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patrick
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Always wanted a ford capri after being hooked on the proffesionals (sad eh?) Never had the money at the time and have never even sat in one...........
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What car do you regret NOT having ??
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chris_h
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car
i once nearly bought a prelude 2.2 vtech but someone beat me to it. it was an absolute minter as well. gutted.
i once nearly bought a prelude 2.2 vtech but someone beat me to it. it was an absolute minter as well. gutted.
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James
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Punto GT
Always wanted a Punto GT, but some nice person nicked my old clio 16v resulting in my loverly 3 years NCB going down the pan!! Now every one wants neary £2000 to insure me on a Punto GT! Oh well, got a bravo now.
James
Always wanted a Punto GT, but some nice person nicked my old clio 16v resulting in my loverly 3 years NCB going down the pan!! Now every one wants neary £2000 to insure me on a Punto GT! Oh well, got a bravo now.
James
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Dug
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capri
I had a 2.8i Capri for a while, a really underrated car. It was pretty quick, did 75 in second and could do 35mpg on a run (at 95mph!). That was before speed cameras, though. Best of all the insurance was cheap, and I got hold of some Tickford front struts that realy sorted the handling. What did it cost? Nothing. I got it for a swap.
The car I regret not owning was an E-Type. I saw a nice 3.8 red Coupe with tan leather for 6.5k, but I couldn't get the other 500 quid together, and I was nervous about repair costs.
Then there was the Model T turtle deck chassis, 150 quid, but I was a student and had nowhere to put it, and no money...what I'd give for that now (my dream hotrod starting point).
I had a 2.8i Capri for a while, a really underrated car. It was pretty quick, did 75 in second and could do 35mpg on a run (at 95mph!). That was before speed cameras, though. Best of all the insurance was cheap, and I got hold of some Tickford front struts that realy sorted the handling. What did it cost? Nothing. I got it for a swap.
The car I regret not owning was an E-Type. I saw a nice 3.8 red Coupe with tan leather for 6.5k, but I couldn't get the other 500 quid together, and I was nervous about repair costs.
Then there was the Model T turtle deck chassis, 150 quid, but I was a student and had nowhere to put it, and no money...what I'd give for that now (my dream hotrod starting point).
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patrick
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Hot rods
You should look up "hot rods uk" in your search engine, there is a selling place there and there is an absolut mint looking car, bright yellow and its name is "hot lemon"..god knows what sort it is, but it looks the dogs
You should look up "hot rods uk" in your search engine, there is a selling place there and there is an absolut mint looking car, bright yellow and its name is "hot lemon"..god knows what sort it is, but it looks the dogs
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andy
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i wish...
I was looking for a mk2 Honda CRX 87-91 1.6 16v. Test drove one and fell arse over tit in love with it. Thing is they do tend to rust badly on the rear arches.
Most were wrong colour, high mileage, knackered or molested with max power ethics...sigh
I was looking for a mk2 Honda CRX 87-91 1.6 16v. Test drove one and fell arse over tit in love with it. Thing is they do tend to rust badly on the rear arches.
Most were wrong colour, high mileage, knackered or molested with max power ethics...sigh
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John
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Fiat Strada Abarth
When I was a lad of 17 it was the best hot hatch around and I saw a lovely black one being driven by a lunatic and it had a (standard) rorty exhaust. When I see one for sale now at affordable prices I'm always tempted but there's a niggling doubt about early 80's Fiats.
When I was a lad of 17 it was the best hot hatch around and I saw a lovely black one being driven by a lunatic and it had a (standard) rorty exhaust. When I see one for sale now at affordable prices I'm always tempted but there's a niggling doubt about early 80's Fiats.
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Nigel
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Decisions decisions
When I bought my 156 V6 a couple of years back it was a toss up between a Masser Ghibli Cup and the SP3 clad Alfa. The repayments on the PCP were very similar although the balloon at thend if I had wanted to keep it would have been £10k more on the Masser.
That was until I looked at the servicing interval and costs on the Masser which are every 6,000 miles and required me to take the car to London for a £500+ day trip. As I do about 30,000 miles a year it put me off.
How I wish I had the guts to have taken the Masser on, although the Alfa was a cracker!
Nige
When I bought my 156 V6 a couple of years back it was a toss up between a Masser Ghibli Cup and the SP3 clad Alfa. The repayments on the PCP were very similar although the balloon at thend if I had wanted to keep it would have been £10k more on the Masser.
That was until I looked at the servicing interval and costs on the Masser which are every 6,000 miles and required me to take the car to London for a £500+ day trip. As I do about 30,000 miles a year it put me off.
How I wish I had the guts to have taken the Masser on, although the Alfa was a cracker!
Nige
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patrick
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How many miles ????
Bloody hell, Nigel.
Whats your job?
Could be a new thread starting here...who does the most milage in a year, lol
Bloody hell, Nigel.
Whats your job?
Could be a new thread starting here...who does the most milage in a year, lol
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Jamie
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Re: How many miles ????
Erm I am doing about 1500 a week at the mo - scary.
Jamie
Erm I am doing about 1500 a week at the mo - scary.
Jamie
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The Mighty
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Miles
My mileage is sensible now I've got a normal job, at around 300-400 a week. But thats only the last 18 months. Before that I worked as a touring musician/sound engineer and covered 1500-2500 a week. This was before the Fiats. I covered starship miles in the best/cheapest/most reliable/boring car I've ever owned, E-Reg Cavalier Estate. I've still got it, along with my pair of Marea's. Its got 250,000 on the clock, but has done a few thou' more.(the clock stuck at 22,000 third time for a few months). All I've ever done to it is oil,filters,tyres,exhausts and last year two sills and CO for MOT. It smokes a bit these days and now needs an MOT, so its off the road at the moment.
Oh yeah, and it only ever let me down once. I left it at the girlfriends house, down in Kent, while I went to Germany for two weeks, I came back to find I'd left it unlocked with the hatch half open. The interior light had flattened the battery. Called the AA, felt like a ****.
Its been a great car and I can't bear to scrap it. If anyone wants it..............I'll charge the battery and fill the tank.
My mileage is sensible now I've got a normal job, at around 300-400 a week. But thats only the last 18 months. Before that I worked as a touring musician/sound engineer and covered 1500-2500 a week. This was before the Fiats. I covered starship miles in the best/cheapest/most reliable/boring car I've ever owned, E-Reg Cavalier Estate. I've still got it, along with my pair of Marea's. Its got 250,000 on the clock, but has done a few thou' more.(the clock stuck at 22,000 third time for a few months). All I've ever done to it is oil,filters,tyres,exhausts and last year two sills and CO for MOT. It smokes a bit these days and now needs an MOT, so its off the road at the moment.
Oh yeah, and it only ever let me down once. I left it at the girlfriends house, down in Kent, while I went to Germany for two weeks, I came back to find I'd left it unlocked with the hatch half open. The interior light had flattened the battery. Called the AA, felt like a ****.
Its been a great car and I can't bear to scrap it. If anyone wants it..............I'll charge the battery and fill the tank.
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The Mighty
Guest
Miles
My mileage is sensible now I've got a normal job, at around 300-400 a week. But thats only the last 18 months. Before that I worked as a touring musician/sound engineer and covered 1500-2500 a week. This was before the Fiats. I covered starship miles in the best/cheapest/most reliable/boring car I've ever owned, E-Reg Cavalier Estate. I've still got it, along with my pair of Marea's. Its got 250,000 on the clock, but has done a few thou' more.(the clock stuck at 22,000 third time for a few months). All I've ever done to it is oil,filters,tyres,exhausts and last year two sills and CO for MOT. It smokes a bit these days and now needs an MOT, so its off the road at the moment.
Oh yeah, and it only ever let me down once. I left it at the girlfriends house, down in Kent, while I went to Germany for two weeks, I came back to find I'd left it unlocked with the hatch half open. The interior light had flattened the battery. Called the AA, felt like a ****.
Its been a great car and I can't bear to scrap it. If anyone wants it..............I'll charge the battery and fill the tank.
My mileage is sensible now I've got a normal job, at around 300-400 a week. But thats only the last 18 months. Before that I worked as a touring musician/sound engineer and covered 1500-2500 a week. This was before the Fiats. I covered starship miles in the best/cheapest/most reliable/boring car I've ever owned, E-Reg Cavalier Estate. I've still got it, along with my pair of Marea's. Its got 250,000 on the clock, but has done a few thou' more.(the clock stuck at 22,000 third time for a few months). All I've ever done to it is oil,filters,tyres,exhausts and last year two sills and CO for MOT. It smokes a bit these days and now needs an MOT, so its off the road at the moment.
Oh yeah, and it only ever let me down once. I left it at the girlfriends house, down in Kent, while I went to Germany for two weeks, I came back to find I'd left it unlocked with the hatch half open. The interior light had flattened the battery. Called the AA, felt like a ****.
Its been a great car and I can't bear to scrap it. If anyone wants it..............I'll charge the battery and fill the tank.