General Car History
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General Car History
R30GUE
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I'd love to see your export list.....
4. 1982 DeLorean DMC-12. Ever since I watched Back to the Future as a seven year old I was completely smitten by DeLoreans. Then, when as an adult, I realised I could actually buy one, I couldn't stop myself
There was a huge event for deloreans in NI in 2006 and were followed back to the ferry in one...
We met the owner on the ferry and they were driving back to Paris...
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R30GUE
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Well not much but here it goes (LRB style):
1) 1985 BMW 318i (still have it)
2) 1994 MK1 Punto ELX 75
3) 1999 Renault megane classic 1.4 16v (company car)
4) 2001 renault Clio 1.2 16v (borrowed from my sis 4 a while)
5) 2004 Skoda SuperB 1.8T ABT (shared with dad for a while, dad still has it)
6) 1998 Fiat Barchetta simply the best!
Best car ever drove: Ferrari 360 Modena (UN-F*****G-Believable)
1) 1985 BMW 318i (still have it)
2) 1994 MK1 Punto ELX 75
3) 1999 Renault megane classic 1.4 16v (company car)
4) 2001 renault Clio 1.2 16v (borrowed from my sis 4 a while)
5) 2004 Skoda SuperB 1.8T ABT (shared with dad for a while, dad still has it)
6) 1998 Fiat Barchetta
simply the best!Best car ever drove: Ferrari 360 Modena (UN-F*****G-Believable)
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i think its around 900 cars since 2005........
Remember! :shakehead: Alans a policeman,
I,m sure they were all above board.
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It's alright already checked him out can't think of a better way to get a gallardo
can't think of a better way to get a gallardo
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R30GUE
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It's alright already checked him out
hmmm:shakehead:..... no knocks on the door ......yet
another one for the collection......i won't include the video to this one
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That would do........
Motorchampion
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wow u guys are really interested in classics. My dad is a classin maniac. Owns a '69 Ford Mustang 4.8 litre V8 256 bhp, a '61 Vauxhall Commodore, a Citroen DS (still in restauration), and an E-Type (still in restauration). good point someone made with the cars he "played with". I drove a Focus SVT, a Cayman Porsche, and just a few miles a Bentley Continental GT. I would LOVE a drive test in the new M3!!
It was the 25th anniversary of the factory opening in Dunmurry. Unfortunately I sold mine just befor then
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This was my Dad's Mk 4 Ford Zodiac. The pink ribbons are because it was my wedding car! Was an amazing thing . . . a 6ft man could lie down in the back and stretch out! The Mk 2 and Mk 3 purists used to say it was an ugly box but I kinda liked it At one time he had this one and two others, one of which was a very rare estate version, and he used to keep them in a shed and pull bits off them when he needed to!
At one time he had this one and two others, one of which was a very rare estate version, and he used to keep them in a shed and pull bits off them when he needed to!
Being 21 its short and sweet:
1996 Ford Escort 1.6
2002 Toyota starlet, now my bro's and about to be turbo'd
2002 Fiat Seicento Sporting, still in driveway
2007 Fiat Panda 100hp, what a car that was
1994 Fiat Cinq Sporting, only bought to save from scrappy
2005 Fiat Barchetta
@Motorchampion, yes biker over here, though no bikes on the road ive 2 in bits plus i pillion with my dad on his K1200R monster
Mark
1996 Ford Escort 1.6
2002 Toyota starlet, now my bro's and about to be turbo'd
2002 Fiat Seicento Sporting, still in driveway
2007 Fiat Panda 100hp, what a car that was
1994 Fiat Cinq Sporting, only bought to save from scrappy
2005 Fiat Barchetta
@Motorchampion, yes biker over here, though no bikes on the road ive 2 in bits plus i pillion with my dad on his K1200R monster
Mark
Motorchampion
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This was my Dad's Mk 4 Ford Zodiac. The pink ribbons are because it was my wedding car! Was an amazing thing . . . a 6ft man could lie down in the back and stretch out! The Mk 2 and Mk 3 purists used to say it was an ugly box but I kinda liked it
American beast
well done TDMB interesting thread!!!
let see
1 k reg morris marina
2 f reg reliant kitten
3 3 different reliant robins last one a posh t reg 850 wow
4 g reg escort mk 1 est
5 h reg vauxhall viva
6 k i think mk 2 escort with starky and hutch stipes
7 another morris marina
8 metro
9 austin princess
10 d reg escort mk 3
11 g reg astra
12 2 ford serria est
13 g reg citreon ax
14 toyota spacecrusier
15 daewoo matiz
16 y reg fiat brava
17 02 renualt kangoo
18 96 barchetta
wow it took me a long time to find the right car
let see
1 k reg morris marina
2 f reg reliant kitten
3 3 different reliant robins last one a posh t reg 850 wow
4 g reg escort mk 1 est
5 h reg vauxhall viva
6 k i think mk 2 escort with starky and hutch stipes
7 another morris marina
8 metro
9 austin princess
10 d reg escort mk 3
11 g reg astra
12 2 ford serria est
13 g reg citreon ax
14 toyota spacecrusier
15 daewoo matiz
16 y reg fiat brava
17 02 renualt kangoo
18 96 barchetta
wow it took me a long time to find the right car
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Well it's certainly brought out some confessions! I always remember a guy I used to work with years ago telling me about the Reliant Robin he had. He ran into the back of someone on the Derby ring-road and cracked the front, then fastened it back in place with string, carried on home, the string got caught in the wheels and pulled the whole front body section underneath. He always said he was the only person he ever knew who actually ran over his own car!
hectorshaus
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Great thread! Here's my history:
Talbot Horizon 1.5GL - best thing about it was the colour (cherry red)
Renault 11 automatic - nothing good about it
Vauxhall Nova 1.4SR - good fun
Peugeot 106 Rallye - HUGE fun!
FIAT 124 Spider - gorgeous pininfarina styling
Renault 19 16v - nippy
Peugeot 405 SRi - old
FIAT barchetta (red, N-reg)
Peugeot 406 Coupe v6 - more gorgeous pininfarina styling
Toyota RAV4 - good dog carrier
FIAT barchetta (silver LE, R-reg)
Just writing this list has brought back a few memories, like driving into the back of a combine harvester in the Talbot about 3 weeks after passing my test, tackling the Stelvio pass in the R11 (and almost failing), a fantastic blast from Venice to Innsbruck in the 406, and the gorge de nesque in the b last year, surely one of the best roads in Europe.
Talbot Horizon 1.5GL - best thing about it was the colour (cherry red)
Renault 11 automatic - nothing good about it
Vauxhall Nova 1.4SR - good fun
Peugeot 106 Rallye - HUGE fun!
FIAT 124 Spider - gorgeous pininfarina styling
Renault 19 16v - nippy
Peugeot 405 SRi - old
FIAT barchetta (red, N-reg)
Peugeot 406 Coupe v6 - more gorgeous pininfarina styling
Toyota RAV4 - good dog carrier
FIAT barchetta (silver LE, R-reg)
Just writing this list has brought back a few memories, like driving into the back of a combine harvester in the Talbot about 3 weeks after passing my test, tackling the Stelvio pass in the R11 (and almost failing), a fantastic blast from Venice to Innsbruck in the 406, and the gorge de nesque in the b last year, surely one of the best roads in Europe.
This was my Dad's Mk 4 Ford Zodiac. The pink ribbons are because it was my wedding car! Was an amazing thing . . . a 6ft man could lie down in the back and stretch out! The Mk 2 and Mk 3 purists used to say it was an ugly box but I kinda liked it
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When I was about 6 or 7 we used to have a Polish neighbour who had a black Zodiac and spent every weekend working on it. One very hot Sunday he seemed to have spent a very long time under his car without moving (about 3 hours), I have vivid memories of his DM'd feet sticking out from the car, a couple of us were 'skidding' our chopper bikes up to his feet, it was not until his wife came out to bring him some lunch we realised why he had not moved (from the screams of his wife). He had popped his clogs!! Poor bugger was a bit overweight and had a heart attack while working under his car clad in overalls................
In a dark kinda way it is very funny to look back on now and at the time I was too young to understand.........
How did you manage to find that out :chin: :devil:
