Thrush

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What have you sold (or smashed up) and miss?

For me it was my first S1 - second one was quicker, but was a shit box. First one was awesome, and I miss the urgency that turbo-charged engine had, the stiff and precise suspension, the exhaust note (lovely 4" Mongoose on it, neighbours weren't fans of it at 6am though ) and -25mm springs it sat just right.

I'd love to get another, even though I can't afford it and have no where to keep it

The other was my XR3i - loads of time and effort put into modding it, most of it done by hand by me and my brother, won two show categories, and was just a fun car. Wasn't quick and it had it's share of problems, but I loved that car!

studabear

My s1 sold it as couldn't afford the fuel bill at the time, my audi a4 a drunk driver hit while it was parked up.

My TD escort ghia mk5 was good on fuel.

lozi

My fiesta 1.6 si it was my second car and a total shit box but i went through alot in that car, had alot of near misses in it aswell lol

My saph cossie as it was my first fast car and my first RS, couldnt believe i owned it for the first few months i had wanted one for years lol

My golf VR6 for the sound

My pajero for the offroad madness!!!

gus

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I use to have a 180bhp UNO turbo


Had loads of problems with it but was fast as you like when it worked

pee vee

This car. Cos it was ace fun on track and loved a thrashing.. Lol

Steve the Plumber

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My 3 door track car that got sold recently, but the money came in handy though!!

Shame the new owner wrote it off at Brands last november!

TOOTALL

My XR4i. Wasn't the quickest car by a long way, but loved the look of it and the noise from it with the Ashley system. I cleaned and polished that car every weekend. I was 19, it was 1998 and my insurance was half of what it is now. Some doris in an AX decided to pull out in front of me and bent the front end. Shlaaag.

KregRS

I had an Escort Harrier, bought it in 1999 and it just sat in the garage for 5 years, while I tried to save to have it restored. I had a rough patch at the beginning of 2004 and had to sell it, regretted it the minute it was gone, and the irony is, a few months later I was in the position that I could have had the work done. From what I remember, the car was mostly original, although I didnt know that at the time. Its since been restored, spoke to someone on here about it, and has been sold recently, saw it on a dealers website, just wish I'd had the money to buy it back, was up for £12k!

Rsmat

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I miss my s2 ... I was never out of it... And I lost count of the amount of pussy I smashed in it




Edit to say it was 10years ago also.

peter/jedi

My Cossie! I haven't sold it or smashed it up! just blown it up! hopefully be done by the summer will have been off road for nearly 2 years by then though

carlo

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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

the_frozen_one

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The car I miss most that I don't have any more would be my S1



Crashed it at 18, spent 3 years rebuilding it out of my own pocket to save it from a write off, gave it the works, well over 20k in bodywork and mods like silly wheels, silly brakes, steel girder back braking suspension and far too much power. When I finally drove it I hated it, the magic was gone. The 6th day it was back on the road the for sale ad went up.

Miss the pre-crash version of it though. 82k miles standard in every way save for a 180 chip. was a perfect all rounder.

The car I miss most of all in the whole world is my xr3i



But I'm dragging that out of 5 years storage this month to get it back on the road



Dad bought it for me when i was 16, bought every stupid demon tweeks add on I could find and fitted a nightclub spec sound system in the boot and it was my first car soon as i passed my test

Rax

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For me it would be my mk1 mex rep,sunbeam with 40's cage etc,mk3 3i in black with RS16i trim or my black Sapphire.Yep Sapphire is the one I regret getting rid of.3 years of ownership the longest I had ever owned a car I used.

Magnum PI

MY 2001 Y reg Silver 1.7 Puma.

got smashed to bits while parked up outside my house by a drunk driver.

had it in tip top condition and lavished a lot of time and energy on on, not to mention £££

gazzam

Rax was the sumbean rac??

cossie4i+

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I managed to buy a concours XR4i years ago in White sold it to buy my first real cossie, a 2wd taxi also in White. I only kept the taxi about a month.

I will admit i shed a good tear or two when the 4i drove off.

Steve

Rax

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Ha yes mate Rac 322w

CrOwSoN15

Cool! Bet that thing flew!

I've only had 2 cars as I'm 20, but I loved my 1.25 mk4 Fiesta, dropped it 60mm, stuck a Green cone on it and stripped it, used to love spanking my mates in there 1.4 Polo's etc! Stuck it in the side of a delivery van though.

xr2wishy

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i miss my first fiesta, it was far from a good motor, it was pretty quick though.
some shit in a mk3 fiesta drove into the back of it.

now i've broken my latest creation, i guess i miss that in a way, but it's only a car.
i can always build another like it, although i probably won't ever invest all my spare cash into a mk2 fiesta again, i've got the BMW bug.

vaughant

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Miss the uno turbo I had at 19, although as above it broke down as much as it worked,really needed a full week on it to sort all the niggles and it would have been a spot on motor.
Most of all probably the series one I used on the road, lovely lovely car that and never actually let me down once,starter would overheat but if you left it an hour or so it would be fine.
But in one of those your normally with a female anyway so an hour's easy to kill!!!
Also miss my audi coupe,foolishly sold that when all the jobs were sorted,would be nice to have now as it ate motorway miles and was ace on fuel.
If I ever sold my beemer cab it would be heartbreaking but that's never gonna happen,been with me 11 years now.

AJC

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My first s1

ANDYRACER

My old Volvo 850R, running 300bhp, straight threw exhaust that used pop flames on over run, eibach springs, was always funny to piss all over an evo, subaru or porsche. Sold it to buy my first Audi S4 and still miss it now.

Mk4 Lew

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The Saph is a stunner aswell mate, havnt got a clue where it is now as stu sold it a few cars back and has a 550 BHP 4x4 Saph now.

Carlos-Titx

My first car, radiant red XR2i. H29 LEL

It was mint! Little rust on the filler and that was it. Gorgeous little motor.

ZeroLWD

My second and mostly the third car.

Second: Ford Escort Sedan 1996 1.8 Ghia with sand colored interior (seats, floor, dash, ceiling) which I haven't seen on any other Escort so far yet. Bought it with damage and I wrecked it before I could restore it completely... Oh well, it was the first sedan I drove and ever since I love sedans way more than hatchbacks

Third: Volvo 740 2.3 1991, often called it my 'toy car'. The bitch was bigger than the parking spots at my work



too bad I had to sell it to safe on monthly costs (expensive insurance + tax and heavy on fuel because drifting)
Had a lot of fun drifting this. Also pushing my co-workers corsa (it had a towbar) out of the way to clear the ugly view. Could do that easily and only got my license plate bent a little

BRAMMER

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My old s1

NEIL A

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My 996 turbo sold it as wasn't using it as much as i would of liked to and decided to free up cash to spend on my house

Glenn_

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I had a sierra gt 2ltr hatchback.I put escos wheels on it and full cossie interior.It was already lowered when i bought it. I miss it cause it looked really well on the wheels.

kev 3dr

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My Orion ghia i had when i was 18 and my 3dr cos i stripped for resto then had women troubles and had to go

Daveysaff

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I miss my Flint Saff, shite on juice, bodywork was tatty as fuck but she flew!! Dropped a valve in the end and never made it back on the road ( and a load of the bits ended up in the focos!)
I had a sw20 Rev2 MR2 briefly, cracking car but it had to go as I couldnt get in it as my back went and the seats were too low!

thebronze

I miss My old 1980 Trans Am... It was sooo much fun to drive. Paid $550 for it, sold the Centerline wheels on it the next day for $500... Had these wheels in My garage... So it cost Me a whole $50

jamesst24

sorry aint got a pic my white s2 rs turbo

Fordmad!

My old mk5 rs2000 van 170bhp used to get a few grins!

GUZZLER

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We've had lots of cars but don't normally shed a tear when they go, if there's any we held a candle for it would be the white S2 as it was such a tidy car or the black facelift saff, that was such a good all round car and never let us down.
She missed her FRST for a while but that was fixed with the arrival of a mk1 FRS

v man

3 cars for me

First is my 1st series 2

Second is my mk3 xr3i stratos silver with full series 1 engine conversion

Thirdly and the most recent my e36 m3 fuck I loved that car

Matt Evans

The only car I was really sad to see go was my old 1991 1.9 S2 RS Turbo Track toy...



Still miss it to this day, even though i've moved onto more modern machinery, the feeling as it came on boost was memorable, and the noise.

Carlos-Titx

As well as my old xr2i the ST I traded in earlier this year. Best car I have had and always put a smile on my face! Love the bassy burble of it on start up and the pops and bangs with the odd flame.

New owner is spot on though and doing further mods so at least she has gone to a good home.

jayreecelucy

i miss my mk3 fiesta.. was going to do all mods to it. but let it go for a mk4 zetec. wish i didnt very clean fiesta was a 1993. clean as 1 small dent no rust payed £275 for it an all

Mr S1

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Alot of people miss their S1's....

dingla rs

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got to be my first car 1.1 mk2 fiesta van one owner soon had a 1,6 lump in ,traded it in for escort rst