Cars you have owned and cars you would like to own

[mikeymike]

Hi all

My favourite car that i owned a long time ago was a Ford Capri 3L - in those day it went like shit off a shovel - back end use to slide all the time - and if it rained god help you - use to live in germany so on the autobahn could really let her fly.

Car i would really like to own Jaguar MK1, total classic.

Best car i have driven but not owned was my mates aston martin lagonda and a zodiac zephyr

[bobAlike]

Hi all

My favourite car that i owned a long time ago was a Ford Capri 3L - in those day it went like shit off a shovel - back end use to slide all the time - and if it rained god help you - use to live in germany so on the autobahn could really let her fly.

Car i would really like to own Jaguar MK1, total classic.

Best car i have driven but not owned was my mates aston martin lagonda and a zodiac zephyr

The first car I ever drove was a Capri 3.0 S JPS. It was my moms car and I was 13 years old

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[mikeymike]

nice

[Graham C]

Mate of mine when I was younger had a Ford Capri 3L automatic.  Fantastic fun to be driven around it, went like shit of a shovel!

First car I ever owned was a Fiat 127. Went to gigs all over the country in it.   Few times 3 of us ended up kipping in it, all of us over 6ft.  Wasn't that comfy tbh.  Mine was a darker blue than this bad boy.

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[Marky147]

First car I had was a B-Reg, Black Vauxhall Nova SR, with twin-webers, K&N, and some other crap, too

Bought it just before I joined the Navy when I was 18, in 1999, and crashed it about a year later.

Then it was an H-Reg 1.4 Nova SR, which wasn't all that great, and again lasted about a year.

Needed a bigger car when I moved to Chicksands in 2002, so bought an L-Reg Vauxhall Calibra, that I spunked loads of cash doing up.

17" Alloys, bodykit, and a stereo that was worth more than the car :/

Amazing what stupid ideas we come up with to spend our money on...

Kept that for about 3 years, and then bought my brothers MR2 twin-turbo off him when I won 10k in a poker tourney on Laddies #shrewd

That was the most ridiculous car I've ever owned, and even 70mph felt like 150mph, because you were about 6 inches off the floor.

HKS Digital Boost Controller, full hybrid, forged pistons, all hoses uprated, HKS sequential dump vale, straight through twin-exit exhaust, and I think it was about 380bhp on a rolling road.

Crashed it when I accidentally flicked the boost up to 2bar, and it started spinning in 3rd gear when I put my accelerated...

Best car I ever had was the Audi A8, that made London Traffic bearable, when you could watch TV while you're stuck


Must be getting old now, because I think if I had a choice of anything, I'd probably want an RS8 Audi...

[Tractor]

First vehicle I owned was this very VW Camper GDF 121L, googled the number plate a while back and found its been restored and used to hire out.

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I did most of the original customization to the van and it pretty much looks the same as when i had it, although probably a lot more reliable.

The vehicle I would love to own now is another VW Camper, split screen version of course.

You can see it here: http://www.comfycampers.co.uk/meet-the-campers/lilly/

[david3103]

A 1963 Mini
engine mountings were so loose that i couldn't always get into third gear

slidy front windows that could be opened from the outside

there was a design flaw which had the two parts of the floor pan set so that the rear half was below the front which meant that when the road was wet water came into the car. Got everywhere but the driver's seat area. Drove from Northampton to Nottingham for the Goose Fair one night and when we pulled up at the top of the slip road we actually heard the wave of water hitting the front bulkhead! My then gf, now wife, was in the passenger seat and her trousers were wet to just below the knee


I loved that car

[ripple11]

Austin Allegro Sport

Very nippy, but soon after buying I broke reverse gear, so always gave lifts to Uni mates just in case I needed to go backwards

[Royal Flush]

This thread needs Matt Perrins

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This thread needs Matt Perrins

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[Karabiner]

Jenson Interceptor ~1971.

It wasn't mine but I borrowed it countless times as it belonged to a close friend and it didn't half make an impression.

[kinboshi]

Jenson Interceptor ~1971.

It wasn't mine but I borrowed it countless times as it belonged to a close friend and it didn't half make an impression.

Lovely looking cars.

[the sicilian]

Porsche 924 Turbo... dog leg first gear ...non progressive turbo which meant she gave you the lot at 3 thousand revs and no where else in the range..suffered horiffic turbo leg..i wrote 2 of em off.. they were deadly in the wet miracle im still here

[Kev B]

Jenson Interceptor ~1971.

It wasn't mine but I borrowed it countless times as it belonged to a close friend and it didn't half make an impression.

Proper car that Ralph.

[Kev B]

Austin Allegro Sport

Very nippy, but soon after buying I broke reverse gear, so always gave lifts to Uni mates just in case I needed to go backwards

In shock, never heard anyone admit to owning an Allegro.