What was your first car

Striven · Post by **Striven** » Sun Dec 23, 2018 8:59 pm

I had a Volvo 360 GLS, it came with Goodyear Grandpix 70’s which were not “ a major contribution to road safety” however it was great fun for learning to play with a car that likes to hang its rear out. Contrary to the Volvo image it was a blast.

Phil a · Post by **Phil a** » Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:19 pm

Vauxhall victor Fb model that tells you something

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:57 pm

Phil a wrote: ↑Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:19 pm Vauxhall victor Fb model that tells you something

Yup, tells us your younger than Ronk

Phil a · Post by **Phil a** » Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:01 pm

What was Ronks first car T Ford

dhobbs · Post by **dhobbs** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:19 am

Vauxhall Astra Mk 1, 1.6SR. A cheap version of the GTE
Fond nostalgia but car was full of rust and dammed heavy and slow.
Love to have a GTE in my dream garage.

andyf1140 · Post by **andyf1140** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:26 pm

Mk1 Ford Escort Estate, it was H reg with hardly any paint on it but good good service for 2 years before I upgraded to a MK2 saloon

MrPT · Post by **MrPT** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:50 pm

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An absolute turd but I was grateful to have a car to cart my drums around in. I put 6x9s in the parcel shelf and played Remedy by Basement Jaxx on loop.

noiseboy72 · Post by **noiseboy72** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:21 pm

MKII Escort 1.6. It was my dad's project car, so twin 1 3/4" SU carbs, 4 speed dog box, dry sump, racing clutch, uprated shocks and springs, partial roll cage, stripped interior, bucket seats and no back seat... 0-90 in about 12 seconds but that was flat out! It sat on Ford Cortina wheels and tyres, as that was what came off his company car. A good car to learn in and very forgiving if you pushed too hard with progressive over-steer right up to the limit. Oh, and it had non-servo assisted brakes, so stopping it in a hurry needed both feet!

First car I bought was a Saab 99GL turbo. Previous owner had dropped in a B202 16V turbo engine, so about 175BHP in something that handled like a barge. Horrible metalic brown colour and drank oil at about the same rate as petrol. Ended up binning it into a wall, but resurrected it and ran it until the floor rusted through, doing about 80K in total. Bought for £1600 and sold the engine for £800, so it didn't owe me very much

earthdweller · Post by **earthdweller** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:50 pm

The 17 year old me was very proud to be the owner of RWH514J

SteveSmith · Post by **SteveSmith** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:20 pm

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Not my pics or house but these are the only pics I have of my first car (sellers pics). 106 xsi, lights were put back to OEM. This car was incredible! Basically a Rallye with injection and electric windows.

jamesditchy · Post by **jamesditchy** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:49 pm

MrPT wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:50 pm 9172460.jpg

An absolute turd but I was grateful to have a car to cart my drums around in. I put 6x9s in the parcel shelf and played Remedy by Basement Jaxx on loop.

I had a B reg 1.6l cavalier hatchback in that same blue

chuckmiester · Post by **chuckmiester** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:41 am

Home made f1 pedal powered stock car.
It was heavy going pedalling it up hill

SpiketheBike · Post by **SpiketheBike** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:35 pm

Triumph Dolomite, 1300cc. Same body shell as all Dolomites, so open bonnet and play hunt the engine. Lent it to my mate for his honeymoon, and someone clipped the rear wing, which turned out to consist mainly of filler and newspaper! Maybe that's why British Leyland bit the dust!

chuckmiester · Post by **chuckmiester** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:00 am

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Not my pics or house but these are the only pics I have of my first car (sellers pics). 106 xsi, lights were put back to OEM. This car was incredible! Basically a Rallye with injection and electric windows.

fantastic little cars. I had a 106 then went on to the Saxo VTR. I would love a 106 rallye now.

tee.gilding · Post by **tee.gilding** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:11 am

The first car I owned was a 1979 Mazda RX-7 S1, in a hideously gorgeous aqua/turquoise colour. It was 2003, I was 18, and it was less than a tonne of rwd rotary fun. Still gutted I had to sell it to afford uni life!

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