I used to buy the old px motors off my mates uncles garage mk1/2's for £20 and drive them till they died when I was 16
My 1st xr3i I swapped for a 1275GT mini but turned out to be a ringer...
Then found a modified fiesta supersport with a xr2 engine on a 1.3 box pull away was very good but no top end
Made my way through few sierras too 2 x xr4i's 2.3 ghia 20i sapphire.
But as already said mostly driven by the local criminals a complete a older guys had Rs turbos and 3dr cossies but they had jobs lol
Seemed the older ones where always yobo's who drove them or normal people driving the newer ones, apart from a 3dr that a few of my shady friends nicked and kemp for joy ridding round town,
After a couple of days they had ground off most of the tail pipe and petrol tank due to kicking its arse inlow gears for hours on end lol
Do miss my old supersport though