Haven't yet.

 

did you get a pipe and slippers for christmas

 

I think like that being a mechanic the last thing i can be arsed with is rebuilding cars week in week out in my spare time!!
But......... after owning a 2.0dti Astra for a year the car bug is starting to return again
But then the ultimatum of getting rid of my bikes to pay for a car comes into play
I,ve said all along the 1st time i get hurt bad on a bike that will be it but it,s not happened yet

 

what do you define as quick ?

ive never moved on and im in my 30's

just dream of owning even quicker

 

Good point, I think for me I sold up as I needed a nice car for work, and wanted my house.

Now I have both of those I would like another RS, but then really stuck on the thought that i wouldn't really use it what is the point on paying tax insurance MOT on a car that you only use on a Sunday if it is nice out

So, I am thinking maybe i will buy a project so that i can play about with it, but, will I get frustrated with it as I wont be able to take it out for a blast when it is in bits and is a money pit.

I suppose I could be an ok average one and rag it for a few months before selling it off again

 

Lost interest at 25, mainly because of having kids, became interested again at 49, mainly because kids had grown up and gone and so had the wife

.

 

I'm getting to the point of getting shot of my two and buying something like a new M3, I'm getting a bit old for this shit now (30) and need a bit of comfort as well as speed! Anyway, it's not like ten years ago, when I was down Southend all the time in my S2, or driving aimlessly around Northampton town centre over & over again with my mates!

 

Not happened yet

 

i think you just get wiser as you get older.

i spent all my youth ragging cars around and spending all my money on them.
then went through throwing all my money at cossies,trying to go as fast as i could afford!

now realise its much less stress to own an m5!power,reliability,luxury.

still like the cossies,rs turbo's,evo's,imprezas and still like driving them-but probably wouldnt realistically own one for myself again.

 

Wise words you speak young Jedi

 

no....i still own a cossie.

 

never really have grown out of it .

I think once its in your blood its here to stay

 

everyone needed something when the missus is on one rather spend Ł100 on the car then piss it up the wall on a saturday night. im 29 and have two rs turbos and the 5 dr focus dont let the missus rule your life buddy

 

It's not about growing out of cars, it's about moving on and finally realising there are better cars out there and not dreaming about a badge like it was a football team and you owed it something. I would NEVER own an RST again, although I thought it was the dogs at the time

Although at one time I never thought I'd own a Beemer, they were shit compared to my RST, along with Scoobies, Evos, .....

 

never grown out of it every time i jump in my evo i just love it
ive had rst the lot.. when i drive n/a cars i just think ..boring

andy

 

you mean we will grow out of messing about with cars?

i'm alsmot a cripple but soemthing still tells me that i've got to get under a bonnet when it's lashing it down with snow and ice and fiddle with something just so i cn get my hands dirty and the mrs can compalin about me getting oil on my best suits

 

its a hobby, an expensive one but a hobby all the same, keeps me out the pub & im not realy a fan of football

 

i was thinking of buying a new style st focus too shut the missus up so i keep my rs

im keeping the escort rs as in 5-10 years they will be worth much more then i was 17 i had a rs1600i minter i wish i still had it now.

 

You dont stop playing because you get old...
.....You get old because you stop playing

Im 42 and have not owned a std car yet and i also go skateboarding as well and not on soppy ramps...... Pool riding hardcore shit

Yer i get people saying shit like, "when you gonna get a normal car" and "aint you a bit old for all that"

I dont give a fcuk as i like what i like and wont let age digtate what i should be doing in life

Rant over

Regards
Ian

 

well focking said buddy

 

I'm 34 and still as made about cars as ever!

 

I admit, the social pressure bit is a big factor, but the main reason is that I don't get the time to enjoy the cars anymore. As said, back in the day, I was always out in whatever I had at the time, now I don't get the chance.

 

Ages ago, wouldnt catch me doing a thing like that

 

Fair play Ian, I'm the same

 

No, you wouldn't! I've heard you like to sleep and shout abuse while your friends do all the work.

 

erm,,, well i dont do work on my cars like clutches anymore,,, i got a garage who does the shite jobs for me

as for buying old cars that are fast but shite to drive,, NO FUCKING CHANCE

i own a BMW 325,,, its slower than triggers broom,,, but its nicer inside to drive compared to a older car

next car will either a M5 or some sort of powerfull and comfy car

as for wasting cash on cars,,,,,, i admit im a little reluctant to do that these days due to my last cossie being nicked

though i still go out clubbing with my mates

my mates for a CLK320,, now thats a automatic ( gay bastard) but its VERY nice to drive,,,, being auto its like playing playstation on my sofa

i miss the cossie power though big time,,, but then its a little like getting back with a bird who cheats on you as she makes the best sunday dinner

ill addapt to having pub lunch on sundays and a bird who looks after me instead thanks

 

im 30 and im still modding its my life,my job and my hobby.maybe sad but could be worse i could be robbing people or spunking money on drugs and booze every week

 

Never,just getting worse!!

 

I'm lucky enough to have a nice bike a BMW touring as my daily driver and have only had my 3 Door for a couple of months now, still love tinkering around in the garage to keep me out of mischief. Having been in hospital most of this year has put a different view on life for me...hence the Cosworth and I'm getting married AGAIN !!! I know I should know better.....now living life to the max with a new saying to follow "Only dead fish go with the flow" I know it sounds a bit cheesy but rather that than just slip quietly away with nothing to look forward to except ear and nose hair and slippers!!!

Regards Mark

 

I'm 20.

Although I like these cars, i've already owned them and have been put in fast 'boy'd up' cars. I wouldn't own another RS - I'd look like a tit!

Escort yes, 3 door yes.. the rest... hmmmmmm

M3's, Mercs, porsche's even seat's and VW's get my tits hard now.

 

In my time i have had a couple of xr2's an xr3i a white rs2000 custom then for some stupid reason i started driving volvo's, of which my last was the xc70. Now that i'm in my 40's i realise how much i miss the old hot hatch and with the introduction of the verve ( stupid name by the way ) i bought this in march this year as i realise it may be the last of the small nippy fords. Not to mention, that if ford cease production of the fiesta as we know it then it may reflect in the motors future value.

 

I stopped a couple of years ago. Pointless money pits, but fun none the less.

 

Been messing with modified cars for 43 years & am buying bits for an assault on mine in 2008, have no idea when I will get over it .

Had a break of 8 years when my kids were born & then bought myself a Lotus as a 40th birthday present & it started all over again, hopefully I will have given this caper up by the time im 70 but it aint looking good .

 

had an escort for most of my driving life, had to have break when i had to have a van for work, then had a merc cossie then a 750i bmw...
missed the old escorts too much so got back in about 3 years ago, havent stopped spending since.....

old enough to know better too...

 

Grew out of it a few years ago... Just can't be arsed with it all anymore! That and I wanted to save up for house depsoit aswell, and whilst I still dream of owning fast/quick/powerfull cars, Cossies and RST's ain't on the list anymore

Lets see - comfort, air con, power steering, modern creature comforts, or shonky old Ford Escort with none of the above You decide

To be honest, I would still love to have an EsCos, or a minty mint S1, but at the first sign of stuff breaking on them I'd shove it in the garage never to be driven again as I simply cannot be fucked with repairing old cars like I did as a youngster.....

 

Settled for a nice luxury motor at the tender age of 24 - I'm old before my time

 

hopefully once my mk2's finished and has a proper engine in it!
but that's for racing so kind of justified.
can't be arsed with day to day cars.. can't really use them fully on the road so as long as it's comfy and reasonably quick then that's fine!

 

I still own my XR4is and I'm getting an urge to finish the unregistered one, but it certainly isn't a passion like it used to be.

I walked away from a new ST200 when I still worked for Ford and was entitled to a very good discount, because the suspension was just too hard for me to enjoy day-to-day.

Since then, the fastest car I've had was either the Alfa 147 (yeah, right - not fast but very quick!), or the Vectra 3.0 CDTI.