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I tend to keep my cars for a while so I have only had 3 cars since passing my test

1st Car - 1986 MG Metro 1300 - Retro Hatchback!

I rolled about in this for nearly 2 years it was immaculate! Bit of a strange choice for a young lad but I always had a soft spot for the MG Metro's, especially the Turbo's!
Good little cars despite the bad reputation! I still actually own this car but its going to be sold later this year

Spec - 13" Team Dynamic alloys, Maniflow exhaust system, Uprated shocks, Metro Turbo Rear ARB, K&N Bolt on Carb filter & various engine bling!






2nd Car - 2000 Volskwagen Polo GTI

Well most of you will already know this car which is now owned by Mandy
I looked at these for over 12 months before actually buying one, picked it up in 2008 from South Wales and loved every minute of my ownership!

Without doubt the most enjoyable car I have owned, the looks and attention it got was awesome!

Spec (When I owned it) - 16" BBS RXII's with T1R tyres, Spax RSX Coilovers, EBC Discs & Pads, Tinted windows, BMC CDA, Xenon bulb upgrades, Smooth Bumpers & Mongoose Exhaust








3rd (Current) Car - 2005 Honda Civic Type R

Picked this up in June 2011 from Newport in South Wales (all my cars seem to be from South Wales)
I was tempted by the EP3 after going on several Honda meets with my mate and I was looking to replace the Polo so eventually decided to get one! I wanted a Milano Red EP3 originally but after going to Gloucester to see a "Pink" one it put me off the Milano's as they are notorious for fading. The very next day I travelled to Newport and bought this beauty!

Current Spec - Tegiwa Carbon Airbox, Spoon N1 backbox, Supersprint Un-silenced B-Pipe, Piper 4-2-1 Manifold with 200 Cell Sports CAT, Eibach Pro Kit Springs, Eibach front Camber Bolts & Rear camber arms, Tegiwa Lower control arms, Tegiwa Tie Bar, JDM Rear ARB, J's racing Strut Brace, Spoon socks, Carbon plug & Inlet covers, Red intake & breather hoses, Mugen Oil Cap & radiator Cap, Stainless Dome nuts & K20 washers, ABP Motorsport FRSU, Energy Suspension Engine Mounts, 02 Simulator, Pre-Facelift rear lights & Yokohoma Prade Spec 2 tyres all round!

- June Updates - K100 Hondata ECU chip, RBC inlet Manifold (Port matched), 70mm Bill throttle body & TDI North Re-map!
- Future Plans - Wavertec LSD, Stoptech BBK 330mm brake kit, Toda A3 Cams, Wheel Refurb, Toyo R888's & More Carbon bits!

I bought this car and had intended to keep it standard








Right that's my car History - So what's yours???

Will upload pics later but my order of ownership is

1995 rover 100
1994 rover 416
1995 rover 220 turbo, heavily modified running a proven 240bhp
1995 rover 620ti. Lightly modified 200bhp
1996 rover 800 vitesse sport 210 bhp
1995 Kawasaki zxr 400
2000 fiat punto
2007 vauxhall vivaro van
2000 Kawasaki zx7r
2002 Renault laguna dci
2006 fiat doblo
2000 ford fiesta
2000 polo 6n2 gti
2007 polo 9n3 gti


Long list and I'm only 25!

1st Renault clio 'grande'

2nd Polo Gti 'numero uno'

3rd Polo Gti 'numero duo'

4th Seat Leon Cupra R 225 ' red dragon'

5th Current Polo Gti

I'm aiming to keep number 5 for a little longer than usual !

Some Nice cars there lads
Joe completed a hat-trick of black 3dr GTI's

I'm 18, owned these three. Mainly bikes but meh.
Looking to get a Mk5 Golf to replace the wee Polo in the near future.

2010-2011 2005/55 Aprilia RS50
2011-Current 2006/06 Aprilia RS125
2011-Current 2003/52 Volkswagen Polo 1.2s

Mine:

1. 1990 Mini Flame



2. Vauxhall Corsa sport



3. Peugeot 106 Gti

Subtle huh!!



4. VW Golf Mk4 Gti



5. Ford Focus St170



6. VW Polo Gti

Anyone remember it?





7. VW Golf mk1 Gti

*does not look anything like this anymore



8. VW Golf mk4 Gti

New daily, now back on standard gti wheels.

1) FIAT Punto 2a - not bad, quite basic, but scary brakes!

2) Skoda Fabia (the Joda) - decent car when it worked. Which wasn't often!

3) VW Polo (the Jolo) - most fun car I've owned. My favourite looking too, and most coveted by my friends. Kept it for the longest, and alongside 4, 5 and 6. Only thing I've ever had to do to keep it on the road is tyres. And a coil pack after one of the prongs shattered.

4) RX-8 231 (the Jazda) - pretty epic piece of machinery. Too expensive to run, and not much fun on the roads due to the high levels of grip you never really push the car. Fantastic noise and engine though! The best MPG of 22 put me off driving it anyway. Kinda defeats the point of a car and the final nail in its coffin.

5) Golf 4 GTTDI 150 (the Jolf). I think I'd be right in saying it's the worst car I've ever driven. Crap handling, MASSIVE body roll, crap brakes, not fast, not fun, not a good noise, not good looking, bland inside. Comfy ish though and not bad on fuel.

6) Looking to replace the Golf. Thinking 330d maybe?

Not a great list, but I've only just turned 21 in my defence!

July 2008-July 2010 Ford Escort 1.3



July 2010 - July 2011 6N2 GTI (miss it )



July 2011 - PresentWill probably been keeping this one for a few years, then onto something like a MKV R32

1) Peugeot 206 1.9D

I was given this car as my first car. Belonged to my sister. Had been in a smash and was a scary motor indeed. Had no power and seemed to just have a constant oil leak. Also had a massive dent in the drivers side quarter panel where someone drove into the side of me at some traffic lights.
The throttle cable snapped one day in a town centre and I bumped into a polish man who managed to work out the problem and tie the cable together. This caused the car to idle quite high despite the pedal lying really low and having next to no travel.
The brake servo hissed constantly until I put my foot on the brakes (I think) and the pedal always felt hard like when you have the car turned off and you pump the pedal.
The clutch 'went' on me one day too... Being only 17 and inexperienced I drove home (~30 miles) in 2nd rather than trying to rev match.
The engine used to cut out too. Just whenever it felt like it the engine would cut.. It was apparently a fuel pump issue but I'm not so sure, so had that replaced and the issue was resolved until...
A few weeks later the cambelt snapped and that was that. It lay on my drive for weeks and I eventually sold the car for parts and it was gone.
Worst. Car. Ever.

2) VW Polo 6n2 1.9D

I spent a long time researched the 6n2. Loved how it looked and how modern they looked for the price too. Cheap to run and insure. This one I bought I sort of stumbled across by chance after nearly giving up looking for one in decent condition. Never caused me any problems and still have it today (my dad owns it now). He's looked after it well. It's on something like 180,000 miles now.

3) VW Polo 6n2 GTi

I love this car and hate it sometimes. Sometimes it just doesn't feel like it runs properly (still has a jumpy throttle and feeling a little flat) but bar the gearbox it's caused me no REAL big problems and I've had a lot of fun with it. Just wish I could afford to spend the money on it to make it mint.

Godderz23 wrote:
3. Peugeot 106 Gti

Subtle huh!!

Pahhhahahahahahhahaha Thats awesome Chris!

my zx7r



the 800 vitesse sport, the car i miss the most!



my zxr 400



my 220 turbo, the fastest, most brutal car ive ever driven.

Those 220 Turbos were seriously underrated, the guy I bought my Metro from had a couple of them which were immaculate! (Heavily modified too)
I doubt there are many of them left on the roads these days

1st: 1.0 corsa b

2nd: 2.0 mk4 golf GTI

3rd: 2.0 red top corsa b

4th: 2.5 TD Nissan navara

5th: 3.0 2004 range rover

6th: 1.4 corsa b sport with 1.6 sport engine

7th: 2008 BMW 330 M (only a run around as was my old mans)

8th: finally back to a dub with the 6n2 GTI

9th: on the look out for a 1.8 8v mk2 golf GTI as a project

1st 2004-2005 - 1999 Blue Vauxhall Corsa Sport 1.6 3 Door
2nd 2005-2011 - 2001 Sliver VW Polo GTI 3 Door
3rd 2012- Now - 2009 Black Audi S3 8P3 3 Door


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