What was your first car
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buzyg said:The engine in those was actually pretty decent for the time.Chris_D said:The rest of the car though.
My mate had one of those in the 90's he made over 200K miles in it!
My first car bought in 1970 was a 1959 Austin Cambridge A 55 in grey & rust!
Paid £40 with a years mot,after replacing sills part of the front floor etc sold it for scrap for £10 after doing 18000 miles.Next car was 1965 Ford Corsair 1500 GT in red paid £200, insurance cost £200 tft!
Paid £40 with a years mot,after replacing sills part of the front floor etc sold it for scrap for £10 after doing 18000 miles.Next car was 1965 Ford Corsair 1500 GT in red paid £200, insurance cost £200 tft!
Most of them had head gasket trouble, mine cost more than the car was worth to repair!!Mr Tidy said:buzyg said:
Yes, when it wasn't overheating with blown head gaskets the 1.4 K Series was a great engine.
I chose a 214SLi because the only other option offered was a 1.8 Sierra that was less powerful and had a higher BIK bill, so why would you?
The rest of the car seemed OK to me, but then it was only just over a year old at the time.
The Honda engine's were fine though
My first car was a Harvest Gold 1973/L 850 Mini. My parents allowed me to buy it when I was 16yrs old as I was pestering them for permission to buy a 50cc motorbike. I learned clutch control driving up and down the driveway at home eagerly awaiting my 17th birthday Before I started learning to drive it properly on the road I had it painted pillar box red with a white roof, had a peco exhaust fitted, bucket seats and a 10" steering wheel - loved it! 
Before I started learning to drive it properly on the road I had it painted pillar box red with a white roof, had a peco exhaust fitted, bucket seats and a 10" steering wheel - loved it! chrissrush
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A nine year old 1967 850 Austin Mini, maroon with a silver roof & alloy wheels.
I paid £195 for it, sold it a year later for £225 and it's still the only car i've ever sold for more than I paid for it!
I paid £195 for it, sold it a year later for £225 and it's still the only car i've ever sold for more than I paid for it!
1986 Ford Escort 1.4 GL. Already 11ish years old when I bought it for £300. That there is a bonnet from a scrappie, originally brown, which I sprayed silver to match the car using copious amounts of silver Halfords spray paint except, sadly, it didn’t really match the car at all.
God I loved that car: memories of wheel bearings being replaced, filler, spray paint, the drivers door could be opened even when it had been locked, a misfire over 4000 rpm which meant you had to stall the car to cure it
As soon as I passed my test in 1981, I bought a 1965 Mk1 Ford Cortina Lotus. Unfortunately, someone had previously swapped out the engine for a standard one. It still looked the dogs though (well, at least I thought so at the time), but I thought I could make it better by sticking black fur all over the dash, head liner and door cards.... oh yes, and complimented by fax fur tiger stripe seat covers 
Embarrassing thinking back, but it did get some admiring looks, at least I thought they were admiring looks......
Embarrassing thinking back, but it did get some admiring looks, at least I thought they were admiring looks......the stripler
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Opel Kadette coupe 1.2s in pale blue, then red!
Dam if only i still had it, worth a fortune now.
Very rare car indeed.
Dam if only i still had it, worth a fortune now.
Very rare car indeed.
The first car I drove and in which I passed my driving test in was a 1936 Morris 8 Tourer. This was in 1958 and must have scared the examiner witless. The photo below is not the actual car but is the same type. Just in case you are all too young to know what one is!
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Ford Orion Ghia I....Silver, bought it from a vicar for £475. At the time everyone who could afford the insurance had the XR3I. I couldn't so had the XR3I with a boot, which it was. I really liked them and had 4 in my first few years on the road. First non-Ford was a metro GTI..Terrible car!
Car 1: 2003 1.2 Renault Clio! :sweetheart:
Decided to crash my baby at 60 mph into a telegraph pole
Car 2: 2003 1.2 Renault Clio! Her twin, saved my life the first time around! God bless the French for designing a solid safe car! 
100,000 miles later ...
Car 3: Z4 sDrive 30i 3.0 (upgrade much?! )
Decided to crash my baby at 60 mph into a telegraph pole
Car 2: 2003 1.2 Renault Clio!
Her twin, saved my life the first time around! God bless the French for designing a solid safe car! 100,000 miles later ...
Car 3: Z4 sDrive 30i 3.0 (upgrade much?!
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