BigErn

.... do you remember getting thrashed about when you were a young'un?

Im a youth of the 90s so I remember going to a local Morrisons from about the age of 12 and watching all the "boy racers" handbraking about in cars such as XR2, XR3i, Astra GTE & SRi, Cav SRi, MG Meastro. (Oh happy days)

Did any of you do the same?

What was getting used and abused?

dave cos4x4

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mk.1 fiestas,mk.1 +2 escorts,vauxhall chevetes,astra gte mk.1's,very early cavaliers.

i'm getting old.

Alps Pacino

cav sri's 130's etc

Fiesta Turbo's

Montego turbo

mestro turbos

metro gta's

nova's

ax gt's

r5 and 21 turbo's and even a 11 turbo lol

Then people seemed to go throught a phase of clio 16v's

tiny

SD1S AND CAPRIS It was a long time ago.

xr_craig

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I always remember the woman who live next door's son had a mk3 xr3i cab. I used to love that car Can't remember when it was though.

Also remember seeing an Escos make some lads in a Golf Gti look stupid

Shings

most of the joy riders round here did meastro's n cavaliers

essex_jamie

Nova sr/gte/gsi
Renault 5 turbo
Renault 21 turbo
Xr2
Xr2i
Xr3i
Pug 205 GTI
Ax GT
Fiesta Rs Turbo
Escort Rs Turbo
Charade Turbo
Metro GTI

Benni

Not many, Just a focus TDCi and a mk3 fiesta, But in all honest my focus 1.6 Zetec MK2 i have now is lots more fun. I've absolutey ragged the arse of it since it had 10 miles on the clock. Never once been driven easy and always changed gear as it's about to bounce off the limiter. 25k Miles later and not a thing has ever gone wrong. Fucking best car ever.

Stavros

Most common when I was 16-18 sorta age round here was MG Metros, Mk3 Escorts, Orions, Mk1+2 Astra GTEs, Maestro Turbos, R5 and R11 turbos, and Saff Cossies.

Might want to read the thread again mate.

Benni

NUTS RuS

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Saxo VTS and Pug 106 GTi I think

My memory is going

OldDan

I remember driving through Wales once when I was about 8 or 9, and loads of rally cars kept over taking road cars.....


Can't remember what they were, but it was great to watch!

BigMouthBillyBass

My dads XR4x4.... and a rover 216 courtesy car he had once that he did reverse donuts in round asda car park one sunday

like this oh so yummy example...what a shitter

smitsturbo

same as realy, but fiesta turbo's where few & far betweeen but they started coming out the woodwork later on

Maria.

i can remember hanging around my local garage, and being dribven about in peoples astra gte's and cavaliers! Fiat uno turbo's too!

Alps Pacino

I forgot to mention mk2 golf gti's they were like clits round our way.

1st people had novas then went onto a mk2 golf gti 16v if your mam and dad had some spare cash lol, then to a clio 16v.

I was slightly different ax gt to a series 1 to a crx vtec

angel24

Mainly went down Southend Seafront when younger, plenty of Nova's. SR's, GTE's. Astra GTE's. Escort turbos. Cossies & lookalikes! Mk 2 escorts. Xr2's. 3i's, Escort van's. R5gtt.

Whaletails on mk3 & mk4 escorts were popular too...

BigMouthBillyBass

remember that bright yellow mk4 escort with the whale tail that was in max power oh so many years ago?

angel24

Probably see that around, luminous colours were quite popular then!
It was the sunburst red XR3 with whaletail that did it for me...
It was everything i wanted as soon as i turned 17.

Luckily for me... i got a Nova.

Rod-Tarry

When I was really young the lads mainly had pre-war cars like 1930's Austin Ruby's etc.
The MOT was introduced in 1961 ( I think) , the pre-war stuff died over night. Before that the lads cars ran till they snapped their chassis with rust. .
The next generation had Riley 1.5's, early minis & 105E's . I was a Mini man & moddied them for a few years.
Rod

Alps Pacino

ThePH

You serious about the pre war stuff????????????????????????

I knew you were getting on but that would make you Mr Burns older brother

Maxfield

I'm still a kid and still remembering all the nice cars my dad had and things that he's took me out in:

4x4 saff cossie was absolutley awesome!
E30 M3 still has this and i love it. Remeber him doing donuts in a carpark
Jag XJRS 6.0 V12 the torque of that thing
Z4 alpina PLenty of drifting has happened in this.
Audi S4 was an awesome car too many electronics.
E30 cab was awesome looked the nuts.
850i awesome cruiser just a little thirsty.
Who knows what his next car will be??
3door i hope

89xr2

Pretty much the same. Alot of my mates had fords back then, cossies, xr3i's, rs turbos, xr2's etc.

Uno turbos, 205gti's. R5 gtt's etc as well.

Pretty much everyone I know my age knows someone who wrote of an R5GTT as well.

AJC

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nova sr's

scotty86d

usual novas, starlet turbo, escorts,mondeos, m5 e34and e30 325s(good to drive as well ) civic eg shape with the wicked b16 lump
corsas and the oddball rich tit in his civic type s(brand spankers).

ive had a mondeo(hero of a car took more abuse than you could imagine)my gay rs turbo and reliable mk2 fiesta.

not many of my mates have their own cars though tbh, often just borrow thier parents sinsible run arounds.
my parents have had most things ford bar cosworth and fiesta rs turbo. capris being the best memories

cos im worth it

YES mate i remember Morrisons, Waters Edge, The Block yards and Shields ect, was Fantastic in there days, i so wanted to drive, have a car and go these places from the age of 15, luckily i was seing a girl who's dad was right into his cars so used to go cruising about with him in his motor. was fantastic when i passed my test and me and my mate used to go out in our white MK1 XR2'S. As said the COSWORTHS, XR'S, GTE'S, GTI'S and SRI'S, Top days them were.