My car history
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Hello all, my name is Tom Scott aka Scoot. Been on Pistonhead's years but never posted. I have bought and sold every car I have owned on this site so thought it was about time to show you my car history. I am 24 years old and from lincoln. Excuse the poor quality of pictures I am more interested in driving cars than photographing them
1st Car was a black Corsa Sri 02 plate, Dont have any pics of that but was lowered big wheels etc etc.
2nd car was a 300 bhp corsa gsi turbo. 1 owner from new car and mint.
Had it 2 months and it ended up like this.
A lesson was learned that day.
I salvaged everything I could from the wreck and started again.
Managed to keep this one the right way up and kept it for a year.
I then turned 20 and recieved this for my birthday
Got it standard and did the usual cliosport mods. Brilliant little car tbh. I didnt plan to sell it but when a close freind of mine returned from a tour of afgan with 4k burning a hole in his pocket a deal was done.
I then bought an astra gsi turbo non runner and set about rebuilding it- What a f
king ball ache it was never right.
It blew its expensive turbo and that was the last straw. I then swapped it for this horrendous looking zafira which was kept for 1 week and sold on. 322 bhp and the most laughable handling car imaginable.
A week later I swapped it for this impreza. Why people rave about these I will never know it was awful inside made an irritating noise and certainly didnt pull as well as the 275 bhp print out suggested. Good in the snow though!
With an m3 (my dream car) firmly set in my head it occured to me id never owned anything rwd and was keen not to stack an m3 as at my age doing that would leave me in 1.2's till im 30. With that in mind I bought a rx8. A truely average car with the constant worry of what if it goes bang. Still it got me used to rwd.
Then the time came to buy my e46 m3 and I havent stopped grinning from the day I picked it up. In 5 months of ownership I have spent a small fortune sorting the issues out and modding but been worth every penny. Its not perfect but it will be soon. Unless I get tempted by the ever decreasing prices of e92 m3's or m6's.
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Oh and one of the bike.
Thanks to listening to my rambaling and whilst it may not be lambo's or ferrari's Im still young (ish) and hopefully they will come.
1st Car was a black Corsa Sri 02 plate, Dont have any pics of that but was lowered big wheels etc etc.
2nd car was a 300 bhp corsa gsi turbo. 1 owner from new car and mint.
Had it 2 months and it ended up like this.
A lesson was learned that day.
I salvaged everything I could from the wreck and started again.
Managed to keep this one the right way up and kept it for a year.
I then turned 20 and recieved this for my birthday
Got it standard and did the usual cliosport mods. Brilliant little car tbh. I didnt plan to sell it but when a close freind of mine returned from a tour of afgan with 4k burning a hole in his pocket a deal was done.
I then bought an astra gsi turbo non runner and set about rebuilding it- What a f
king ball ache it was never right. It blew its expensive turbo and that was the last straw. I then swapped it for this horrendous looking zafira which was kept for 1 week and sold on. 322 bhp and the most laughable handling car imaginable.
A week later I swapped it for this impreza. Why people rave about these I will never know it was awful inside made an irritating noise and certainly didnt pull as well as the 275 bhp print out suggested. Good in the snow though!
With an m3 (my dream car) firmly set in my head it occured to me id never owned anything rwd and was keen not to stack an m3 as at my age doing that would leave me in 1.2's till im 30. With that in mind I bought a rx8. A truely average car with the constant worry of what if it goes bang. Still it got me used to rwd.
Then the time came to buy my e46 m3 and I havent stopped grinning from the day I picked it up. In 5 months of ownership I have spent a small fortune sorting the issues out and modding but been worth every penny. Its not perfect but it will be soon. Unless I get tempted by the ever decreasing prices of e92 m3's or m6's.
to
Oh and one of the bike.
Thanks to listening to my rambaling and whilst it may not be lambo's or ferrari's Im still young (ish) and hopefully they will come.
So far, coilovers, ceaubou or however you spell it seat(the armchairs had to go) retrimmed to same black nappa as rest of the car, csl wheels, carbon bonnet, I have a csl bootlid waiting to go on. I will be removing the factory satnav etc and replacing it with a high end alpine double din and then installing some high end components.
Next purchase is going to be csl front bumper and diffuser and I'm toying with the idea of having it sprayed frozen grey. I'll run the csl's through winter and get some bbs splits for next summer. Possibly a bbk aswel as the standard brakes really let the car down. The list is virtually endless lol... Nothing too outlandish though. May just get an e92 or m6... Maybe even a csl!
Next purchase is going to be csl front bumper and diffuser and I'm toying with the idea of having it sprayed frozen grey. I'll run the csl's through winter and get some bbs splits for next summer. Possibly a bbk aswel as the standard brakes really let the car down. The list is virtually endless lol... Nothing too outlandish though. May just get an e92 or m6... Maybe even a csl!
So no engine mods yet or not interested in that stuff?Yeah tell me about it my dad was taking the whole thing to the scrap yard and I had to beg them to let me have it back. It was completely my fault and I was driving like a complete but in a strange way I think I needed somthing like that to happen 18n years old and 300 bhp in somthing as light as a corsa is a dangerous combo!
but in a strange way I think I needed somthing like that to happen 18n years old and 300 bhp in somthing as light as a corsa is a dangerous combo!Scoot 87 said:
Yeah tell me about it my dad was taking the whole thing to the scrap yard and I had to beg them to let me have it back. It was completely my fault and I was driving like a complete but in a strange way I think I needed somthing like that to happen 18n years old and 300 bhp in somthing as light as a corsa is a dangerous combo!
How the hell did you get insurance! but in a strange way I think I needed somthing like that to happen 18n years old and 300 bhp in somthing as light as a corsa is a dangerous combo!Seeing as I'm the same age as you I'm not at all jealous
I like the M3 a lot - not usually a massive fan of that sort of thing.StoatInACoat said:
Scoot 87 said:
Yeah tell me about it my dad was taking the whole thing to the scrap yard and I had to beg them to let me have it back. It was completely my fault and I was driving like a complete but in a strange way I think I needed somthing like that to happen 18n years old and 300 bhp in somthing as light as a corsa is a dangerous combo!
How the hell did you get insurance! but in a strange way I think I needed somthing like that to happen 18n years old and 300 bhp in somthing as light as a corsa is a dangerous combo!Seeing as I'm the same age as you I'm not at all jealous
I like the M3 a lot - not usually a massive fan of that sort of thing.Oh and just an example, When I got my clio there was an issue with my insurance, I was quoted 1800 before I picked it up then when I rang back to insure they said they had been an error and they couldnt insure me on the car. A quick talk to the manager about my previous cars and after he rang my previous insurer to verify this the sum of a 'mere' 1100 was agreed.
Moral of the story? If coming from a peformance car always tell your insurance company upon getting a quote! It may well save you a small fortune.
Moral of the story? If coming from a peformance car always tell your insurance company upon getting a quote! It may well save you a small fortune.
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