When did you grow out of messing with cars?
31-12-2007, 11:22 AM
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...once i test drove the e55 kompressor i realised modding a car to go as fast is pointless as you are still in a rusty ford 
..dont miss diy at all as tbh it may keep me alive longer if i dont mod cars
..dont miss diy at all as tbh it may keep me alive longer if i dont mod cars
31-12-2007, 11:26 AM
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I grew out of cars when I sold the RST.. was 25 I think.. never really into it as such, paid the bills and drove it..
there comes a point in your life when you think.. "I'm way to old for all this, need to grow up abit", so at 25 I did, and got a morgage
there comes a point in your life when you think.. "I'm way to old for all this, need to grow up abit", so at 25 I did, and got a morgage
31-12-2007, 11:53 AM
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I'm 36 gave up playing with cars about 2 years ago, I left my 2k out in the rain one night and the fucker rotted away so i scrapped it. Drive a 1.4 polo now cheap to run and it gets me to work. Spend all my dosh on my house now 
cheap to run and it gets me to work. Spend all my dosh on my house now
31-12-2007, 12:28 PM
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.....jay in reality most modify there cars because they cant afford the real deal 
...like me...i modified cossies and bought the 348 to satisfy my schoolboy dream 
..i bought my 2 dream bikes (nsr250sp and 916sp)..continued to modify cossies....then i managed my next goal..a production 500bhp car ..i then stopped modifying cossies....trouble is i dont know what my next goal is regarding vehicles 
...like me...i modified cossies and bought the 348 to satisfy my schoolboy dream ..i bought my 2 dream bikes (nsr250sp and 916sp)..continued to modify cossies....then i managed my next goal..a production 500bhp car ..i then stopped modifying cossies....trouble is i dont know what my next goal is regarding vehicles
31-12-2007, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Westy
there comes a point in your life when you think.. "I'm way to old for all this, need to grow up abit", so at 25 I did, and got a morgage
You dont stop playing because you get old.....
........You get old because you stop playing
Oh and Jay
"if ur a true petrol head you never get bored and never grow out of it imo"
My point exactly
If you like doing something, you do it...and thats all there is to it
Regards
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31-12-2007, 01:10 PM
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i'm 32 been a mechanic since left school , allways messed with cars and still do
love it to bits , i could not have a so called normal car
became a dad a fews years back , and just bought another motor bike
i think once speed is in you it never goes
or maybe i'm just peter pan on the quite
who wants to get old
love it to bits , i could not have a so called normal car
became a dad a fews years back , and just bought another motor bike
i think once speed is in you it never goes
or maybe i'm just peter pan on the quite
who wants to get old
31-12-2007, 01:19 PM
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Phil is spot on, I only messed with turbo'd fords because they were cheap and couldnt afford anything else, now I've got a mortgage which takes care of the majority of my income I still cant afford anything decent. So, instead of having a heap of shit that only has speed going for it I'd rather own something comfy and quiet that returns 45mpg.
Until someone hands me a big wedge of cash then I wont be owning a decent car for a long time.
Until someone hands me a big wedge of cash then I wont be owning a decent car for a long time.
31-12-2007, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowsierra
I'll say again
You dont stop playing because you get old.....
........You get old because you stop playing
Oh and Jay
"if ur a true petrol head you never get bored and never grow out of it imo"
My point exactly
If you like doing something, you do it...and thats all there is to it
Regards
Ian
You dont stop playing because you get old.....
........You get old because you stop playing
Oh and Jay
"if ur a true petrol head you never get bored and never grow out of it imo"
My point exactly
If you like doing something, you do it...and thats all there is to it
Regards
Ian
I find it hard that one day you wake & are over the buzz of owning/drivin a fast car an addiction cant be beaten that easily can it. You may be forced to accept cold turkey for Financial or domestic reasons but thats different.
Rod
ps. I would never have my hobby car as my first mode of transport thats a no-go its too fast, noisy & old for that.
31-12-2007, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Bosch_Dealer
.....jay in reality most modify there cars because they cant afford the real deal ...like me...i modified cossies and bought the 348 to satisfy my schoolboy dream ..i bought my 2 dream bikes (nsr250sp and 916sp)..continued to modify cossies....then i managed my next goal..a production 500bhp car ..i then stopped modifying cossies....trouble is i dont know what my next goal is regarding vehicles
...like me...i modified cossies and bought the 348 to satisfy my schoolboy dream ..i bought my 2 dream bikes (nsr250sp and 916sp)..continued to modify cossies....then i managed my next goal..a production 500bhp car ..i then stopped modifying cossies....trouble is i dont know what my next goal is regarding vehicles
31-12-2007, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MadRod
Originally Posted by yellowsierra
I'll say again
You dont stop playing because you get old.....
........You get old because you stop playing
Oh and Jay
"if ur a true petrol head you never get bored and never grow out of it imo"
My point exactly
If you like doing something, you do it...and thats all there is to it
Regards
Ian
You dont stop playing because you get old.....
........You get old because you stop playing
Oh and Jay
"if ur a true petrol head you never get bored and never grow out of it imo"
My point exactly
If you like doing something, you do it...and thats all there is to it
Regards
Ian
I find it hard that one day you wake & are over the buzz of owning/drivin a fast car an addiction cant be beaten that easily can it. You may be forced to accept cold turkey for Financial or domestic reasons but thats different.
Rod
ps. I would never have my hobby car as my first mode of transport thats a no-go its too fast, noisy & old for that.
Ian exactly
Rod i used to think you just paid the bills but after several chats at the pub ect i know now ur intouch whats goin on and know ur stuff
bring on that top speed record
31-12-2007, 02:10 PM
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It me and what i enjoy always have and always will
Ok so i dont own a cossie anymore but thats because i wanted to spend money on the house to make money further down the line when i sell up and move on .............. also i ploughed money into starting my own mobile valeting business that i do part time aswell as my employed part time job , if i can afford another cossie i will get one but untill then ill happily plod along in my st24 mondie wagon and my transit van and let my house make me money not spend Łkkkkks on maintainence of a high power car
Ok so i dont own a cossie anymore but thats because i wanted to spend money on the house to make money further down the line when i sell up and move on .............. also i ploughed money into starting my own mobile valeting business that i do part time aswell as my employed part time job , if i can afford another cossie i will get one but untill then ill happily plod along in my st24 mondie wagon and my transit van and let my house make me money not spend Łkkkkks on maintainence of a high power car
31-12-2007, 02:16 PM
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...jay once you go ferrari or amg you have to give it over to main dealers to keep value and to make sure its done correctly..i went to change discs and pads on the merc..got the rears done but the fronts were a no way..as on the pads box it said danger of severe injury take to dealer..now yes you think bullshit to get the car to a dealer...but no the bas or whatever needed depressuring and i wernt doin that. 
..as for more money bigger toys...yes but once you can afford a proper production spec car i doubt you would look back at modifying cossies or nova's etc...all my opinion of course as i have got to that situation....dont make me less of a petrol head though..
..as for more money bigger toys...yes but once you can afford a proper production spec car i doubt you would look back at modifying cossies or nova's etc...all my opinion of course as i have got to that situation....dont make me less of a petrol head though..
31-12-2007, 02:23 PM
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Like some of the others are saying - if your a petrol head you always will be. Ok so it's nice to be able to have a normal/standard/whatever car to use every day. But if your a true petrol head there will always be a need to have a toy to play with.
Also i think half the fun of old Fords for me is that when they are modded and they can give more expensive cars a run for their money it's much more amusing.
Ok so the person in the more expensive Porsche or whatever may have all the comforts etc, but he still looks a complete cunt if he's just tried his luck with an old Ford and had his arse handed to him on a plate.
Also i think half the fun of old Fords for me is that when they are modded and they can give more expensive cars a run for their money it's much more amusing.
Ok so the person in the more expensive Porsche or whatever may have all the comforts etc, but he still looks a complete cunt if he's just tried his luck with an old Ford and had his arse handed to him on a plate.
31-12-2007, 02:24 PM
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phil i wouldnt buy a ferrari 348 after driving a 430 f1 i feel unless i win the lottery i wouldnt by anything else ferrari. but ive owned a 6 month old v12 xj a . m5 and evo 7 which all had dealer warrenty and yes they were looked after by the dealers but i also had at the samw time as these my cossie gtt 5 , uno turbos rst's ect ect to keep my hands dirty ! like isay owning a so called topend car dont make you a petrol head just means you either struggle with finaince or you fortunate enough to have the money to buy one
31-12-2007, 02:25 PM
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In the 70's I used to do moto-x. I then stopped that, and spending the money on bikes about 25 years ago when the kids were born. I simply could not afford to race.
Driving fast on the roads was not really an option, I had 4 friends killed on their road bikes and it wasn't nice. So I drove some escort estate cars and Vaux cavaliers.
when I was 48 I applied for my racing licence again.
My A6 quattro is for pleasure and my cossie is for fun at weekends. There is simply no way I could drive any modded car on the street the way I do on the track.
The racing blood is still there.
kenny.
Driving fast on the roads was not really an option, I had 4 friends killed on their road bikes and it wasn't nice. So I drove some escort estate cars and Vaux cavaliers.
when I was 48 I applied for my racing licence again.
My A6 quattro is for pleasure and my cossie is for fun at weekends. There is simply no way I could drive any modded car on the street the way I do on the track.
The racing blood is still there.
kenny.
31-12-2007, 02:37 PM
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...ok jay i will go to your way of thinkin and say i am not a petrol head anymore because i dont want to get my hands dirty now
...to add i would say the modifier has the struggle with finance as its mainly bacause you cant save up for something proper. ..that was me anyway in my younger days
...to add i would say the modifier has the struggle with finance as its mainly bacause you cant save up for something proper.
..that was me anyway in my younger days
31-12-2007, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Bosch_Dealer
...ok jay i will go to your way of thinkin and say i am not a petrol head anymore because i dont want to get my hands dirty now
...to add i would say the modifier has the struggle with finance as its mainly bacause you cant save up for something proper. ..that was me anyway in my younger days
...to add i would say the modifier has the struggle with finance as its mainly bacause you cant save up for something proper.
..that was me anyway in my younger days 
31-12-2007, 04:28 PM
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I enjoy messing around in cars.
the kitcar ive built with my dad is as much for me as for him,
With a possible cosworth rear axel and some serious track useage in the near future.
my own next car could be either a focus rs or st. or a landrover discovery3 tdv6 hse, whatever i get will be modded though,
the focus for road and track. the disco for on/off road driving
the kitcar ive built with my dad is as much for me as for him,
With a possible cosworth rear axel and some serious track useage in the near future.
my own next car could be either a focus rs or st. or a landrover discovery3 tdv6 hse, whatever i get will be modded though,
the focus for road and track. the disco for on/off road driving
01-01-2008, 12:31 PM
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god theres some bollocks on this thread
and whats the defenition of petrolhead? precisely, its not set it stone, you can alter it to most points you have.
completly different ballgame tho?
im sure phil could afford an f430 if he sold his merc, etc, but schoolboy dreams are schoolboy dreams and they dont change
edit to say, so jay leno and the sultan of brunei arn't petrolheads just because they dont get there hands dirty?
and whats the defenition of petrolhead? precisely, its not set it stone, you can alter it to most points you have.
phil i wouldnt buy a ferrari 348 after driving a 430 f1 i feel unless i win the lottery i wouldnt by anything else ferrari
im sure phil could afford an f430 if he sold his merc, etc, but schoolboy dreams are schoolboy dreams and they dont change
edit to say, so jay leno and the sultan of brunei arn't petrolheads just because they dont get there hands dirty?
01-01-2008, 10:06 PM
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ok so lets level the playing field a bit, if all you "never give up" lot had to use your fun car as your everyday car would you still enjoy it as much and be as committed to the cause?
I've simply had enough of owning and driving a car which only good point is its quick, all the rest are bad points no matter how you dress them up, old, noisy, paranoia, thirsty, uncomfortable etc etc...
and the need to tinker with something doesnt make anyone more or less a petrol head than anyone else, clarkson doesnt know one end of a spanner from the other but I think we'd all agree he's a pretty big petrol head.
I've simply had enough of owning and driving a car which only good point is its quick, all the rest are bad points no matter how you dress them up, old, noisy, paranoia, thirsty, uncomfortable etc etc...
and the need to tinker with something doesnt make anyone more or less a petrol head than anyone else, clarkson doesnt know one end of a spanner from the other but I think we'd all agree he's a pretty big petrol head.
01-01-2008, 10:20 PM
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Know where your coming from. I did the same when i sold my last escos...just couldnt be arsed anymore and wanted something comfy and useable. I then got into bikes and although they are awesome i find you need even more time for them! But cars ive always been into since i was a nipper.
Luckily i now have both. The A3 s sline tdi and got the RSi to fiddle about with and im happy. I really wouldnt have an escos or anything like that again at this present time....
Luckily i now have both. The A3 s sline tdi and got the RSi to fiddle about with and im happy. I really wouldnt have an escos or anything like that again at this present time....
01-01-2008, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt J
ok so lets level the playing field a bit, if all you "never give up" lot had to use your fun car as your everyday car would you still enjoy it as much and be as committed to the cause?
I would use my rwd escort daily but as the tax has just run out and its only has a 20ltr fuel tank n it hasnt got a heater to demist it in the frosty mornings lol I cant
I would also use my 260z as a day to day hack, but then i've just pulled the carbs apart lol, so it looks like its gotta be the vectra for a bit longer lol
Still not given up mind
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