What boring cars did you really desire once upon a time?
Discussion
Paul O said:
When I was a teen, I thought that if you rocked up in one of these (an ST24 with bodykit, black with tinted windows) that you would look like The Man. To which my mates laughabley pointed out "Not in a Mondeo, A top BMW perhaps, but not one of those..."
Isn't that an ST200?
More of the same really. There was something about 80s Fords that I really liked. RS models aside, these were two of my favourites.
mk4 Orion 1600E
Sierra Azura (although the later LX models with body-coloured bumpers looked good too)
I took a Sierra 1.8 LX in part exchange against a Freelander when I was selling cars back in 2004 and delivered the Freelander to the customer and drove the Sierra back to the dealership, it was s***!
Then in my mid-teens, I was really into Touring cars and thought that a mk3 Cavalier 1.8 LS or E36 BMW 316i/318i with 17" OZ Superleggeras would be the coolest first car ever!
Looked at a 1.8 Cavalier as my first car. It wasn't the hot rod that I was expecting and the interior was s***, so I bought a mk 3.5 Astra 1.4 LS instead, which I nearly traded in for an early E36 316i a year later but someone beat me to it (probably would have been a massive disappointment)!
Naturally, owning an Astra 1.4 LS, the 2.0 Sport would have seemed like the natural progression!
In 6th form, my best mate and I thought the then new Rover 400 Saloon and Rover 600 (especially the turbo) were pure class!
I subsequently sold Rovers for a year, they weren't.
Most of my dreams snuffed out there then but if I could find a tidy facelift Vectra B SXi or SRi hatch (preferably a V6), as a cheap runabout, then I would still be quite tempted and unlike the Vectra C, I still think the design has aged quite well compared to other similar-sized cars of that time!
I also liked the look of the mk5 Escort Estate when I was 14 and it had a kickass stereo and wanted my dad to get a 1.8 TD one, instead of the Peugeot 405 GRD Estate that he got. The Escort was newer than the 405 and had a turbo (he couldn't afford a 405 TD). In hindsight, he couldn't bring himself to buy an Escort and he did well to not listen to me on that one occasion, as the 405 was a much nicer car and one of the nicest cars that he has owned IMO.
He was also in to his Citroens, so I tried to push him into an XM Estate or a Xantia next. He bought a ZX diesel estate instead, which was disappointing.
I also empathise with the person who said the Ford Probe, as whilst at a local motor show (again when I was 14), the guy on the Mercedes stand asked me what my favourite car at the show was and I said that blue Ford Probe V6 (cringe)! In my defence, the next year it was the yellow Fiat Coupe Turbo!
mk4 Orion 1600E
Sierra Azura (although the later LX models with body-coloured bumpers looked good too)
I took a Sierra 1.8 LX in part exchange against a Freelander when I was selling cars back in 2004 and delivered the Freelander to the customer and drove the Sierra back to the dealership, it was s***!
Then in my mid-teens, I was really into Touring cars and thought that a mk3 Cavalier 1.8 LS or E36 BMW 316i/318i with 17" OZ Superleggeras would be the coolest first car ever!
Looked at a 1.8 Cavalier as my first car. It wasn't the hot rod that I was expecting and the interior was s***, so I bought a mk 3.5 Astra 1.4 LS instead, which I nearly traded in for an early E36 316i a year later but someone beat me to it (probably would have been a massive disappointment)!
Naturally, owning an Astra 1.4 LS, the 2.0 Sport would have seemed like the natural progression!
In 6th form, my best mate and I thought the then new Rover 400 Saloon and Rover 600 (especially the turbo) were pure class!
I subsequently sold Rovers for a year, they weren't.
Most of my dreams snuffed out there then but if I could find a tidy facelift Vectra B SXi or SRi hatch (preferably a V6), as a cheap runabout, then I would still be quite tempted and unlike the Vectra C, I still think the design has aged quite well compared to other similar-sized cars of that time!
I also liked the look of the mk5 Escort Estate when I was 14 and it had a kickass stereo and wanted my dad to get a 1.8 TD one, instead of the Peugeot 405 GRD Estate that he got. The Escort was newer than the 405 and had a turbo (he couldn't afford a 405 TD). In hindsight, he couldn't bring himself to buy an Escort and he did well to not listen to me on that one occasion, as the 405 was a much nicer car and one of the nicest cars that he has owned IMO.
He was also in to his Citroens, so I tried to push him into an XM Estate or a Xantia next. He bought a ZX diesel estate instead, which was disappointing.
I also empathise with the person who said the Ford Probe, as whilst at a local motor show (again when I was 14), the guy on the Mercedes stand asked me what my favourite car at the show was and I said that blue Ford Probe V6 (cringe)! In my defence, the next year it was the yellow Fiat Coupe Turbo!
Edited by white_goodman on Friday 27th March 19:29
I'm probably not the best person to ask, as I own one of these:
Black Sierra XR4x4.
As a 10-year-old, I had my heart set on either a droop-snoot RS2000, or a Granada 2.8 injection Ghia X estate. It had to be metallic blue for some reason.
Which was usurped by the Ur-Quattro the moment I saw and heard one. But I think (or hope) that, like the RS2000, most people will regard the daddy Quattro as really pretty cool, so there's no point posting a photo.
Black Sierra XR4x4.
As a 10-year-old, I had my heart set on either a droop-snoot RS2000, or a Granada 2.8 injection Ghia X estate. It had to be metallic blue for some reason.
Which was usurped by the Ur-Quattro the moment I saw and heard one. But I think (or hope) that, like the RS2000, most people will regard the daddy Quattro as really pretty cool, so there's no point posting a photo.
I was an ambitious young thing, as was my mum. As we used to wave my dad off to work, she would talk about wanting a maroon Cavalier C. Now I could buy one for £100, I am tempted for a laugh...
In terms of my own desires, for me it was a Peugeot 405 or a Nissan Primera. They were the epitome of cool. I also quite liked the idea of a Peugeot 605; my I Spy cars book told me it could do 1000 miles on a tank, and that sounded like a worthwhile thing.
This theme continued with my Matchbox cars. My favourite was my blue Mondeo Mk I (I still have it). It was kept mint and not played with, whilst the Testarossa sat at the bottom of the toy box, unloved.
I now own an MX5 and use the other half's Golf if my work hack--and I have no desire to own anything more exotic than a GT86 (or, maybe, an F Type). Maybe I don't belong on here...
In terms of my own desires, for me it was a Peugeot 405 or a Nissan Primera. They were the epitome of cool. I also quite liked the idea of a Peugeot 605; my I Spy cars book told me it could do 1000 miles on a tank, and that sounded like a worthwhile thing.
This theme continued with my Matchbox cars. My favourite was my blue Mondeo Mk I (I still have it). It was kept mint and not played with, whilst the Testarossa sat at the bottom of the toy box, unloved.
I now own an MX5 and use the other half's Golf if my work hack--and I have no desire to own anything more exotic than a GT86 (or, maybe, an F Type). Maybe I don't belong on here...
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