Cars you wanted when a kid, but have all died.

[cirian75]

Cars you wanted as a kid, but now they should be dirt cheap, but you can't because they have died off


Citroen BX GTi was mine

Edited by cirian75 on Wednesday 25th February 06:58

[PositronicRay]

I liked my BX, not sure I'd want it back though.

[rodericb]

cirian75 said:

Cars you wanted as a kid, but now they should be dirt cheap, but you can't because they have died off


Citroen BX GTi was mine

Well we have a surprise for you! Not all of them died off and we've found one in the classifieds, dirt cheap, in bewdiful nick and ready to go....!!!!

[cirian75]

its way dooon sooth though

[Limpet]

They haven't all died, but the handful left are one of two extremes; barried/rusted/abused beyond repair, or exorbitantly priced 'classics'. I do feel like I missed out with these:

[Triumph Man]

I would have liked an E36 325i/328i manual saloon, (preferably in SE trim) but they all seem to have died out or have been turned into drift slags or just completely barried

[belleair302]

TVR 450 SE or a Jensen Interceptor.

[toon10]

I always wanted a red Nova GTE as a kid. I also wanted the sport. The only Nova's I see these days are the GSi which didn't look as nice or standard Nova's which have been modified way beyond normal levels of taste. I know they are not the holy grail of hot hatches but as a teenager, I lusted after them. I've seen a few standard Sports on the web owned by collectors and enthusiasts but I never see a standard GTE.

[skyrover]

[selnic]

Always had a soft spot for the Vauxhall Firenza, they were fairly rare compared to the Escort back in the day, but now they just don't seem to exist. When was the last time you saw one on the road, never mind for sale?
They may be a bit rubbish to drive in standard form, and have a tendency to rust, but there is still something about the swoopy shape that just looks right, if only I could find one!

[andy-xr]

cirian75 said:

its way dooon sooth though

It's a car - you drive it back. I've always figured if you want a car and it's miles away, and you dont mind taking a punt, one way ticket there and see what happens on the way back.

I did an interesting trip back from Norwich to Nottinghamshire in a car that had 'a small oil leak' - it needed a top up half way, and on the journey I found all the other niggles, the warped discs, the heater that only worked on I and II, the steering wheel wasnt quite straight. I was a bit worried taking it up to NSL speeds, but it coped, and half an hour in I felt a bit more comfortable. I thought that I'd like for it to make it back under it's own steam, but if it arrived on the back of a recovery truck then that saved some petrol money.

Same with a Fiesta I bought from Portsmouth, also back to Nottinghamshire. I only wanted to have the engine out of it when I got it back, but the rear hub bearings were shot, it had a bodykit on it that started detaching itself on the M40 at certain speeds, the sunroof leaked and it was raining.

Despite all that, they were still fun trips

(ETA - I always wanted a Maestro van in white, from about aged 5 I really really thought they were brilliant. And I used to practice driving it with a dinner plate as a steering wheel)

Edited by andy-xr on Wednesday 25th February 08:47

[cobra kid]

Granada 2.8 Ghia X.

Parents had one and I dreamed of owning one.

[TommoAE86]

Peugeot 405's... 205's...

... and all that Jap 90's metal that just seems to have vanished!!

[OldGermanHeaps]

Opel monza gse

[JakeT]

Triumph Man said:

I would have liked an E36 325i/328i manual saloon, (preferably in SE trim) but they all seem to have died out or have been turned into drift slags or just completely barried

So true, I feel the same. I imagine the E46 will go that way soon...

[toasty]

Renault Fuego - My mate's dad had one with a Feu Orange air freshener.

So classy compared to my dad's Volvo 244 with arome d'fag ash.

[JB!]

A cheap 200sx.

Pulsar GTIR

Mini Clubman 1275GT

[Triumph Man]

JakeT said:

Triumph Man said:

I would have liked an E36 325i/328i manual saloon, (preferably in SE trim) but they all seem to have died out or have been turned into drift slags or just completely barried

So true, I feel the same. I imagine the E46 will go that way soon...

It's already started on the PFL cars... I have only seen one decent early 6 cylinder saloon with ambers recently and that was in Wilton.

[Tuvra]

Most seemed to have been Barry'd to death

[cirian75]

JB! said:

A cheap 200sx.

Pulsar GTIR

Mini Clubman 1275GT

the S13 200SX was on my list, was very close to getting one in straight swap, didn't, week later MG-Rover went pop and the week later one of the VVC mech on my moded Rover 200 Vi went :/