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Old 18-02-2007, 09:37 AM
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Old 18-02-2007, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by vroooom ptssssh
Bought it in jan 2004, as it was a good buy...and always wanted one and knew this car...thot 'i'll get my test while im sorting itout and putting it on the road' ended up spending most of my time doin the car and forgot about the test.... untill march 2006 when I decided I better start learning..then passed august last year, and ive not got the money to insure it atm cant sell it tho
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Old 18-02-2007, 10:20 AM
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Mine was a 1992 (K) BMW 520i...insurance killed me though





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Old 18-02-2007, 10:28 AM
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I had a blue (faded) mk3 1.3 5dr escort, that i paid £50 notes for, reliable for the first week then after that i would have to pour a drop of petrol down the carb every morning to get it started
Old 18-02-2007, 01:20 PM
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1st was a fiat 128 at 15, got nicked in it to
Old 18-02-2007, 02:26 PM
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mine was a S1 replica !!!!!!!!!!! i bought a 1.1 c reg escort with a 1.6 lump in it . funny cos it had a 5 speed gear knob but when i went to reverse it i couldnt find reverse>?>?> that wa because it was a 4 speed gearbox

it had the kit and S2 wheels and rs1600i interior . so i went and saw a mate and got the right wheels and interior , bought a sticky kit and put it on .

then whacked my L plates on , got my mate to sit next to me and i was off !!!!

bloody loved that car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old 18-02-2007, 02:47 PM
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well i aint passed yet but my first car is a escort mk4,

but i have had a 1.2 nova (1.3sr rep), red sri nova, bmw 316 (old shape, white 17'' alpina's, lowered 100mm....


Old 18-02-2007, 02:54 PM
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1.8 nova running with twin 45 carbs.

Old 18-02-2007, 03:05 PM
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1.2 opel kadett

i thought it was the dogs boots when 17
Old 18-02-2007, 03:14 PM
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A Black Mk3 Escort XR3i, it was wrotten as a pear

The trader had it back a few days latter thankfully

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Old 18-02-2007, 03:44 PM
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1971 J reg MK3 cortina 2000 GXL.

(showing my age here)

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Old 18-02-2007, 03:55 PM
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nova sport
1 of 0nly 502 irmscher developed 1.3's with twin 40's
head work,4 branch and astar 16v brakes all as std
very near 1.6 gte performance from a mere 1.3 ohc.kept for 3 years
i loved it so much a few year later i bought another !!!!
si have 1 from the bristol rsoc
its his track car !



then at 19 a cavalier SRi mk3........kept for near 3 years
then the S1 RST,.....kept for nearly 7 years
sapp cossie white 2WD,had for just over 1 year
Pulsar GTI-R..had for just 10 months lol
Old 18-02-2007, 04:07 PM
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mine was a white mk1 astra 1.3, had the irmsher twin headlights, manta alloys and recaro's
Old 18-02-2007, 04:20 PM
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1st car was a white 2.0 Manta GTE with all the irmscher kit on it , insurance was only £780 TPFT, most of my mates were paying more for 1.1 metro's and fiestas - Not a bad car for a 17yr old, and probably why I love RWD so much - awsome fun....

that died after 3 months, after failing its mot so miserably they refused to let me drive it home, the MOT tester had a right go at me, then put his arm up through the arch and pulled the accelerator pedal down so took it back to the dealer I had it off, and got my money back (as it should never have been sold in the state it was in - problem was, mint body, but no floor left and the brake lines were corroded to fook )

Drove round in my dads volvo 340 for a few weeks, until my old boss appeared out of the blue and sold me his Fiat uno turbo, as I had always loved it. Had that for 6 months, turned 18 in that time. MOT time was rapidly approaching, and I knew it was going to fail miserably, so I px'ed it for a Mk 2 Astra GTE 16v that had been tuned to fook. Insurance was a bit of a killer (£1500) but what a car, used to rev like a motorbike and was fast as fook, considering I was 18!!!

Then in 2000, I passed my training for the RAF and got a nice big payrise, so I did the sensible thing and bought my first cossie, at the tender age of 19!!!! - Flint grey 2wd with 270BHP, full leather and 17" wheels..... Insurance still silly! (£1600!!!) but what a car at 19!!!!

And its all gone downhill since, I am a cossieholic
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