YOUR FIRST CAR!
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viperman

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956 posts

292 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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i would love to know what your first car was! (show your age!), i havent even got a license yet! but my first car will be almost definately a citreon saxo 1.1i!

cant wait to hear about everyones first cars, and feel free to tell storys about it!

Dazren

22,612 posts

288 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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1986 Fiesta 1.1L, with modifications (underbumper foglights and rear parcelshelf speakers, both fitted by moi!!!)

DAZ

Nevin

2,999 posts

288 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Sadly an M reg 1.8l Renault Laguna, which I still have. It is actually a pretty good car, just lacking in "street cred" a bit.

bluesatin

3,115 posts

299 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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BMW 2002 - soon became ti spec. I still have the car and it now runs at close to 160bhp. Great fun and gives a shock to current 3 series

Richard92c2

464 posts

290 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Not sure if they sold here but I had an Austin Apache (1000cc) at the age of 13 (South Africa) Boy was I chuffed!!

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moleamol

15,887 posts

290 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Just promise me you won't put them dodgy LED's on the washers. Promise?

Right, ok. My first car was a charcoal grey 205 gti. Very reliable, really fun to drive, good torque, comfortable, big enough to throw two downhill bikes in the back with kit and I even think they look pretty good

johno

8,593 posts

309 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Mk 1 Golf 1.2(?)...all the tyres didn't match. The lights wouldn't beat a candle and the hole thing was probably unroadworthy.

I loved it though !

Was written off in the end when the first MOT bill was going to be £400+ even with me doing some of the work.

I was 17.

135sport

442 posts

307 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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1st car was........1966 Mk1 Ford Cortina (estate delux) (still have it, but awaiting time and money for it to be born again!)

it will live again.......the people want it back!

various other motors in between, most of which ended their lives wrapped around something......opps!

adamb

418 posts

311 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Rover 216 Vitesse, what a pile of shite.

Most amusing moment was doing double the national limit on back roads home from the pub one night. My mate in the passenger seat decided to throw his smoke out of the sun roof only for it to get blown back into the car and down the back of my shirt.

Theres me trying to keep it on the black stuff whilst grinding by back into the seat trying to put it out.

lake

486 posts

291 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Renault 5 GTL 1.1 on a X Plate.... In a loverly dirty gold colour. Covered 9,000 miles in the first 3 months following my test... then just about fell apart!

It was guttless, had body panels made of tin foil - but served a purpose...

Lake



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theboymoon

2,699 posts

287 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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1986 Fiesta 1.1L, with modifications (underbumper foglights and rear parcelshelf speakers, both fitted by moi!!!)

DAZ



HA! My first car was a fiesta 1.3l It was white, with contrasting rust patches, a dodgy looking Xr2 body kit and 'sports' wheel trims. I later added some lovely paper-cone 6x9's (mmmmmm)

'Mine's better than yours!!!!!'

Ummm but well, ummmm i suppose your doing a wee bit better than me now tho Daz

The current citroen saxo (unmodified) doesn't really compare to your current steed

Nice to know that even those with serious machinery had to start somewhere

Cheers

moonie

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viperman

Original Poster:

956 posts

292 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Just promise me you won't put them dodgy LED's on the washers. Promise?

Right, ok. My first car was a charcoal grey 205 gti. Very reliable, really fun to drive, good torque, comfortable, big enough to throw two downhill bikes in the back with kit and I even think they look pretty good



Dont worry im not a 'max power' person (i was gonna say something rude but thought not) the only thing i'll do to it is have new alloys! i'll save the money most people would spend on stupid bodykits to after a couple years get a better, faster, more powerful car

viperman

Original Poster:

956 posts

292 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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ive got a feeling this is going to be a HUGE thread, within about 15 minutes there been 10 posts!

julianhj

8,867 posts

289 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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'88 Fiesta 1.4S

Great laugh, run into the ground through rust/lack of tlc.

Wish I'd kept it...

trefor

14,766 posts

310 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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A MK1 Escort, with lots of holes. Fun for a few years though. Great for learning oversteer techniques on icey roads

CarZee

13,382 posts

294 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Ah.. crappy memories eh?

My first car was a Vauxhall Chevette saloon, 1256cc. Ahh.. power-slides in the snow.. and on a seperate occasion hoofing it into a field at an alarming speed in the middle of the night...

The car survived that experience and went on for some time until my exuberance got the better of the engine, which snapped a conrod and helpfully gouged out some new waterways in the cylinder bore... ho hum..

Imelda

793 posts

293 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Ford Escort Mk2 1.1

Quickly realised that the 1100cc engine was seriously lacking in grunt, with a top speed of 78mph, so I embarked on a series of performance mods, which included spraying the steel wheels a rather fetching shade of blue, and the application of some go-faster stripes.

Needless to say, the performance and handling were transformed by these subtle mods, and I became the proud owner of one of the fastest cars in Sussex......

plotloss

67,280 posts

297 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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A Mini Van that the previous owner had painted cerise...with a brush!

Matt.

raceboy

13,846 posts

307 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Lancia Y10 Fire,
No exterior mods except from the mismatched colours due to smashing it 3 times, all front ends, but it had a boot full of base, 10" Tube, 6x9's on the shelf, big amps, top spec headunit, but rememeber this was the late 80's early 90's and every other Nova didn't drive past going Boom Boom Boom.

gb61390

1,879 posts

309 months

Thursday 29th August 2002
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Renault Fuego GTS and loved it!
Wish I'd kept it but the £600 I got for it was needed for the next car!
Cheers.... Andrew

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