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Old 17-12-2012, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr S1
Alot of people miss their S1's....
And I bet most didn't own them anywhere near the time you have!0
Old 17-12-2012, 01:04 PM
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my 1980 salmon pink rs 2000,and my astra gte turbo
Old 17-12-2012, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr S1
Alot of people miss their S1's....
This is why i miss mine, for a car that was 20+ years old it drove like it had just rolled off the line, no squeaks, bangs or nothing

Old 17-12-2012, 01:19 PM
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2.0 16v Throttle Bodied Silk Violet Nova GSi i had from 2002-2004

was never out of it spent ££££'s on it as well, some the best times was had in that car

Old 17-12-2012, 02:53 PM
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My s2 - needed to give up spending and modding to make more time for the business. Just couldn't keep her on the drive in pieces and lost motivation!







My banger for being ultra reliable and a laugh




And my first ever car, my xr2- I ran out of money and being 18 didn't help. I got her to a stage where I had a ported and cammed head and twin 40s! couldn't afford to get her back together and tuned!

Old 17-12-2012, 02:55 PM
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my old mk1 xr2
rec262y
red one owner 40k miles :-(
Old 17-12-2012, 06:01 PM
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I miss my old shit box capri...... Was a d reg 1.6 laser and I paid £70 for it!!!

I then put £1800 worth of Vulcan engine and twin 45s on it and used to drag race everything.... No two wheel drive car could beat it up to 65mph...... 3 litre bmw's , 200bhp rs turbos, civic type r's the lot..........

Cut the shell up in the end and threw the engine into a cleaner shell...... It just didn't have the same road presence without the rust or dents though!!

Happy times!!
Old 17-12-2012, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GUZZLER
And I bet most didn't own them anywhere near the time you have!0
Likely right Matt
Old 17-12-2012, 06:29 PM
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Forgot about my 1990 cav gsi as well,arches were rough and I was desperately trying to sort them before the bad weather kicked in but I can remember the missus had a bad back and was calling me literally every 5 minutes so fucked all the prep up and botched them quikly to get it roadworthy.
No idea what had been done to the motor but was stupidly quick,I had an astra gsi after which I loved the look of but it never had the same performance,felt like two completely different cars.
Good motors 90's vauxhalls, could rag them all day and night and they were still working in the morning!!!
Also just came to me, a convertible pajero,jacked right up with mudplugger type tyres on it and derv pump turned up to the max was a complete animal,looked stunning too.
Got the mot sorted on it by wiring a guys compressor to work the right way after he'd entrusted an old council spark to do it who disappeared connecting the yellow phase to earth,fucking spastic!!
The mot was written out by the time I'd got it working!!!
Sold it one day to a mate who caught me on the offchance as I really liked it,she wasn't happy but when are they when cars are involved?
Old 17-12-2012, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dave_s2_rst
And my first ever car, my xr2- I ran out of money and being 18 didn't help. I got her to a stage where I had a ported and cammed head and twin 40s! couldn't afford to get her back together and tuned!

Did you ever do 161mph in it? lol
Old 17-12-2012, 07:26 PM
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I miss my 1.9 TDi Golf.
Old 17-12-2012, 07:34 PM
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forgot about this it was a excellent motorway car
Old 17-12-2012, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by PT
Did you ever do 161mph in it? lol

Lol, I managed 125mph on the speedo (which probably was about half that knowing those shoddy clocks!)
Old 18-12-2012, 10:37 AM
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This was the only car i had to sell. It was the 10% deposit on my house when i got married. It was replaced by a Ford Cortina GT a big step down.
One of only two imported to the UK the other owned by a chap called Gordon Murray.
The 1500cc motor was replaced by a 1600cc then fitted with twin 40 dcoes & a Piper cam. Thought it was fast but remember getting outrun on the M1 by an 'E' Type the Speedo refusing to go much past 125mph.
We both missed it a lot it was our courting car & 15 years later tried to find where it was but no trace.
These are the only 2 pics i have one during its upgrade which included a change of colour & the car as it was at time of Sale.

I still have that Yellow badge from the front.




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Old 18-12-2012, 11:22 AM
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weird thing is like most I have owned god knows how many cars over the years, and I must be the only one that never had a days trouble with my old classic 3.9 range rover, started every time on the button and all the electrics worked a treat and I enjoyed driving it



you aint changed a bit Rod
Old 18-12-2012, 11:54 AM
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My 205 1.9 GTi, Mk1 MR2 and my Mk5 Golf GTTDI.
Old 18-12-2012, 12:12 PM
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for me its my e46 325 m sport as a family car.

but the car i miss not owning anymore is my old frst
Old 18-12-2012, 12:37 PM
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My impezas. My00 uk turbo.



And the money pit, My98 STi type R.





With over 400bhp on tap the type R is the car I miss most.
Old 18-12-2012, 03:04 PM
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I miss my truck



Don't miss the mud on the drive and fixing it most times we took it out lol.
Old 18-12-2012, 03:07 PM
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Old 18-12-2012, 03:13 PM
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ace that steve
Old 18-12-2012, 03:17 PM
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Think mine would have to be my 7k miles 22B, ok not the fastest car but for looks etc it was sick.

Miss G88 too, one of the nicest staffs out there but thankfully James is working his magic on it
Old 18-12-2012, 04:09 PM
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I miss my old E36 328is as a daily driver. Always but a smile of my face, but drunk fuel.


Old 18-12-2012, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by carlo


This had it when I was 21 and sold it after spending thousands on it not s day goes bye without thinking about it

And then this


Then this






Then this








I like your style, some seriously nice machinery there.
Old 18-12-2012, 05:42 PM
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i've had so many cars but only a few i'd have back

RWD Sapphire cossie
mk2 Golf GTI 16v
and my e36 323i coupe

i've had other great cars but i'd only have ^ those back

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Old 19-12-2012, 01:28 AM
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I miss my 2.0 16v Novavan



Giving my cossie a jump
Old 19-12-2012, 02:05 AM
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I would love to get this back, only car I felt truly 100% confident in on country lanes etc, epic car to drive.



surprisingly I don't miss this




which was the real deal, 20vt with full s2 running gear which went in feb time.

I miss this for how good an all rounder it was, but a sleeping policeman took the sump out on it.





I am unsure about this currently. Its one of three that was produced by a company, number one's still owned by the guy that made them, number two is this one and number three caught fire. Proper 20vt inline 5 with 6 speed quattro conversion.



I sold it in jan but its still in my lockup waiting to be collected.

And I really do miss this car



but after this:





My faith in the car was gone so I scrapped it but after a couple of years wanted another but this one is the only 1.9tdi thats been converted to quattro thats known to the forums its on, it started off as a fwd. So ended up with this work in progress


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Have I ever mentioned I have never missed my cossie

I miss my s1 turbo I really miss my skyline to but still in love with the st
Old 19-12-2012, 03:35 PM
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My old S2 G140 ARD in white and my MK3 Cabbie
Old 20-12-2012, 03:02 PM
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This is my sierra.



Old 20-12-2012, 05:37 PM
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The only 3 I actually miss are.....

My first RS Turbo.



Was not the greatest example about, but it wasn't a shed. Most of the others were better, but I loved this one.

My XR2 turbo



This was brilliant. Standard looks and 165bhp!

And my MR2



Actually shed a tear the day that went!

Evo makes up for it all though!
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