Which attainable car from your youth would you still like?

[MattyD803]

MitchT said:

I was going to say an E30 BMW 325i Sport M-Tech II, but they're silly money now. In terms of pure numbers I can afford one, to fulfil the "attainable" criteria, but I wouldn't pay it.

I am currently have the same thoughts.....I really don't want to pay £8-10k for a 205 GTi, but I'm considering dropping fairly decent money on one with a view that over the next 3-5 years, it is almost certainly going to appreciate more than my savings.....plus it'll be more fun that looking at some stagnant numbers on a banking website. The same would be the case with a 325i right?

[CouncilFerrari]

A Series 1 Peugeot 106 Rallye.

The antithesis of modern hot hatches. Lightweight (825kg!), small revvy NA engine and basically no frills - absolute bliss.

[Johnniem]

R5 GT Turbo or Pug 205 GTi 1.6. Either will do perfectly. Thanks.

[andburg]

I always wanted a 4th gen Honda prelude 2.2 they’re not horrendously expensive but they’re now rare to find in a non butchered state

[Mellow Yellow]

...please

[blackscooby]

My old ur-Q

I'd probably find it really annoying, lots of drive line shunt, turbo lag measured in millennia.
I loved it then. Driving anywhere was an event, I'm sure that would be more so nowadays.

[Rob 131 Sport]

Rather predictably a Fiat Mirafiori Sport. As an alternative to this would be a Fiat Strada 130TC Abarth or Ford Escort RS Turbo.

[adccl8z]

clarkmagpie said:

CRX v-tec
in that metallic blue

Celestial Blue

[PositronicRay]

Rover P5b, or maybe a Plymouth firebird.

[stang65]

I'd love another Mk1 Cortina GT, a 4 door in ermine white with red interior and 5 1/2 Js. Even better if it was an export with the Super trim.

I had an Export '66 back in the mid-nineties when it was already nearly 30 years old. It was stolen from Brighton station and I've missed it ever since. I just can't pay over double what a V8 Mustang coupe costs though.....that's daft!

A Bedford HA van also has masses of appeal but they're rare and, again, too expensive for me to justify for something good.

[spikeyhead]

I'd be happy with a Citroen ZX TD

[Muzzer79]

I know they were not very good, but I'd still like one

[Om]

Not sure why but I would still like a Mk1 Uno Turbo that I used to have in the day. Next on the list a Caterham 7, which IS going to happen…

[FiF]

Fiat Mirafiori Sport Twin Cam 2 litre

Toyota Corolla AE86 Twin cam with slippy diff.

[Chunkychucky]

DickyC said:

The spec I can still reel off for you: Classic struts and discs, 5 1/2 Js, 1650 pushrod - or a Lotus Twin Cam! - with a bullet box from a 2000E.

Sounds like the spec of my dad's Mk 1 Cortina GT, aside from 1560 pushrod on twin 40 Webers in his vs. your 1650

I'd still be happy with a 'hotted up' Austin A35 although no fking way would I go as far as I have done with my car.

A Mk 1 Jaguar 3.4 saloon with a Mk 2 back axle, triple 2" SU head and 4 speed close ratio would do nicely for me

[Yertis]

blackscooby said:

My old ur-Q

I'd probably find it really annoying, lots of drive line shunt, turbo lag measured in millennia.
I loved it then. Driving anywhere was an event, I'm sure that would be more so nowadays.

I don't find mine annoying




This very car was unattainable when I first encounted it in the 1980s, but by a stroke of luck I had the opportunity to buy it twenty years later

[PositronicRay]

PositronicRay said:

Rover P5b, or maybe a Plymouth barracuda

[NDA]

I wasn't into cars in my yoof - but loved bikes.

The CX500 was my dream bike for some reason - posters on my wall and everything. Then the CBX. The latter I can understand, but the former? Hello?

[P5BNij]

Just about attainable back then - an S2 Lotus Europa, I've wanted one since I was six years old and fifty years later I had my first passenger ride in this one...

[blackscooby]

Yertis said:

blackscooby said:

My old ur-Q

I'd probably find it really annoying, lots of drive line shunt, turbo lag measured in millennia.
I loved it then. Driving anywhere was an event, I'm sure that would be more so nowadays.

I don't find mine annoying




This very car was unattainable when I first encounted it in the 1980s, but by a stroke of luck I had the opportunity to buy it twenty years later

<Fingers in ears> Annoying... Only trying to convince myself !
Came out of Uni, got a job had a Renault 19 1.4GTS at the time in the mid 90's , bought a ur quattro aged 24. Kept it for years. Until I was won over for by Impreza.
Hangs head in shame,,,,,