Your first car ?

[vwchick 0]

Prob been done b4 but just thought i'd ask

 

Mine was a 1973 Red Mini called Bessie

[Blue_Joe 0]

Mine was also a 1973 Mini - 850cc with a 1.0ltr conversion.

 

I used to have to carry a hammer in the car all the time as the top engine mount was knackered and kept hitting the jet for the carburretor on the bulkhead so it would bend and stick. The hammer was to knock it back into shape! - Why I didn't just replace the engine mount i have still never figured out!!!!

[vwdeviant 0]

1st I owned was a (gulp) Renault 5 GTS, had it 3 years, and sold it before it really opened out my Wallet....

 

And Bought a bug and slid all the way down the slippery slope to here! :lol:

 

TBH The 5 was good fun, quite chuckable and nippy with a webber twin as stock on it!

[peanut 0]

fiat 126 sport, black with orange piping on the interior

[yorkshireone 0]

VW Lupo 1.4 16V (100BHP), was a little beast, hence my 3 crashes :(

[Paulr1980 0]

Ummm I'll be the first to open myself to ridicule then.

 

 

A brown 1.0l OHV Vauxhall nova

 

 

 

 

 

with gold 15" team dynamics monza's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What. was. I. thinking?

[Mave 0]

The Corrado was my first car, as much as it cost me to insure/run/fix , I don't regret it one bit!

 

Doubt I'll find as fun or as good looking car. :(

[LisaK 0]

A red Mk3 Golf 1.4 CL :) ..... that I did crash 6 months later and could've quite easily killed myself in the process :(

[mk1g60 0]

first car at 19 was an mg metro, awful bit of kit, got rid after 5 months and bought a mk1 golf gti. get in!!!!!

[herisites 0]

A Ford Fiesta Zetec-S (mk5) in imperial blue. Was a great car tbh, ok built quite cheaply but was a bloody good drive, it werent as quick as the rival Saxo VTS or Pug 106 GTI etc but handled like it was on rails (especially with powerflex bushes and strut braces etc), went fairly well and looked pretty good too. BUT i just had to own a corrado and it had to be a VR6 and so here i am today :D

[vr6storm 0]

fiat 126 sport, black with orange piping on the interior

 

 

err don't you mean a 127??? :lol: :lol: ..............the 126's were those ickle wee air-cooled rear engined jobbies and IIRC they never did a Sport,whereas they did do a 127 GT

[Paulr1980 0]

Absolutely no disrespect meant heresites but there's no way a zetec S is as quick as a 106 gti.. with very few mods a 106 can do a sub 7 0-60 and even as standard they'll crack a 7.2 or thereabouts. I think the zetec were about 9 or 10 seconds weren't they...

 

I'm sure they handle well and they do look nice but they aren't very quick.

[vr6storm 0]

my first motor was a 78T mk2 1.3 2-dr Escort,that i hated and couldn't wait to get rid of.............if only I knew mk2 escort shells would be so sought after especially 2 door ones :shock:

[Blue_Joe 0]

Absolutely no disrespect meant heresites but there's no way a zetec S is as quick as a 106 gti.. with very few mods a 106 can do a sub 7 0-60 and even as standard they'll crack a 7.2 or thereabouts. I think the zetec were about 9 or 10 seconds weren't they...

 

I'm sure they handle well and they do look nice but they aren't very quick.

 

Think if you read his post again he says - it wasn't as quick as a 106!!!

[herisites 0]

Absolutely no disrespect meant heresites but there's no way a zetec S is as quick as a 106 gti.. with very few mods a 106 can do a sub 7 0-60 and even as standard they'll crack a 7.2 or thereabouts. I think the zetec were about 9 or 10 seconds weren't they...

 

I'm sure they handle well and they do look nice but they aren't very quick.

 

Think if you read his post again he says - it wasn't as quick as a 106!!!

 

Well spotted :lol: yeah i said its not as quick as its rivals the saxo and pug but still went fairly well and handled really well. They were way too slow really for what they were, if they had similar power output to the pug and saxo etc they would of been awesome cars. The new ones aint so good either!

[Paulr1980 0]

DOH!

 

:morning: :cuckoo:

[gezza 0]

astra gte 1.8 mark 2 c reg 8) £512 insurance for the year being 19 :lol: :lol:

[Taggart 0]

Polo C Formel e.

 

It was a bit of a pile, and I think it failed every test on the MOT.

[Jim 1]

954cc Peugeot 205 Trio..

 

To be fair it was really reliable (careful lady owner prior to me) but I treated it like crap. It wouldn't go any faster than about 80MPH and cornering on it was frankly terrifying. But if only all motoring could be as cheap as that! Was superb in that respect! :)

[johnnyfication 0]

1043cc mk2 polo c.

i had two of these, one after the other, my god the brakes were crap, and was as slow as. especially with the pierburg carb, wasn't too bad with the webber.

[A-J 0]

1.1 mk2 Fiesta. I remember I could fill the tank up for £17!

[joebloggsVR69 0]

A rusty 1.0 ltr Fiat Uno

 

45bhp, heater never worked properly and would frost on the inside.

When you shut the doors they sounded like they were made from old coke cans :lol:

 

One day a truck did me a favour and hit the side whilst parked up. After that I graduated to Mk2 Golf GTI :)

[Guest]

F reg 1.3 Metro City! :lol:

 

went straight from that to the VR, and really didn't lose control after driving ther VR for the first time round a roundabout and not being able to just drop the clutch with the wheel on full lock and just slide off the exit :oops:

[tonedef 8]

Hillman Imp with Greetham Engineering 998 engine, twin 40 Webbers, lowered on Spax adjustables, Viva (yes Vauxhall) front disk conversion, 12" 5 spoke slots and real black glass rather than modern stick on stuff.

 

Plus a zillion other mods only my bank manager could possibly tell you about. I'm sure it would seem pretty tame these days but almost 25 years ago it was a flying machine!

 

And you think Corrados are unreliable :lol:

[ben16v 0]

c reg black debadged/wipered xr2 slammed 60mm on spax janspeed mani/exhaust, strut braces no rear seats.....

 

ended up on its roof and i still sold it for more than i paid for it!!!!