What was your second car?
What was your second car?
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MarshPhantom

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9,658 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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After my Morris 1000 I got a Fiat 127 GT, just like this but with black painted steel wheels. It was on a Y plate and in great nick when I got it in 1989.

A great little car, fun to drive and also liked lift-off oversteer.



rumple

15,364 posts

182 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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After my Escort mk1 1300 I bought a Rover 3500 SD1, I blew this one up.

Superhoop

4,919 posts

224 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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My first car got me to work and back for a couple of months, was sold for a profit (of about £10) to make way for a MKII Escort

billzeebub

3,913 posts

230 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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After a brand new Fiat Cinquecento Sporting for my first car in 95, my second in 96 was a proper car! I got a 1991(J654CCJ) Golf Mk2 Driver 5door Auto in Alpine White from Whites Volkswagen in Camberley for £5995. It had 34k miles on the clock and 1 previous local owner. It was perfection for me at the time. Always remember the day I picked it up, everything about it, even the salesmans name! Saw me through the Uni years in style..

..replaced it in 99 with a 1996(N373VOD) Golf Mk3 Driver 5door Auto in Mystic Blue from Cheam Subaru for £9995, which strangely left me cold despite a fabulous spec and only 3700 miles on the clock.

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Edited by billzeebub on Tuesday 19th March 20:51

Slow

6,973 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Had a mk1 tddi focus, when i got my years no claims bought a 83 datsun cherry turbo. 3 days ago infact biggrin

RobM77

35,349 posts

265 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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I had one of these, a Celica Carlos Sainz:



It remains the only car I've ever bought without reading up on it first. It turns out that despite being a rally homologation special, it was in reality a nice comfy GT, but to be honest in my twenties I preferred the mk1 MR2 I replaced it with, which was far more fun on the lanes around where I live driving

SS2.

14,712 posts

269 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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My 2nd car was a 1973 Escort Mexico in Copper Bronze - AEV 315L..

Should never have sold it.. frown

esso

1,849 posts

248 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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After i blew the engine of my first car up i bought a 1959 Vauxhall PA Cresta in Mountain Rose & Ivory (pink & white) for £165.....wish i had it now !.....that was in 1976....and the car still exists...it was on e-bay for 6k a couple of years ago.

MarshPhantom

Original Poster:

9,658 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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RobM77 said:
I had one of these, a Celica Carlos Sainz:



It remains the only car I've ever bought without reading up on it first. It turns out that despite being a rally homologation special, it was in reality a nice comfy GT, but to be honest in my twenties I preferred the mk1 MR2 I replaced it with, which was far more fun on the lanes around where I live driving
That looks nice.

mike9009

11,009 posts

274 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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RobM77 said:
I had one of these, a Celica Carlos Sainz:


It remains the only car I've ever bought without reading up on it first. It turns out that despite being a rally homologation special, it was in reality a nice comfy GT, but to be honest in my twenties I preferred the mk1 MR2 I replaced it with, which was far more fun on the lanes around where I live driving
Unfortunately my second car was a 1.2 Vauxhall Corsa (Kept for two years or so). My third car was also a mk1 MR2 T Bar (owned for almost 7 yeasr!!). It was a gem, a rusty gem! I think we should start a thread about your third car owned.....

Mike

New POD

3,851 posts

181 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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mini 1000 N reg Purple.

magpie215

5,045 posts

220 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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mmmm lovely :-)

Mastodon2

14,341 posts

196 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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A 270bhp Cupra R 225. Awesome car.

driverrob

4,847 posts

234 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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One of these bad boys:

2.5l straight 6, 3-speed column change. Stupidly heavy on fuel: I collected a cupboard full of 'free' tumblers from our local garage in the 6 months I owned it.
About the only other thing I remember about it was the front bench seat one particular girlfriend liked to make use of wink

MarshPhantom

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9,658 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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magpie215 said:


mmmm lovely :-)
That is gorgeous.

LotusOmega375D

9,415 posts

184 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Austin 1100 bought off a mate for 30 quid. 50 quid welding and a couple of years later sold it for £300.


noell35

3,187 posts

179 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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1989 Nissan Micra Colette 5 door in white. Hated it when I got it, grew on me a bit at the time. Look back on it now with rose tinted spectaclesboxedin

RammyMP

7,745 posts

184 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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After my sierra I had a XR2, loved that car...

SWoll

22,960 posts

289 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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1996 Audi A4 1.8T

Nice car and a very different driving/ownership experience to the 1989 205 Gti that proceeded it...

Wacky Racer

41,404 posts

278 months

Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Mk 1 Ford Escort pictured here at Beaulieu in 1971...