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[80mojo]

Vauxhall Carlton Diamond 3.0 24v straight-six, decatted and chipped to 230bhp (on dynodemon rolling road)
it was a bit (lot) tatty - three different colour panels, not including two tones of rust 
Loved sitting at the traffic lights next to a boy racer in a chavved up saxo then seeing the faces as I left them behind.

Always intended to do a full rebuild and respray on it (hence the different panels), but after some tw*i*t ran into it just as I lost my business, it was sat in the garden for two years rotting away.
Ended up breaking it (and my heart).
I'm gonna buy another one as soon as I can - if I can prise one of the 12(?) left away from it's owner.
There's a 2.0 diamond on the bay now, but gotta have the 3.0

Ahem...

lol 

[tigers_gonads]

Favourite ............ Re2000 (very fast mk2 golf gti)

Worst ............. has to be this shed i'm driving at the moment 

[farty_towels]

As much as I just love my current Omega, sentimentally I have to say my favourite was a white peugeot 405 diesel, my very first brand new car! It would run forever and it made me realise that I just loved longer wheelbase cars! I saw it just once after I sold it, a few years later, it was totally wrecked, after all the love I showed it too, nearly made me cry!

[TheBoy]

As much as I just love my current Omega, sentimentally I have to say my favourite was a white peugeot 405 diesel, my very first brand new car! It would run forever and it made me realise that I just loved longer wheelbase cars! I saw it just once after I sold it, a few years later, it was totally wrecked, after all the love I showed it too, nearly made me cry!

Just seen the pics of my beloved Rover.... 

[cem_devecioglu]

honestly, no idea.. my budget was enough only to buy second hand 8-10 year old cars which were a bottomless money pit already
 
wish I had them from new..
 
ps: here cheapest cars in 10 years age start from 5-6K £

[Guinney1971]

will have to look out for that beasty Pete, as I'm only 1 junction down the M1 from you   

That would turn heads at the fortnightly car meets at Papplewick in the Summer   

Claire

Hi Claire. I didn't realize you were that close I plan on having a few runs down there this coming year, she'll be back on the road late March & can't wait (though the neighbours can )

Cool!!!  well I'll either be in a DeLorean, the Avantime or 'Nuke' (last Mk3 Cav) - see ya there!! 

[Hovelite]

This might sound stupid, but my first company car was a Maestro Diesel Turbo...   Admittedly not the prettiest thing and probably more aerodynamic in reverse, but the london black cab Perkins diesel had more grunt than you would believe.  As a young site engineer I was doing 40K plus per year and "The Throbmonster" took it all in it's stride.

You just had to remember to put your foot down 2 minutes before you needed the turbo to cut in  then you had the added bonus of a thick black smokescreen to smother anyone giving chase!

Had to give it up when the (never to be trusted) brakes failed to avert an argument with a 40T dozer blade on an earthworks job 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I had an MOT failed Simca 1000 which had the engine in the boot (Think French Hillman Imp!) which I thrashed around the farm when I was about 15.  It was great for handbrake and J-turns and in this car I learned to drift and control skids!!  Great experience!!   

Other favourites were a 1980 Ford Cortina 2.2 auto estate called Yolanda which I drove around Australia.  She had no 2nd gear so had to be thrashed in 1st and then she slid straight into 3rd (Chug chug!  ), a Morris Marina 1800 TC Coupe in mustard with a black go faster stripe up the bonnet, and a Renault 5 GTL which had more filler than metal in the bodywork, was thrashed within an inch of it's life and was superb fun!! Especially on roundabouts!!!   

[jonnycool]

Mk2 astra 5dr Sri heavily modified with group a rally suspension and engine mounts, straight through exhaust and rebuilt engine running silly compression ratio.  It was only a 1.8 8v but was quicker than the 2.0 16v and would out handle anything it went against.  Only got rid because the front chassis and inner wings parted company with the rest of the car.

LOL, thats because all the metal components were made out of tin foil . Made it superbly light though.

My mum bought a 1.4 Citroen AX new, F plate, think it was a 88 model. When she and dad bought the beemer (that she still has, K reg 318iS), my little bro bought the AX, which was the first time I drove it. Jeez, that thing went like the clappers for a 1.4.  Could get the power down better than my 2l GTE from a standing start, and was less leary in the bends. I scared my bro witless when I drove his AX around the Fens.  Obviously lacked the top end of the GTE.  Trouble with it, on a windy day, it was blown about all over the place. And I certainly wouldn't have wanted to be in an accident in it.

Same with the Mk2 Astra, just too light to be 'safe' in a collision.

you'd be surprised.

my sister wrote off our 3 door Ax GT , going backwards in to a field at 60 ,  down a 6ft drop,....   backwards end over end roll

not a panel left straight,  tailgate  gone altogether ,  2 alloys cracked,  absolutely totalled.



her injuries?

cuts and bruises,  mostly because she ended up on the roof, and didn't brace herself when she undid her seatbelt.   


quick little bugger it was,  had it right off the end of the speedo more than a few times.....   redline at 7-8k,  damn thing would hit it in 5th ......and economical too!       i did 1000 miles in it on a  2 week holiday in north wales ,  driving VERY quickly, on some of my all time favourite roads,   and still averaged near 50mpg

This reminds me of the time that two workmates of mine managed to turn over the car that they were driving (way too fast of course). They both sighed with relief as they were hanging upside down by their seatbelts, completely unhurt. Then they both undid themselves and ended up in neck braces after landing head-first on the roof 

[Guinney1971]

lol, you'd be surprised at how many times I've heard of people doing that!!  (I've got one cousin who's a paramedic, and another who's a copper)

[Marks DTM Calib]

To be totaly honest it was my old 1.2 Nova.

Bought it for bugger all and ran it for 9 years putting 90K miles on it.

It did everything and was go kart like so quite good fun.

[pauls]

best car BMW 325i E30 soft top with full leather and all round m-tech Worst car a chocolate brown 1.8 auto sierra.

[geoffr70]

A 1990 MK II MR2 turbo t-bar. Mint condition import, lowered suspension, decatted, de restricted, race clutch and electronic boost controller. I got it when I was 20 in 2003, it was group 20 insurance so don't ask how much that cost!

It would boost from tickover. When idling it would give a lovely "bom bom bom bom" sound, and it made some amazing noises when booting it. It would spit and pop as well. I once travelled 340 miles in 3 hrs 15 mins, and that was with a petrol stop!

It was so quick it would rip your face off! Loads of people would try go race it, but no one beat it, I even embarrassed a gsxr once. T5s, gtis, gsis, type r, saab turbos, nothing could beat it!

Underrated cars, but most are modified and abused crap now.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Also quite a soft spot for my Triumph Acclaim - it was immaculate (until a Volvo took my hard up the arse), and was my first car. Bought it from my grandparents, who had had it from new. Went like the clappers for what it was. Corners were 'interesting' though.

And many here will know my warmth for Project TB2 - aka TRACTOR!

Oh dear.....

[Jusme]

Of all the cars I've had there are two I can't choose between.. 1. Facel Vega HK500. Great V8stomp. 2. Sierra Cosworth RS500. chipped to around 320. Loved everything about that one. I hope the turd/s who nicked it 'got theirs'...