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I know it's probably been asked before but theres a hell of a lot of new faces recently. Plus I'm bored out of my brain.

When I passed my test I had a H Reg Golf CL (White)

Excellent, used to kart all my friends round, go out to town on the pish and leave it there till the next morning.

Then one of my mates lost his licence I bought his Black G Reg 8v Golf GTi. Fun to drive, it didn't last too long after I got caught speeding twice in 6 months. We named it the "offender" I then sold it.

...and bought a brand new Black Polo 1.0 6n2 W Reg. Nothing quite like owning a new car is there?? I bought it a week after it was on the market, no where near as fast as the GTI but very tidy, good on fuel and it had a sunroof.

3 Years later sold it for a great price to buy my new 03 Black Polo FSI. Feels as fast as the Golf GTI did, or maybe that's just after having a 1 litre!! and even better on fuel. It took a while to get over the looks of the new polo, I didn't like the twin headlights at first but now perfer it to the 6n2.

My favourite car was the Offender. But living up to it's name the next person who had it used as an escape vehicle in a robbery, then wrote it off...

I'd love to get a Polo Gti when they come out, but depending what's available when I'm ready I'm still temped by the CTR.

Which motors have you owned/driven??

James.

I've been driving an E reg Nissan Sunny 1.3 for 10 months now. Its in excellent condition.

Since i passed my test in February 2003 I've driven my dads 1.6 W reg Golf a couple of times aswell as borrowing my brothers CTR for 4 days. Oh my God! I've never had as much fun in my life. What an awesome car.

Hopefully i'll have my polo gti this time next week!

I drove a K reg Nova 1.2, yes it had alloys on it and clear rear light clusters... ...i'll get my coat..

1997 Ford Fiesta 1.4 16V CLX

Great little car, 90bhp, never rattled. I know it's a F*rd, but it was my first car and I still miss it... Did well over 90.000km in it, travelling around Brasil.

This will be embarrasing:

- 1994 1.3 Renault Twingo (first car, utterly horrible)

- 1993 1.7 Alfa Romeo 33 (8v), loved it. Sadly, it got destroyed in a T-bone accident. I'm still limping. Car was brilliant, apart from the structural rigidity.

- 1997 1.6 automatic Toyota Corolla Sedan; the ultimate grand dad mobile. Used to drive me around when I was recovering from said accident. Best car, build wise, I've ever had. Mind numbingly boring as well.

- 1997 1.6 Polo; I'd wanted a VW for ages, and I've never looked back since. She's a money pit, but she's staying until the end of time.

Mines was a H reg Ford Escort Mk4 (RS Look-a-like). Traded It for the polo.

mk 3 1.8GL (90hp) golf k reg

lowered on patec full coil-overs, polyflex polyurethane bushes, OMP front strut brace, 16" OZ superaleggras on toyos, k&n filter, peco exhaust (boo! it fell off more than it stayed on), mk4 look lights (smoked), smoked lights all round, bumper air intakes, badgeless grill and few other bits and bobs

i loved that car, i wish i had the money i spent on it for the polo. it handled soooo well

My first car was a 1.0L Austin Metro City.

Pimp aint the word! Had a full lenth slide back (open air style) sunrrof!

Blew 4 1.0l engines in it, then got serious and had a race spec Metro Turbo lump fitted! Also had Metro Turbo wheels and full interior.

Had booked it into the bodyshop for a full vauxhall blue respray, had my wheels on order, and a dump valve was being fitted to a spare plenum chamber when I rolled the f*cker. That was the last outting for that.

Then after months of searching for a multi-point injection Metro GTI I had to give up and buy something less expensive.

Thats when I bought my dream car. A mk2 Golf GTI.

Still have the golf today along with my polo gt that I bought 4 years ago.

3 cars in 10 years of driving, of which I still have 2. Not bad really.

at 16
1988 yamaha rd 50cc motorbike
at 17
i bought a mk 1 ford feista and got given a mk4 escort dident pass my driving test so carried on useing bikes and the fords rotted away (2 down loads to go)
at 18
the olds bought me a 1998 aprilia classic cutom 125 motorbike and used that
at 19 i passed my test for car on 3rd atempt and bought my dads 1988 polo square back
at 20 i got given a fiat 126 bis and gave it to my little sister (dont do fiats)
warter pump went on the square back so i treated myself to a 1984 polo coupe pics on the no rice web site heres the link please tell me what u think http://norice.topcities.com/index.php?m=31&cid=64

believe it or not but all the cars i have owned (3 of them) have all been polo's hehe.

1 mk2 hatch with a mk1 golf engine
1 mk3 cl which had half a gt engine in lol
1 mk3 gt which i still have

and i had a italjet dragster 50cc scooter before i began driving cars

A Specialized M4 rollin on 24" rims and Pace MCXD Evo 2 forks, Hope Pro series disks front, Richey seat post and more. Almost identical to this 1 but without the rear discs and mine had yellow tyres and gold pedals.

i started driving in my mums 1.4 tdi
then bought a 16v golf
now got my own mk3 gt

Well i started with a dark blue mk3 G-reg squareback Polo, then moved on2 a silver mk3 J-reg coupe Polo & now im driving a Modena green mk3 K-reg coupe Polo GT! Thats been over the last 2 years that ive been driving.

Interesting thread...

First of all, I drove my mums panda, but dad only let me do it once because i decided the best course of action was to rev the nuts off the effer and he didn't want it to blow (no rev limiter if memory serves). So he had to lift my little legs off the pedals (...i was about 7 years old ). Fool let me have a go with his cavvy too on a disused runway and had to repeat the process.

After that.... well... a series of bikes that either couldn't stand up to the power of my legs (I swear some of them must have had gears/chains made out of tin) or my tendancy to fall off on grass. Best being a 15-speed green Apollo that must have cost my folks all of about £49 quid, was really heavy, but stood up to a lot of abuse. Finally died when I bent the chainwheel - the only bit I still haven't learned how to replace. Used the wheels to resurrect an old 10-speed with bent spokes...

Then splashed out on another Apollo, purple with front suspension, that thing was the shiznit... once I fitted some decent brakes. And some welsh scally waste of oxygen went and bloody stole it from Uni 6 months later. Gutted. Off the insurance I got some "Scott" piece of w*nk that I can barely stand to ride any more, especially with a motor alternative (the gears are duff, the brakes are duff, the tyres i had to replace after 3 months, the seating position and saddle are nasty - destroyed my faith in "quality" bike brands just a little...)

In the meantime, I learnt in a Fiesta with a small driving school. Car *looked* nice, but was awful. No feel through the steering, seats that cut off the circulation in your legs, less poke than the Polo even though it was a 1.2...
Day that I passed my test (and not a minute sooner!) I got access to mum's Punto for trucking around to school, ferrying my brother about, visiting Dad etc. Nice blue colour, handsome looking vehicle, five doors very handy, comfy seats and a good stereo. Good engine (75hp) - would do 115 with a bit of encouragement (rarely dared go past 99 tho , could pull from idle in (21/1000) top on a quarter throttle, and I once even cursed it for not being able to beat 90 in a headwind... oh, happy days.
A few faults though.... the handling was a bit dodgy, not a good thing for a new driver who sometimes gets lead footed. Overcooked quite a few roundabouts when it suddenly had a weight shift on entering or exiting and I had to play dodge-the-truck. Twisties were a bit more enjoyable (where that sort of behaviour is more usable) but it still felt stodgy and "fat" even though being lightweight. The ECU was flippin' mental, at least when it came to injectors - it thought they were cooked on a regular basis (they always checked out fine) and would shut off a cylinder for a half mile or limit you to about half throttle until you stopped the engine and started it again. That blinking little red light was the reason it got sold.
Oh yeah, and the clutch self destructed. It was my fault for sure, but it gave a stunningly small amount of warning. A yellow card when it didnt so much slip as let the engine run free on entering an A-road, then working fine for the rest of the trip. Two days later it suddenly upped and imploded completely when mum was at the wheel - turning right across a dual carriageway.

Then I went to uni, she sold it the week before and got a Rover, for which a student on the insurance was insanely expensive. So back to the bikes. Til the next summer, when I briefly borrowed a Mini cooper (for a day - *fantastic* fun to drive but impractical) off one of Dads friends, and then their Clio for three weeks. Which was very, very similar to the Punto, but 3 door, a bit flimsier in the metalwork, less torquey - and handled *much* better. It was almost impossible to make a mistake in it. Were the insurance to have been more affordable, I might have ended up on a Renault forum.

Comments: Nick, HALF a GT engine?
Matt.. you should have tuned up that 126! Stock versions are awful, but wider tyres (like... 135s ), a blower or whatever bigger engine you can squeeze in, remove the rear bench, they go zoom zoom. Like a boil-washed Cooper or a squared-off 500 abarth. (your coupe looks very shiny btw)
Dub envy.... ohhhh.... i just hope you didnt do such evil things to the Metro as are going on round my way


...still waiting for my kodama keychain to come thru the post ...
(but i got that NTSC copy of P.M. at last, featurettes and literal subs (and french vocals) rock my world)

Y-Reg MK2 Polo Formel E (Vinyl "Addidas" Stripes down each side, tinted rear window, eyebrows)

L-Reg MK3 Golf Ryder (15" OZ Polaris)

N-Reg Astra 1.4 Low Torque - Company Car

P-Reg Astra 1.6 16v GLS - Company Car

L-Reg MK3 Golf Ryder (15" OZ Polaris) AGAIN (bought it back off my mum!)

T-Reg 6N Polo 1.4 CL (15" OZ Polaris, Eibach Springs, Piper Exhaust, K&N, Ibiza Sideskirts and Chin, Kamai Mesh Grille, Hella Black rear light clusters, smoked side repeates, clear indicators)

W-Reg 6N2 Polo GTi 1.6 16v etc etc etc....