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#51
19th October 2012, 01:55 PM
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Here is mine.
1974 Mini 1000 - TLM 636M 1985 Austin Metro - C935 GBH 1987 Vauxhall Astra 1.2 - D254 PBH 1988 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 - E783 FKX 1978 BMW 320i Auto - EEV 851T 1988 Rover 216 Vanden Plas - E811 JRP 1985 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia - C861 HGK 1987 Jaguar XJ40 2.9 (Left hand drive) - A5 LAJ 1990 Citroen XM 2.0 SEi Auto - G??? ??? 1988 Ford Escort XR3i Convertible - F271 TWC 1989 BMW 520i Auto - F858 LJN 1992 BMW 320 SEi - J186 EUM 1997 Mercedes C180 - P169 SGP 2001 Skoda Octavia MK1 vRS - Y407 JTM 2000 Porsche Boxster S - W735 NFG 2005 Skoda Octavia MK2 2.0 PD140 Elegance - AE55 BTU 2008 Skoda Superb MK2 2.0 PD140 DSG Elegance - OY58 OLA 2001 Audi A8 3.7 QS - Y54 ***
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles 
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#52
19th October 2012, 05:23 PM
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1978 Renault 5 TS - twin choke carb....zoom. Could see the tarmac through the boot floor. Drove into the back of my mate's mum's brand new Fiesta Popular Plus. Had a different colour bonnet and wing after that...
1982 Volvo 345 GL 5 door - what a looker. Painted the lower half in black hammerite when it started rusting heavily. Workhorse while I was at university. Blew head gasket on the M3....no breakdown cover. Whoops. 1991 Vauxhall Astra SXi 5 door - magnet for police cars... 1991 VW Golf GTi 16v 3 door - still miss that car...black, big bumpers, TSW deep dishes...mmmm 1993 Subaru Impreza WRX (import) 4 door - bought before everyone really knew about them...amazing car, but absolutely ridiculous fuel bills and appalling range 1997 Saab 9000 Aero - still almost mint at 165k miles and 300bhp. Ran it for 7 years. Should NEVER have sold that. Might still buy it back one day. 2002 Audi S8 - still prefer the Saab... Zip
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 2002 D2 S8: Ebony Black over Platinum. A8L Comfort front seats in black (  ), heated rear seats, extended Leather Pack 3, blinds, glass sunroof, MFSW, Dension Gateway 100 for iPod, ski-hatch, xenon plus, auto dimming mirrors, 20" FE wheels, billet aluminium 'brake block', gunmetal Brembo calipers  2005 B6 S4 Cabriolet: Ebony Black Pearl over Silver. RNS-E, Bose, heated seats, cruise control, retrofit aux-in, centre armrest, Milltek resonated exhaust
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#53
19th October 2012, 05:51 PM
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1985 VW Polo
1990 VX Astra 1996 Pug 106 1996 Honda Civic Coupe 1999 Pug 106 1965 VW Beetle 2000 VW Golf 4motion 2001 Audi A4 2001 Merc CLK 2002 Merc E320 1999 Subaru Impreza Turbo 1991 VW Golf GTI 1997 VW Golf VR6 1990 Ford Escort Van 2002 Renault Traffic Van 2008 VW Touareg 2005 VW Transporter TDI 1996 VW Golf VR6 Auto 2000 Renault Kangoo TDI 1965 VW Splitscreen Bus 2010 VW Golf TDI 2011 VW Transporter TDI 1992 VW Golf Driver 2010 VW Passat CC 2011 VW Passat CC 2002 Audi A8
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#57
7th July 2015, 11:31 AM
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Wow, everyone owned quite a few cars around here. I'm only at my 4th but hopefully many to come from now on.
Age 18: a '95 VW Passat - 1.9 diesel This was first and hopefully last diesel car I've ever owned Age 19: Exchanged the Passat for a '95 Mercedes C180 Age 21: Sold the C Class and bought another one, same car but more options since the previous one didn't even have electric windows Age 25: Gave the C Class to my father and bought my current 2000 A8, 3.7 which I'm planning to keep for a long time from now on Dreaming now of an S8, D3, hopefully will become reality soon Cheers, Alex
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#58
7th July 2015, 03:00 PM
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Bikes,
Suzuki GSX 2000 ( 50cc) Chineese unpronounceable hunk of junk 125cc KTM 400 Crosser Yamaha Raptor ( Quad Baby 400 not the 600 i wanted ) Pulse adrenaline commuter 125cc Triumph Daytona 900 1994 Triumph Daytona 600 2001 Suzuki GSX F 600 1998 Cars, Mk2 Escort RS 1800 Pug 309 GTI ( Twin Webber carbs) 1989 Ford Sierra 2.0L Pinto 1980 Ford Escort Ghia 1.8 1998 Datsun Cherry 1971 Opel Astra GTE in White 1969 Vauxhall astra GSI turbo ( Horrid Purple color ) Rover 620 TI Black Rover 620TI Red both 1998 Rover 220 Tom cat Turbo 1998 Subaru Impreza STI GC8 Version 1 ( Closed deck and forged) 417bhp 1994 Subaru Impreza Rally prepped Group N spec 2007 Audi A4 Avant 1998 1.9 TDI Audi A8 D2 4.2 QS 1999 silver ( Sprayed Black) Audi A8 W12 6.0L D3 2005 Black SWB Sport) Seat Leon Cupra FR 1.9TDI 2004 Audi A8 D2 2001 3.7 Silver Audi A8 LWB D3 4.2 Black 2003 PF Audi A8 W12 LWB 2007 Midnight Blue ( Reasonable Spec) more than likely forgot a couple Fantasy cars ... Audi S1 Quattro Groub B Spec .... That is all 
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#60
9th July 2015, 11:09 PM
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Pasted from another forum. Very picture heavy!
2000 MK5 Fiesta 1.25 For some reason I don’t actually have any pictures of my first car, would you believe it! Got it after packing my test in 2007. 1995 Renault Clio 1.2 I saw this for the sale for 500 and bought it. I don’t know why looking back. No power steering, old, slow and barry boy to hell. Bad boy bonnet (who remembers those!) big wheels, fat exhaust which was stupidly loud and a 4 point harness with bucket seats. Right shed. Headgasket went on it and I sold straight after for a grand. I was laughing, especially when it dupmed all its oil over the A1 the next day…   1996 Volvo 440 GS Turbo This was for sale down the road. Lovely deep red, lowered 40mm with some nice subtle alloys, and powerflow exhaust which was nice and quiet. Rang my insurance and they said for an extra £374 I could have it so I did. Didn’t realise they meant per month… it was soon sold…  1995 Ford Fiesta Si 1.6 Bought off a friend because it was cheap, had a full Ashley cat back racing exhaust, sounded nice, not too loud just nice. Front left wheel bearing starting making a noise but it was fine as I had a mate who was a mechanic. Ironic as I was on my way to see said friend when it shat its loins and locked the wheel. On a country road, at 55mph, in the dark, on a bend. Result was not nice, skidded backwards into the ditch then bounced back out into the road landing in front of an off duty copper. Lucky me!   1992 Volvo 940 2.0 Turbo I liked my old one so I thought id have a bigger one! Suprisingly cheap to insure for what it was. Ended up getting T boned at a junction on rear quarter, it didn’t survive…   1996 Mazda MX5 MK1 1.8 Sporty, sticks like glue and went ok. Eventually got sick of no power steering so that was retro fitted. Eventually tired of the small spaces and having to rev its nuts off to go anywhere.  1997 Volvo 940 2.3 Turbo I loved my old 940 so much I bought the more powerful model! Installed a MBC and upped the boost from 4psi to 12psi. Eventually clutch started to slip and coupled with me fancying a change again it went.   1998 Mercedes C250 Turbodiesel Sublime car, always fancied a Mercedes and I loved the growl these 5 pots had. Got bored of the rust eventually on the arches.   1997 Volvo 940 Estate 2.3 Turbo Went back to something that couldn’t rust… as they are galvanised upto the doors. Always preferred the estates to the saloons. This one was mint and eventually sold to an enthusiast, couldn’t turn down the impresa could I….   Impreza Estate 2.0 Turbo Converted to RWD by removing the front shafts leaving in hubs, and welding rear diff (I think the center diff was welded as well I cant remember now) but it was lethal in the wet. In 5th gear soon as it hit boost it would spin up. Was approx. 320hp. Gearbox eventually went leaving me in the fast lane of a busy roundabout at rush hour… cheers!   1999 Volvo V70 R Estate Always wanted a T5 and with the Scooby gone I thought sod it. Would have preferred an 850R but they were a bit scarce and pricey for a nice one. Shifted well and I LOVE that 5 cyl growl (again) gearbox went soon after a month passed so I broke it for spares and made a few pennies.   1995 Volvo 940 Estate Turbodiesel Marmite car, all down to the engine. D24tic from an old VW transporter, basically a lorry engine. Agricultural and old school. I really went to town on this one as I intended to keep it for a long while. I stripped it completely on the interior and cleaned everywhere, shampoo’d all the carpets, the seats, everything! It was immaculate inside. I even bought the car below as a spares vehicle to update the styling. Newer tailgate with spoiler, door handles, light clusters etc. Deleted the rear silencer too. My snobbery soon come back on and I fancied another merecedes…     Volvo 960 3.0 Estate Spares car for the above, stripped for parts as well.  1999 Mercedes E300 Turbodiesel Lovely car, same engine as the C250 but with an extra cylinder. Got a new job, earnt silly money, wanted a silly car….   2006 Audi A8 4.2 Turbodiesel Sport What a machine. 326bhp and 475 ft lb, lovely! Only thing I did to this was put a set of 20’s on to set her off, standard BBS Splits were dwarfed by the car. Even managed 45.1mpg going to London once @ 64mph, and 37 on the way back sat at 90! Eventually it slowly started getting trashed. Parking dings, scratches, scuffs – it was heart wrenching as it was the only car id handed over a substantial amount of money over for. I came to the conclusion that you cant have a really nice clean car and drive it everyday, it will just get filthy and trashed, unless you work part time. I know working full time it would never be always shiny. So I came to conclusion I needed a crapbox to drive to work and keep a nice car in the garage. The only problem is a nice car in the garage wont be a diesel…. Bye bye!    2006 Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCI If I was getting a crap box I wasn’t going to do it by halves. Its RIDICULOUSELY slow, awful to drive, rickety, noisey and uncomfortable. Anything can happen to it and I don't care! Its a great feeling at Tesco. Eventually despised it ans got rid. If rather spend the money on extra tax, fuel and insurance....  1992 Dodge Ram 350 LE 5.9 Cummins Turbodiesel Ok so I was looking for something V8 and petrol, and I found this. I've always wanted a truck, I remember watching these things on youtube producing silly power when I was younger. I still stand by the fact ebay should be a banned site at work….. Was damn good fun to drive, not fast by all means, but powerful. You get the feeling it would pull a house down. I remember driving home with the windows down one day and I was thinking of a word to describe the sound. Thunderous is what I came up with and it was perfect… One thing I did was re trim the headlining in suede as it was droopy and looked honking. Eventually it started to develop problems. Electrical gremlins. The interior was rusty under the dash, all the column etc. Couple that with parts having to come from US of A and it was pretty rough up close. It needed work and I didn’t see fit to do it. It was an itch that was scratched.     2003 Mercedes S55 AMG Kompressor I was looking after the truck, for a car to keep for a long time. Something to have in the garage for nice days out and something to polish and keep me occupied. I will admit I was looking for the V12 TT. All I had found was black or silver exterior with light or dark beige. YUK! This popped up and my god I was smitten. Not the V12 but that’s probably a good thing given their reputation. Tanzanite blue with black and dark wood interior, YUM! Im glad it got the AMG and not the V12, although the V12 is faster this is noisier stock thanks to AMG, has 2 more pots on the brakes (8) and just little bits like AMG sport seats etc. Developed a few niggles and again chopped it in.               B5 S4 Avant Fancied another quattro! Not roomy at all in the back, barely get someone in behind me. Was nice having a manual box with some power - until i realised you cant actually shift as quick as an auto. Was a real head turner this car, sounded awesome on full chat and feck me did it shift off the line! HR Coilovers Porsche front brake conversion Stainless exhaust with a decat MTM remap Rotiform 19's. Drove to Somerset to get it so it was a 400 ish mile round trip.       And now im back to the one car, D2 S8 on LPG. Ice come to the conclusion it will never be mint, but im loving the V8 growl, extra economy of the LPG, and general waftness of a big barge! Last edited by Palmer; 9th July 2015 at 11:11 PM.
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same as her old one, but an auto 
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