xStric9x Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 May have already been covered somewhere but hey... Mine was a 1.3 ford fiesta mk1 super sport I thought it was the dogs nuts and faster than anything on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 A faded red J Reg Vauxhall astra with no power steering,no cd player & a water feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Triumph 2 litre Vitesse convertible. And for the thread " what was the first car you wrote off" Triumph 2 litre Vitesse convertible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 C Reg fiat Uno - I thought I was so lucky to have a car. My biggest thrill at the time was being able to drive to the big supermarket to do my shopping instead of dragging carrier bags back to my flat. However, it put me off italian cars for life! I was also a lot thinner before I started driving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmmackfc Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Fiat Punto Sporting 1.6 16v..... saw it the other day too, still going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 A ford puma thunder limited edition Was my present when I passed my driving test, didnt know it was a womans car at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 Triumph 2 litre Vitesse convertible. And for the thread " what was the first car you wrote off" Triumph 2 litre Vitesse convertible. Ah the first car i wrote off was a rover 220 coupe turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 A ford puma thunder limited edition Was my present when I passed my driving test, didnt know it was a womans car at the time Spoilt brat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzz... Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 in 1997 i got myself an auction special A-REG (I think) renault 11 for the sum of 230pounds... the best seats I have ever sat on... The door locks didn't work, but no one ever nicked it... and this was living in Sunderland... (don't get me wrong half my family come from Sunderland... so I am only being objective on what i know of sunderland, no offence meant to 90% of "makkams"... it is the TWOCER, SCUM I refer to...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 First car was a C plate, Beige Escort 1.1 Changed it to a blinding A reg 957cc Mk2 Fiesta a few days before I passed my driving test. Was brilliant and became my gf's first car. First car written off, Volvo S40 2.0 Sport, put it end over end after a full turn mid air...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 A Hillman Avenger.... err so long ago can't remeber the reg... J I think... anyway when I bought it ( for £230 I think! ) in 1983 it was already 90% rust... but the freedom it brought was priceless.... Suspension collpased 2 years later so it went to the great scrappy in the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 A white 6yr old Metro 1.0 City X which still cost me £1300 to insure 3rd F&T (that wasn't even for a full year either!!). God I ragged that car to death - regularly managed to hit 32mph in 1st gear! First car written off - yep you've guessed it the Metro. I think I'd decided that I was some sort of rallying God, it was very snowy & icy and I was drifting round a nice long bend showing off to my then girlfriend but didn't see the not nice massive kerb. Suspension gone, cv joints, driveshafts pulled straight out the gearbox etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Vauxhall Astra 1.2 merit in A lovely turquoise colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Did everyone really appreciate their 'crappy' car when they got it? Things are so different now. When I was 17 I would have been overjoyed to have access to any old car but when my own son was 17 and started having driving lessons he would only be satisfied with a certain standard of car with upgraded alloys etc etc. Granted he paid for it himself but if I'd have offered to get him a runaround for a few hundred he would have said no thanks and wouldn't have been seen dead in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I loved my crappy cars. They still got cared for as best I knew how at the time and was proud I could drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Used to be the learning curve, buy what you can afford and keep it running. Also scary to remember the distances I used to go in them. They were all great at the time apart from the TR7, really still do hate it. 6 points for speeding and 3 cylinder head gaskets blown. My father also had to tow me back from Doncaster to Barrow with his Marina. Took 8 hours and we didnt speak for weeks afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Did everyone really appreciate their 'crappy' car when they got it? Things are so different now. When I was 17 I would have been overjoyed to have access to any old car but when my own son was 17 and started having driving lessons he would only be satisfied with a certain standard of car with upgraded alloys etc etc. Granted he paid for it himself but if I'd have offered to get him a runaround for a few hundred he would have said no thanks and wouldn't have been seen dead in it! Yeah dead right I appreciated it, I didn't care what it was it was mine and that I finally had the freedom, it could honestly have been anything. And as proof of that last statement, in actual fact I swapped the knackered Metro for the "Flying Turd" - a B plate Mk1 Astra 1.3 in a stunning shade of brown. Yep, completely poo brown. Great 2nd gear on it though, I think thats what sold it to me. 18 years old and not a clue. You remind me actually Nixy, your lad has a Mk2 Astra doesn't he? He wouldn't be interested in some shocks & springs would he?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 Did everyone really appreciate their 'crappy' car when they got it? Things are so different now. When I was 17 I would have been overjoyed to have access to any old car but when my own son was 17 and started having driving lessons he would only be satisfied with a certain standard of car with upgraded alloys etc etc. Granted he paid for it himself but if I'd have offered to get him a runaround for a few hundred he would have said no thanks and wouldn't have been seen dead in it! Yeah dead right I appreciated it, I didn't care what it was it was mine and that I finally had the freedom, it could honestly have been anything. And as proof of that last statement, in actual fact I swapped the knackered Metro for the "Flying Turd" - a B plate Mk1 Astra 1.3 in a stunning shade of brown. Yep, completely poo brown. Great 2nd gear on it though, I think thats what sold it to me. 18 years old and not a clue. You remind me actually Nixy, your lad has a Mk2 Astra doesn't he? He wouldn't be interested in some shocks & springs would he?????? Mk1 astra... always fancied a mk1 gte, i've not seen one of those on the road for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Yeah I always hankered after the GTe too but couldn't afford to insure it, so I ended getting the Mk2 GTe a couple of years later. Like you say I haven't seen one in years, although I did see a Nova GTe the other day which is the first time I've seen one of them in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Did everyone really appreciate their 'crappy' car when they got it? Things are so different now. When I was 17 I would have been overjoyed to have access to any old car but when my own son was 17 and started having driving lessons he would only be satisfied with a certain standard of car with upgraded alloys etc etc. Granted he paid for it himself but if I'd have offered to get him a runaround for a few hundred he would have said no thanks and wouldn't have been seen dead in it! Yeah dead right I appreciated it, I didn't care what it was it was mine and that I finally had the freedom, it could honestly have been anything. And as proof of that last statement, in actual fact I swapped the knackered Metro for the "Flying Turd" - a B plate Mk1 Astra 1.3 in a stunning shade of brown. Yep, completely poo brown. Great 2nd gear on it though, I think thats what sold it to me. 18 years old and not a clue. You remind me actually Nixy, your lad has a Mk2 Astra doesn't he? He wouldn't be interested in some shocks & springs would he?????? It's a MK4 Astra and it's totally chaved up and ruined. It was a great little car when he got it. He doesn't care for it at all now - it's all about the precious R6 these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Passed my test in 1965 and bought a 1962 Old English White Mini 850, Reg XPK820 - anyone know it is still going? Be worth a small fortune if it is I guess! Replaced a TV175 Lambretta (probably worth more than the Mini now) - that was seen as by the ladies in that 'mod' era although if you had said 'cool' then everyone be thinking you meant - Ah, those were........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I loved my car thought i was a right legend lol, I used to stroll out of the club walk up to my car and press the remote like I was some playboy millionaire lol, I had a magnex exhaust and flame crome stickers all over it How sad was I It came with the limited edition 15" multispoke wheels, I thought they were massive at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 It's a MK4 Astra and it's totally chaved up and ruined. It was a great little car when he got it. He doesn't care for it at all now - it's all about the precious R6 these days! Damn it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 My first car was a 1992 Vauxhall Nova 1.2i Flair in breeze blue (K875 TAY). It had loads of choice mods but was very tastefull. Not a chav mobile, more a tidy modernised 'classic!' I know what happened to it though, sold it, then a guy that I knew bought it and wrote it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoREoD Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 First car was an Austin A40 (1959). Never written one off except to the breakers! And if I knew then what I know now, my third car (my first brand new one) would still be with me. Best fun ever: 1971 Ford Escort Mk1 RS1600 (with the BDA engine) - Chassis no: BB49KY42256 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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