first and best

[Nick lyon]

I was at my work at the weekend and my boss sent me for a message and I took his sierra cosworth, god what a car
his work car is a merc and he has a volvo estate (both top of the range) the sierra is just a play thing for him (god its easy to hate people)
we got to talking and he has had a string of great cars, and even his first car was a cracker. I then started to think about the cars I have had
so here it is, what was your first and what was your best car, mine are, my first was a mini (old and cheap) my best was a escort xr3i
(old and cheap)
What was yours?

[0ddball]

The first was a Fiesta turbo van, at 18. The insurance co's had a birthday with that.

Had a few other high powered turbo cars since but (hard to believe i know) overall the best car was a standard 1.8 Mondeo estate.

[T1z3R]

first - peugeot 205 XL (or something like that) cost me £60 and was great until the steering column snapped.

best - peugeot 405 1.9 TDI estate . its the car i had most fun with if im honest.
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[TheShaggyDA]

First road legal car was a '76 Mini Clubman estate.

The best car so far is my current one, an '02 Seat Alhambra 1.9TDi Sport.
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[techierob]

a '91 rover metro 1.1. My first car and still my favourite, even though I've owned five other cars since.
The "best" car out of that lot is probably the '93 rover 620 I've got now, though I'm looking to upgrade to another clapped-out diesel at some point

[pd666]

rover metro 1.1 95 pish

ford ka2 1.3 97 pish

rover 400 2 litre turbo 2000 a bit pish

citreon c5 hdi 2 litre 03 french so pish but it has gadgets
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[Mr.Everready]

First car was a Saab 99GL S reg 1977 in light blue.

Can't say I've had a best car as such.
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[CortezTheKill...]

First: Renault 5 - Died very quickly

Best: Astra 2.2 SRi...very nice but sold it to buy my bike
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SV650 - TRASHED
ZX636R C6F - SOLD
Current number of wheels: 0 (not including a bicycle).

[daz|n00by]

oh dear i thought somebody would ask this one day.

my first car was a princess 1750 hl, i learnt my self to driv ein that

that was 22 years ago i then passed my test in 1991 after many run ins and since then i am now on my 78 th car, most of my cars wre classics ie minis, mk1/mk2 escorts rs2000, every model capri, most cortinas including 2 1600e's a few bmw's a 4.2 jag a 2.4 jag, 2 opel manta's a shit load of xr3'i and few 2.2 tc rovers. most of the cars i have had the younger amongst you would not of heard off but as regards the bes ti have had hmmmmmm i would defo have another 3.0 capri or a 2.8. and i would also have another bemmer 3 series 2.0.

ye sit was a major hobby of mine restoring old cars and wasted lkoads of cash on them over the years but heh it was fun at the time.
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[ali-b]

First car was a 25 Year Anniversary Mini in silver - B reg thing with a straight thru exhaust. Was really quite cool though

Best car - Lotus Elise 111S Brilliant!!

A.

[owdamer]

I've had a souped up Mk1 escort 1.3. That was quick, (or I thought so at the time) sounded really good, but had the worst brakes i've ever used and you would breal out in a sweat trying to steer the thing coz it had a small steering wheel. Great fun tho coz the roads were a lot quieter then. (1983)
Since then I've had a 1985 mini metro 1.0 (crap)
a 1984 1.1 escort estate. (slow, but reliable)
a 1991 1.6 sierra saphire. (had this for about 7 years. Loved it)
a 1994 1.8td Mondeo estate. (great on fuel but an absolute twat to start. Hated it.)
a 1999 1.8glx Mondeo estate. Love it. comfy. reliable and fits anything in the back.

[xlfive]

Ok dont laugh,my first car i passed my test in a Vauxhall Victor 101E

https://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B27233.jpg

then bougt my own car which was a hillman Hunter

https://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/images/press/r66357.jpg

the best car i ever owned for style and handling was Ford Cortina 1600E

https://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/aut/corti4.jpg




note all images have been googled for info only

[colin1]

im guessing you havnt had many cars since then have had bikes instead
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[plugger147]

First and best, If I had the money i'd have another as soon as I found a good one.
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[daz|n00by]

Is that a mexico plugger? i notice the wheels and think of the rs but not sure.

edit... and anybody who enjoys a drivers car should at least try a mk1 escort, even better still a mk1 mexico or rs they are so seat of the pants its just to much fun to put in words
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"Its Better To Burn Out Than Fade Away!!!!!!" "Lifes a bitch and then you Die"
"I`m a tool, one with just enough intelligence to know it, just enough spirit to resent it...but not enough backbone to do anything about it. " Siggi 2006 pure class.

[Silver]

First car was a Talbot Sunbeam in shitty brown! £250 well spent...

Best? God knows. Had plenty of company cars, but they don't count. I went through the boy-racer stage (not chav, I might add) and had an Astra GTE 16v, Peugeot 205 GTI, Escort RS Turbo etc. I don't really bother now... as long as it's got enough power to overtake occassionally and some mod-cons, I'll spend the money on bikes

[daz|n00by]

[plugger147]

It started out as an 1100xl we put the mex wings on and the wheels were off a capri laser (rs wheels are quite pricey and the laser ones are a bit wider). Engine's evloved from a 1300 gt motor and ended up with a 1640 crossflow.My dad had a 2l fiat twin cam motor in one of his when I was a kid and knew I had to have one too.
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Tristan the wrote: just whipped off my trousers to find a big bruise on my arse, caused by matt rear ending me...

[The View Askew]

Just my current car.

Rover 214i

1.4mpi, double overhead.

Primitive K series 16v IL4.

Valves prone to bounce at high revs, scared I may snap the cams with a comedown one day at least, or send a piston through.

It is a 1.4, it must be ragged, it is amazing fun to drive this car, and I love it to bits, this is why I posted it.

No need for "your car is shit not unique blah blah"

Its unique and class to me, and I will enjoy it, no matter how shite some of you may think it, and my wheels, are.
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[Blackrhythms]

Gotta love the mk1 escort!! Never owned one though, sadly and they're as rare as hen's teeth now!

https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/blackrhythms/db_jump13.jpg
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[Harold_Shand]

1. D reg Ford Fiesta 1.1 - gave it away before it fell apart.

2. J reg Vauxhall Nova 1.2 - got written off just before falling apart.

3. N reg Fiat punto 1.2 - sold just before it fell apart.

4. M reg Volvo 460 1.6 - owned whilst falling apart.

5. F reg Peugeot 205 XS 1.4 - going well.

You get the idea...

A car is for Christmas, not for life. I want it to have 4 wheels, a heater and a hole in the dash to fit me CD player into.

It must be said however, that the little pug is a right laugh in the corners. I'd love a go in the 1.9 Gti or own a good one some time.
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Harold_Shand's theory might be the best explanation.

[plugger147]

A nice little video on here for the mk1 escort fans.]

https://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/car_info/esc1rs16mex.htm
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[xlfive]

[Johnny GSX-R]

1st car was a Morris Marina 1.3 deluxe
2nd was a Cortina Mk4 in Monza blue with 8 spoke Wella rims
3rd 3 litre 'S' Capri 1980 with chocolate fishnet Recaros
4th Mk 2 Escort
5th Mk1 RS1600 (rare as)

a string of crap then followed before i bought

2.8 Capri 1983 4sp
2.8 Capri 1984 5sp
Jag 4.2 series III auto (loved it)
Jag 420 classic (similar to Mk10)
Plymouth Roadrunner
Range Rover V8 Vogue
Chevrolet Monte Carlo V8
Ford Thunderbird 1976 Landau Coupe V8
Rover P6 V8
Granada Mk1 V6 manual
Granada Mk1 Ghia V6
Granada Mk1 Coupe V6 (rare as)
Cavalier 1900 coupe
Sierra XR4x4 Turbo Technics TT240
XR2 Fiesta (loved it to bits)
XR2 Fiesta customised with pearlescent paint
Jag XJ12 1980
BMW 635CSI coupe
Volkswagen Golf Mk1 cabriolet
Capri 2.8i Special 1987 (used by TV for 2 programmes)
Land Rover 110 Defender
TVR 350i bathtub
Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1500TI
Alfa Romeo 156 V6
Mondeo 2.0 LX estate (miss it like hell)
Peugeot 406 estate
Mondeo TDCI 130 Ghia estate 2005 model (absolute cack)
Land Rover Discovery TDI
Range Rover SE V8 (purely for off road)

I have missed out countless other vehicles i have owned, bought, sold, crashed, raced, scrapped etc..
I like simple vehicles, i don't go for gadgets.... simple RAW power is my thing.

[Nick lyon]

From what I can gather the old cars seem to be some of the best I have only had shots of new cars (not having much money)
and they seem nice to drive but I loved my xr3i, it was cheap but was fun to drive, thanks for this I found it quite interesting