion which i got turboed and never even ran right, the mechanic who was test driving it to find the problem and "sorted" it never done the valve collet on right and the fooker droped a valve on the M1 20mins after i handed over 500 quid for the job

then i bought a turbo van that was fookign rapid, that needed a new water pumop as was messed about with antoehr garage for ages till when i was going to luton to rop me mate off i seen a turbo van lookign the same as mine witha strange plate on it FLY past me on the M1 as a million miles a hour, my mate said it was deffo mine ( due to the orange beacon light on the roof ) adn as i was near the garage in luton who was working on it i thought i would prove it wasnt my car that done it for a 10 quid bet, went there and got told the guy was just test driving it now, i refused to leave justincase it was my car, 30 mins later the fooker turns up with my car with the funny paltes on it ( trade plates as the tax had expired they had it soo fooking long) and he was using it as a delivery van , i took the van back and never fooking payed , i should have burn the place down

ahhhh the good old days, getting screwed by mechanics for all my money as i was young and never new what a alternator was , roa water pump ect