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Angus325e
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:50 am

Ok guys, tell me what was your first car? Love it or hate it? post pics if you have any....

mine? BMW325e
5spd manual
green
pretty much stock except some bilstein shocks.
love it
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:02 am

Mazda 323 GTR
5 speed
red
Stock except exhaust and adj boost
Very fast and very rare
Just a mazda tho
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Austin A35,in black.Bought for £25 in November 1969.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:04 am

Vauxhall corsa 1.2
later fitted with a 1.6 gsi engine
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council wheels and lowered.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:09 am

my first motor!!!
1990(H) bmw 320i se
98,800 miles(now on 113300 had her nearly two and a half years)
sterling silver metallic(best colour)
5 silky smooth gears
a massive 2.0 straight six engine(boat anchor)
unmarked grey cloth interior
16 button obc and a check control panel
the hens teeth that are the 14'' bbs
the uber rare i.s front lip
the sought after se side skirts and boot lip
a headlamp wash and wipe that actually works!
shes never ever ever..... let me down.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:22 am

mk 1 escort mexico replica with a 2.0 pinto and twin 40's
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:33 am

sweet some cars to be proud of!
keep em comming!
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:58 am

1985 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 C624FTX in 1988
Red
CB Radio
Sony cassette player, with portable CD player.
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1983 Y Reg Opel Kadett 1.6SR in 1991
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:25 am

1973 MK1 Escort 1300GT
3 months Tax and test, £65 ! :wink:
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MKII Escort with 1600GT MKI engine and forrest arches
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:33 am

Peugeot 205 XL
£100 LOL

First car on the road...

Rover Coupe 216 with a twin cam fitted (I blew the bottom end on the single cam)
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Another MKII Escort, 1.3L 8)
1 & 2 bed flats in Bournemouth areas, with parking
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1977 Mk2 Escort 1100, in hearing aid Beige & drum brakes all round :D
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:39 am

318i cab for me
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:39 am

My first car was back in '92 and it was a dark blue '82 (X) Austin Mini HL with beige interior. Nice.

Ended up being dark blue still, but with a cream roof, all new chrome, works arches, minilites on SP Sports, recaro's, adjustable column, motolita wheel, straight through exhaust with twin 1+1/2" SU's and head work.

Was awesome.

Well, I used to think so at school! :cool:
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MkI Fiesta 950 Pop, midnight Blue.

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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:49 am

Bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle 1303S.. Later fitted with a WRX engine, Porsche brakes and some mods. :D Yep, it was fast, even for high school. :cool:
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:49 am

My first car was a E reg Purple Fiesta :D

4 gears
4 seats
indicator
radio
white hub caps
no ac
no parking sensors
no sat nav

Superb car, that got sandwiched by a 40 footer unfortunately 8O :cry: never let me down, all the time I had it.

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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:57 am

MG Montego 2.0 GTI Estate!
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No class but fun to mess around in until it popped its headgasket.
I got the touring bug early :)
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1984 Ford Capri with double X pack bodykit and whale tail spoiler !! :D
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:58 am

lots of escorts here
in australia there are mostly ford falcons and holden commodores
the e30 is somewhat a rareity
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Ford Anglia back in 1980 :eek:
It was a year or 2 before i could drive legaly but i used to drive it round the block occasionaly :D
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g reg fiesta! ghia! mk3 model 44'000 miles not bad!! only 50quid :D
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i had a hillman minx ( hunter shape )










kept braking down :(
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1991 e30 316i calypso red, ive had it 6.5 months now :cool:
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:36 am

first LEGAL car

was a mk1 toyota celica 2litre winkeye

first car at all was an e21 323 :cool:
was 14 at the time and had the best car in the school carpark :D
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:40 am

dazleeds wrote:first LEGAL car

was a mk1 toyota celica 2litre winkeye

first car at all was an e21 323 :cool:
was 14 at the time and had the best car in the school carpark :D
sweet 1st car. im still at school and like to think my 325 is the coolest in the park
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1972 Mini Clubman 1100 special, ended up being a 1380 and was one of the most fun cars i have owned!
M20B25 actually :)
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:30 am

Alfasud 1.5 Cloverleaf...flat 4 boxer engine way before Subaru made they layout known to the mass's

Stunning piece of kit back in the 80's when I was 19.


Shame the inboard discs where totally pants and made the car overbraked from the rear, which made the car act as if you was pulling on the hand brake to slow , this eventually caused its demise when braking to avoid a bike on a fast corner the back of the car turned around in the road, sending a friend and me hurtilng into an industrial estate sideways at 90MPH

We was both lucky to live.

Still loved the car thou!
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:33 am

1.4 Vauxhall astra merit :o: But my first 'real' car was a jap import 1991 CRX SiR. Very rare and great car. Shame I kind of smashed it to pieces on my Bday :(
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:37 am

The first car I owned was a 99 2lt TD avensis. I was a named driver on a 1.2 corsa for a couple of years before that.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:52 am

Citrioen xsara 1.9 D
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4 Door
FWD Wrongness!
good mpg
shit brakes!! skidded so many times, its quite scary when you hit the brakes and you cant stop and to avoid hitting ther person in front you go to the other side of the road, luck no one was there :eek:
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:49 pm

First road legal car when i was 17 was a 1989 mini city E with a fair bit of stuf done to it.

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Still got it. its at the paintshop, spent the past 2 years rebuilding it into a turbo. Cant wait to get it on the road. it was great fun with the 998 so looking forward to this engine.

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First car was when i was 15. E30 316i with 2.5 and tec2 rep kit. Was gonna get it sprayed and have it on the road but insurance was a no no so eventually it saw the scrap heap. :(

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