Favourite car your dad had
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Early 90's was probably the Renault 21 Turbo my dad had, which at the time was modified and running pretty big BHP (no idea what!) although the exterior was standard 21 turbo spec with no ugly body kits and what not. It was petrifying, for me as a little kid anyway lol. I cant remember the last time I saw one, they've literally all vanished.
the burgundy, crap looking 850 T-5 he had after it was also such a cracking car and my first experience of the 5 cylinder noise. it was hilariously fast considering the shopping cart image the car had. my mother called it the red hurse but deep down she loved giving it a thrashing too!
To this day, he regrets not buying the Lotus Carlton he test drove after the 21 Turbo as my mother didn't like the heavy gear changes! so they bought a new 4.4 X5 in 03. Bloody mother.
the burgundy, crap looking 850 T-5 he had after it was also such a cracking car and my first experience of the 5 cylinder noise. it was hilariously fast considering the shopping cart image the car had. my mother called it the red hurse but deep down she loved giving it a thrashing too!
To this day, he regrets not buying the Lotus Carlton he test drove after the 21 Turbo as my mother didn't like the heavy gear changes! so they bought a new 4.4 X5 in 03. Bloody mother.
EIther one of these...
...which can just about recall being in on a smooth drive from the UK to Germany. The only specific feature I can rememember were the little spikes abouve the headlights that lit up when the lights were on. Sadly written off by him (as were all our cars).
Alternatively it was one of these with the filler cap hidden behind a body-coloured panel on the back. Back when forecourts filled for you, he would always have to get out and point it out.
No idea what he'd be driving now as he died when I was 8; I like to think it would be some large Merc SEL bruiser.
...which can just about recall being in on a smooth drive from the UK to Germany. The only specific feature I can rememember were the little spikes abouve the headlights that lit up when the lights were on. Sadly written off by him (as were all our cars).
Alternatively it was one of these with the filler cap hidden behind a body-coloured panel on the back. Back when forecourts filled for you, he would always have to get out and point it out.
No idea what he'd be driving now as he died when I was 8; I like to think it would be some large Merc SEL bruiser.
My dad had an E reg (1988) automatic Renault 25 for about 8 years which sticks in my memory.
An absolutely epic car, he loved it. Big, comfortable, quite wafty and I don't think it ever let him down while he owned it.
I remember semi regular trips in it to Suffolk to see my aunt/uncle. Not really a long trip, but when you're a child, it seemed an absolutely epic journey.
Unfortunately, some scumbag stole it while it was parked in Dartford one day. Police recovered it a couple of weeks later. Only damage was one door had been heavily dented, but it was enough to write it off. Dad was very annoyed.
Haven't seen one in the UK for years, but when I last went to France I saw a couple. I'm actually a bit tempted to see if there are any for sale just for the nostaligia value, must be cheap as chips now
An absolutely epic car, he loved it. Big, comfortable, quite wafty and I don't think it ever let him down while he owned it.
I remember semi regular trips in it to Suffolk to see my aunt/uncle. Not really a long trip, but when you're a child, it seemed an absolutely epic journey.
Unfortunately, some scumbag stole it while it was parked in Dartford one day. Police recovered it a couple of weeks later. Only damage was one door had been heavily dented, but it was enough to write it off. Dad was very annoyed.
Haven't seen one in the UK for years, but when I last went to France I saw a couple. I'm actually a bit tempted to see if there are any for sale just for the nostaligia value, must be cheap as chips now
I remeber my dads first car which was a 1976 Viva in yellow and i remeber being in glasgow on the M8 with my mum in the passenger seat & me and my sister in the back and it had a long speedo rather than a round one and my dad trying to get it up to a ton and my mum screaming at him to slow down then she started screaming she could smell smoke then it over heated and smoke billowing from the front.
after that he had a 1979 Renault 18TS in green with beige interior and he had that for years and used to leave it with the doors unlocked in the street hoping someone would pinch it, the only time it got pinched was by me at 15 when my parents were out
after that he had a 1979 Renault 18TS in green with beige interior and he had that for years and used to leave it with the doors unlocked in the street hoping someone would pinch it, the only time it got pinched was by me at 15 when my parents were out
Jaguar XJR - In this fantastic deep purple colour. This was an S Reg car but made a lovely noise, looked the nuts and was 'super cool' to a 10 year old being ferried briskly on the school run. My mother managed to ground it pretty hard trying to 'jump for fun' over a hump bridge. Undertray came loose, neighbour fixed it back on without telling dad - though he later found out as it came plying off when hurrying along the M25.
Great fun, but of course RIP to that poor family that lost their lives when the undertray came plying towards them like a horizontal guillotine.
Ps - the last bit was a lie
Tom
Great fun, but of course RIP to that poor family that lost their lives when the undertray came plying towards them like a horizontal guillotine.
Ps - the last bit was a lie
Tom
Dad had a 1967 mk2 lotus Cortina all black with a tweaked engine with straight cut gears sounded amazing but was sadly stolen and driven through some wrought iron gates ripping off most of the front end and damaging the chassis would be worth a few quid now, after that probably his Granada Cosworth (H reg I think) used to really shove me back into the seat when he put his foot down.
My dad used to have a black E30 M3 when i'd just started high school which he used to enjoy the occasional drift in at the roundabout just up from school - definitely the coolest dad at school!
I have fond memories of most of my dads cars from that era. The M3, Senator 3.0 24v, Carlton GSI and other such RWD beauties he had.
Unfortunately time has moved on and he now drives a nissan leaf
I have fond memories of most of my dads cars from that era. The M3, Senator 3.0 24v, Carlton GSI and other such RWD beauties he had.
Unfortunately time has moved on and he now drives a nissan leaf
Boring fiestas alongside boring estates - Cortina (1.6) to Astras (3 - 2x 1.6 and 1.8) to Focus. One of the Astras was brand new which seemed like a novelty at the time but very soon wasn't.
My dad is massively into motorsport and told tales of mildly fast Escorts in his youth, does limited mileage (less now he's retired) and I just can't understand the constant stream of boring cars. Current Focus was top spec diesel but still BORING.
Mates mum had a 205 Rallye in white though and drove it very quickly, that was always an event getting picked up in it!
My dad is massively into motorsport and told tales of mildly fast Escorts in his youth, does limited mileage (less now he's retired) and I just can't understand the constant stream of boring cars. Current Focus was top spec diesel but still BORING.
Mates mum had a 205 Rallye in white though and drove it very quickly, that was always an event getting picked up in it!
I remember my mum having a tobacco leaf brown rover 3500 DJJ851H and my dad having a sandy coloured Silver Shadow PMA500H I used to get £2:00 for washing and turtle waxing both.
the next shadow RPM697X was a really horrid onyx colour, the old man thought it was another colour as he bought it at 12 months old at night under the yellow sodium street lights in London. The final straw was a tramp comng up to the window and telling my parents that "the colour of that car is a travesty, could i have a quid please"
The next shadow after that was blue, actually a silver wraith I think,SRT500 by that time I was up to £2:50 per car for cleaning.
I can remember being allowed to drive it when i was 18 going down through france with my Dad on the Peage, he fell asleep so I managed to inch it up to 110mph, ran out of puff and he woke up at about the same time, back to 80
the next shadow RPM697X was a really horrid onyx colour, the old man thought it was another colour as he bought it at 12 months old at night under the yellow sodium street lights in London. The final straw was a tramp comng up to the window and telling my parents that "the colour of that car is a travesty, could i have a quid please"
The next shadow after that was blue, actually a silver wraith I think,SRT500 by that time I was up to £2:50 per car for cleaning.
I can remember being allowed to drive it when i was 18 going down through france with my Dad on the Peage, he fell asleep so I managed to inch it up to 110mph, ran out of puff and he woke up at about the same time, back to 80
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