What cars that you've owned best sum up your motoring ethos?
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For me it's the little Suzuki Ignis Sport I had a while back. Bought because it was dirt cheap, handled like an old school hot hatch, you could rev the nuts off it everywhere, it was hugely chuckable and adjustable mid corner, understeer, oversteer you name it it was a dab of a pedal away, weighed next to nothing, cost next to nothing to run, basically hilarious if you could get past the image.
SO yeah, my ethos - f&%^ the badge, it's all about cheap fun on the b-roads.
I then bought a Mk2 Golf GTI, which is also true to my ethos. My current Jag isn't, but I needed something to cover motorway miles better.
Edited by mugs on Monday 6th April 09:00
The one I've got - SL500. Surely there can be no better way to travel - can do anything without complaint from 30 mile traffic jams to crushing continents, looks fab, sounds fab when you give it some (could be louder tho), handles well given size, superb interior and detailing, beautiful gearbox. 
Can do anything. Oh - and it turns into a convertible 
It's not a sports car, that's not what it's about: I love cruising down to Spain for my summer holidays and this is the way to do it.
Can do anything. Oh - and it turns into a convertible It's not a sports car, that's not what it's about: I love cruising down to Spain for my summer holidays and this is the way to do it.
Edited by Orb the Impaler on Monday 6th April 10:25
Mine would probably have to be my S14a Nissan 200SX I bought about 10 years back before drifting took off. At the time they really weren't popular and my mates though I was mad for not spending the cash on a WRX. But after it was lowered a bit, tuned a bit and had a nice set of wheels on it, it looked absolutely cracking, and was epic sideways fun. And not that hard to insure considering I was 20 when I got it.
Unfortunately after a year or two other people figured that out as well and started wrapping them round lampposts and frisbee-ing them into ditches, insurance premiums went through the roof and they became total plod magnets, so I parted company. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted
Unfortunately after a year or two other people figured that out as well and started wrapping them round lampposts and frisbee-ing them into ditches, insurance premiums went through the roof and they became total plod magnets, so I parted company. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted
Learnt to drive in a Dolomite (Dad's)
Then got into bikes
Over 30 when I finally bought my first car.
Celica followed, eventually, by an Impreza (which I still have).
I had a thing for rally cars!
Then entered my RWD phase, so a TVR 350i followed by a 400SE for track days and got my wife a 325ti
Then a Smart Brabus Roadster (light, good mpg, but with decent load space for work use), going to sell it as I have changed jobs.
Building a Sylva R1ot and looking to swap the TVR for an Elise, the Impreza will be kept as a tow car.
Guess I am going a bit Chapman - less is more.
Then got into bikes
Over 30 when I finally bought my first car.
Celica followed, eventually, by an Impreza (which I still have).
I had a thing for rally cars!
Then entered my RWD phase, so a TVR 350i followed by a 400SE for track days and got my wife a 325ti
Then a Smart Brabus Roadster (light, good mpg, but with decent load space for work use), going to sell it as I have changed jobs.
Building a Sylva R1ot and looking to swap the TVR for an Elise, the Impreza will be kept as a tow car.
Guess I am going a bit Chapman - less is more.
I know it's not known as the ultimate drivers car but my TT Roadster is quiet inside, comnfortable and very well equipped. It lacks the character of an italian sports car but that's not necessarily a bad thing as I know I'll get to my destination 
With a few hundred ££'s spent on it the understeer has been eliminated and the steering has a good positive feel. An inexpensive remap has also made it quite nice to hustle along, there's a bit of turbo lag but it has approx 270bhp and hits 60 in 5.5 secs and will do over 155mph. Perfect amount of power for everyday driving and still returns 30mpg.
It's warm in winter and roof down fun in the summer and will (to me) always be one of the best looking production cars.
It's basically everything I need it to be and it's fun!
With a few hundred ££'s spent on it the understeer has been eliminated and the steering has a good positive feel. An inexpensive remap has also made it quite nice to hustle along, there's a bit of turbo lag but it has approx 270bhp and hits 60 in 5.5 secs and will do over 155mph. Perfect amount of power for everyday driving and still returns 30mpg.
It's warm in winter and roof down fun in the summer and will (to me) always be one of the best looking production cars.
It's basically everything I need it to be and it's fun!
Kentish said:
With a few hundred ££'s spent on it the understeer has been eliminated
I could say that of the Impreza, a combination of a geo setup and the right tyres for the car and some training sessions for me. I suspect this would be true of any number of cars and drivers; unfortunately that means I would be going way too fast by the time I am having fun in most good road conditions. Give me a wet, twisty and bumpy road with nice clear sight lines though and things are a little different For me moving towards light RWD cars is a way of maximising fun per mile rather than miles per hour.
will_968 said:
As per the title really...
What car's that you have actually owned best sum up your thoughts on what motoring's all about.
Here's mine:
Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9
Porsche 968
Mercedes W124 E500
[resurrection]Think I'll bring this back to life.[/resurrection]What car's that you have actually owned best sum up your thoughts on what motoring's all about.
Here's mine:
Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9
Porsche 968
Mercedes W124 E500
I'd add this to the above now too:
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