My previous cars 18-25

[Matt 211988]

It all started off with a 1997 ford escort 1.4 encore.... in purple!
unfortunatley I cant find a photo

after building up my first years no claims I moved onto my 'first real car', something I was proud of and enjoyed working on and 'modifying'
Peugeot 306 hdi




After a while I decided I needed more power, I believe I was one of the first few to add an intercooler to a hdi, and what impressive results! it was running around 160bhp, not bad from 90 standard









Then this happed... A Merc pulled out in front of me




I then broke the car for parts and chopped it up to scrap, I needed a van for this so my next car was an astra van 1.7dti
which was a great laugh for something so st!







As you can tell i wasant earning much money back then!

after I got bored of the van and could afford a bit more for insurance, it was back to peugeot for another 306!
this time a gti-6
it had its problems, but has been one of the most fun cars I have owned, especially for not much over £1000! handled like a gokart, spat flames and felt like a toy! what more do you want?!





Next... a big step up to a mk Seat Leon FR tdi170
lovely car! and alot of work done to it by the time I had finished!
was around 230-240bhp







Milltek DPF delete
Custon AAS cat back exhaust
r32 345mm brakes
KW coilovers
Whiteline antilift kit
HEL brainded lines
BFT Remap
much more!

Then the head gasket went, causing a cylinder to fill with water and crack a piston in half
I replaced the engine and then felt I it was time to sell up as I was just going too far with it!

While I was fixing the Leon i bought a suzuki wagon R for £250 as a run about to get me to work!
HILARIOUS car!



then when it was no longer needed



I then PX'd the leon for a mk4 golf gt tdi Anniversary



wasnt keen on this so it didnt last long

I also had a vitara offroader at the same time



Next was my current car, e46 330ci



I also bought a daewoo matiz for £200 just for a laugh and to detroy





At the present time I also have this toy, MK indy with a fireblade engine





And a nissan terrano sport



Hope I've not bored you all too much :P

Whats next.... well the bmw and terrano are getting sold soon, and I fancy a shark eye scooby sti or some form of a4 avant, hopefully s4 or rs4

[james_gt3rs]

How much do those kit cars cost? Must be a good track car!

[Araantonak]

nice car history!

[Matt 211988]

the MK was a smidge over £7k, worth every penny for the smile you get!
i use it mainly as a road car and its unbelievably fun! on track its just an animal!
hopefully this year i will be doing a lot of track days aswell as sprints and hillclimbs

theres a seperate thread a couple of pages back just for the MK

I forgot, I had this for a week too, got it as PX for my leon along with the golf just to sell it on

Polo 6n2 gti, by then it wasnt my cup of tea at all, good laugh to drive though

[Disco You]

Are those comedy snorkels functional? Top work.

[Matt 211988]

comedy snorkels? of course they are I even duct taped them to the air intakes to make sure it was all water tight, which as you can see, the matiz needed it!!