Your previous cars and their mods!

Oh God no i feel old...lol.

First car back in 1994 was a:

91 Ford Escort 1.6Lx, RS2000 kit and full ICE system.
Mazda RX7 FC3S Twin Turbo 490BHP
Pulsar GTiR 305BHP
Astra GTE 2.0 16V 195BHP
Integra Type R Basic Mods
3 Civic VTi's, 1 tuned to 221BHP on a 1.6
Impreza STi 6 Type R 390BHP
Nissan R32 GTR 520BHP
Nissan R33 GTR 545BHP
Nissan R34 GTR 620BHP
Brabus CLK63 500BHP Massive Torque
2 Lancer Evo 3's both around 340BHP
Lancer Evo 7 RS 350BHP
Lancer Evo 8 MR 400BHP
200SX Drift Car 295BHP
180SX Drift Car 480BHP
2 Clio RS200 Just handling mods no point chasing power..lol.

Various Bikes too, ZX6R, ZX7R, R1, GSX1000R, CBR600RR & CBR1000RR.

Have had various Merc's, BM's, VW's and Audi's but can't be bothered to fill out about them.lol.

Tony

Dystant said:

How did that happen I thought you just get 3 points for speeding?


That engine looks amazing! What BHP was it?


Those are some seriously nice cars, I'm very jealous! Which was your favorite?



I bet that was quick! What BHP did it have?

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The 335 was left hand drive with a Ferrari sports exhaust if was epic but life was very different happier now

MG Metro - Standard
Ford Fiesta XR2 - Standard
Vauxhall Nova GTE - Standard
Ford Escort XR3i - Standard
Suzuki Swift GTi - Janspeed Exhaust
Ford Escort XR3i - Scorpion Exhaust
Ford Fiesta XR2i - Mongoose Exhaust, K&N Induction Kit, Superchip, Power Boost Valve
Ford Escort GTi (yes they did make a GTi) - Standard
Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 - Prodrive Speedline 17in Alloys, Prodrive Exhaust
Subaru Impreza P1 - Alcon 6 Pot Calipers, Prodrive OZ 18in Alloys, Prodrive Exhaust, Forge Dump Valve
Subaru Impreza STI Type UK - Standard
Subaru Impreza STI Type UK PPP - 300bhp Prodrive Performance Pack, Prodrive Speedline 18in Alloys,
STI Front Splitter, Prodrive Rear Diff Guard
Ford Fiesta Zetec S - Standard
Renault Clio 182 - Standard
Renault Clio 197 R27 - Cup Spolier, RS Front Splitter, ITG Filter

Various bikes, SV 650 Sport, GSXR 600/1000, R1

Favourite car so far Impreza P1 - awesome! Favourite bike Suzuki GSXR 600 K7 - perfect power to weight for the road.
Current cars - 182 for fun daily driving, R27 for nice days. Current bike - Yamaha YZF R1 Crossplane with HEL lines, Brembo discs and pads, Akrapovic decat and end cans, Gilles rearsets and levers, GBRacing protection covers, full suspension set up for my weight - mental bike which takes a lot of self restraint to ride at legal speeds!

My cars...
Ford Fiesta Mk4 1.25 Ghia X - First car that I learnt to drive in. Kept it standard.
Ford Fiesta Mk5 Zetec-S - Powerflow twin exit exhaust, Pipercross viper intake. Proper boy racer yo!
Honda Civic Type R EP3 - KPRO ECU, DC 4-2-1 exhaust manifold, De-cat, Piper exhaust, JDM inlet manifold, ITG Maxogen intake. Eibach pro 30mm springs, rear camber adjusters and front camber bolts + fast road alignment/setup. Powerflex engine mount inserts.
Citroen Saxo VTS - Some sort of RAM air intake (eBay special) and a Magnex exhaust
Corsa VXR Nurburgring - Pipercross cone filter, but took it off after a while
Skoda Fabia vRS - Remap
Clio 197 - Milltek resonated cat back exhaust and K&N panel filter

Safe to say after spunking a load of money on modding the Civic, as fun as it was, I can't justify doing it again lol. If the Clio hadn't already had the Milltek on it when I bought it I probably would have just kept it standard.

309 1.3GL - learned to drive in it, then bought if off my parents.
Cavalier 1.8. Lasted 3 months then written off
205 XS. Brilliant buzzbox.
Renault laguna - tedious barge
309 Gti - road rally car.
306 TD - cheap to run, nice handling, a little dull
405 Mi-16. Lovely q-car. Superb ride, epic engine
MR2 turbo - another good q-car as grey import only. Surprised quite a few people with it!
Lotus Elise S1 Sport 160 - every drive an experience.
Lotus M100 Elan - toured france, best FWD car I'd owned (until the Clio!)
BMW Z4m roadster - epic noise, shite ride
306 GTI - cheap to run shed for commuting
Clio 197 - best handling FWD car I've owned, possibly even driven
Caterham - road legal go-kart

jont- said:

309 1.3GL - learned to drive in it, then bought if off my parents.
Cavalier 1.8. Lasted 3 months then written off
205 XS. Brilliant buzzbox.
Renault laguna - tedious barge
309 Gti - road rally car.
306 TD - cheap to run, nice handling, a little dull
405 Mi-16. Lovely q-car. Superb ride, epic engine
MR2 turbo - another good q-car as grey import only. Surprised quite a few people with it!
Lotus Elise S1 Sport 160 - every drive an experience.
Lotus M100 Elan - toured france, best FWD car I'd owned (until the Clio!)
BMW Z4m roadster - epic noise, shite ride
306 GTI - cheap to run shed for commuting
Clio 197 - best handling FWD car I've owned, possibly even driven
Caterham - road legal go-kart

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What was up with the Z4? I love the look of them

Er, right:

Ford Fiesta 950 popular - modified it by wrapping it around a large tree.
Escort 1.1 flame - modified this one by hitting a house.
XR3i - bucked the trend and actually managed to sell this whole !
Cavalier SRi - modded this by T-boning someone at a junction (Normal service resumed)
Orion 1.6i Ghia - whatever.
Astra GTE - Got stolen
Renault 19 16v - Got this to around 170hp. Not a bad car.
Escort 1.8 Gti - Fitted a 2 litre cam'd Mondeo lump, bodies etc etc and standalone management- ran around 190hp.
Citroen Saxo - Cammed,light flywheel,manifold,system, loads of electrickery and 100hp of NOS too. Ran 13.4 @ 105 (?) at the Pod.
Citroen C2 Loeb - Lowered, stiffened, widened, exhaust, filter - great car.
Clio - Kept it rubber side down so far

^^^^^Will get some pics up soon as i can.......

Im really a 2-wheel man at heart though. TBH - my car just gets to to work and back with a smile on my face. Heres some:

You guys have had some seriously nice cars (and bikes)! Good to hear that the Clios still get a lot of praise, even in the company of all these great motors!

Big Ben said:

What was up with the Z4? I love the look of them

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It's an utterly epic engine, but the gearing means top end of 3rd is over 100mph, 4th good for about 140. 6th is geared for just over 200mph. The ride is appalling. On the fen roads around me, the 306GTi I had at the same time was faster A-B. The Z4M was fine on billiard table smooth tarmac, but elsewhere just felt crashy. I also had at the back of my mind that should anything go wrong, it was a 48k car originally and would have bills to match (the first owner lost over £1/mile just in depreciation ). It also liked a drink - never saw above 30mpg even on a very gentle run, and very easy to get below 20.

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I'll look at the 330bhp variant. Think it has 7speed auto

Big Ben said:

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I'll look at the 330bhp variant. Think it has 7speed auto

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Are you looking at the newer model? They only did an 'M' variant on the E85, and it was manual only. No idea what the newer E89 is like. On the E85, the 3.0 is almost as quick (most of the M's power is right at the top end), and it's much more economical. On the downside the non-M cars have runflats which make the ride even worse, but you can swap those for non-RFs.

/thread-drift

Bikes:

1st took to the road in December '76 on my Puch VZ50P.

In '78 upgraded to Honda CB125J.

Followed by Yamaha XS650 which I toured through Europe at 19, France, Belgium, West Germany, Austria, Italy,going behind the "iron curtain" through what was then Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania,Hungary & Switzerland on the way back. My 1st big adventure.

Honda CX500, again toured through to Bulgaria & back by a slightly different route.

Kawasaki Z1000J (My favourite of the bikes I've owned)

Suzuki GS550 got from a mate for a seafood pizza & a can of Heineken!

BMW K100 RS

BMW K75/S

Cars:

Mini 1000 A real go kart, always meant to get another.

MGB GT

Vauxhall Nova SR

Another MGB GT which I popped a sports exhaust on with a bomb middle box. My mate lived at the far end of his village & when I was visiting him he could hear me coming, slow down for the 30mph limit & cruising through the village so he'd always be waiting at his front gate.

VW Santana GX5 , loved this. Cheap way into an "Audi". Saloon version of Passat hatchback with 5 pot engine. Really smooth.

Then bought my 1st house so got MG Metro. Great fun & vastly under-rated in my opinion. Handled like a go kart.

Gave up cars fo a bit as I had my K75/S bike.

Tired of winter motorcycling got a Metro City. Tin box with a heater. Just what I needed. Bought 12 years old with 10k on clock (!) from an old lady who literally used it for shopping once a week & church on Sundays. Got written off when someone drove into the back of me. Her insurers gave me more than I thought it was worth & I was happy as I think it would've failed it's MOT a fortnight later as it was rusting badly. Sold to a friend of a friend for spares.

My mum had just died so I took over her Metro 1.4i (Metros seem drawn to me). This had the CVT gearbox which I loved. You could hold it high in the rev range & the car would catch up with the engine. Strange sensation until you got used to it.

Mercedes 190E. Loved it.

Mitsubishi Galant estate. Boring.

Alfa 156 1.9JTD. One of the best cars I've ever owned. Totally reliable in 7.5 years of ownership.

Current cars

Clio RS200

Mercedes E250 CGI cabriolet.

First car was a 1.1 Fiat Seicento S - put a k&n on it and lowered it on apex springs.

2nd car was my 1994 Starlet GT - td04 turbo, forged internals etc

I then moved onto a 2007 clio dynamique 's 138 which I had a cat back system put onto.

Then bought a 1.8 tdci focus before moving onto my :-

2007 Clio 197

Which I then sold and bought an MP260 Focus ST and fitted an RS clutch.

Whilst owning the focus I bought a YBR 125 then moved onto an SV650 when I got my full license -

And now I own a clio 200t

Great to see so many bike owners on here.

First car was a 1998 Clio 1.2 RL Paris, had it 8 months and it broke down. My mom got worried about me and wanted me to get something newer and safer, so she helped me buy my second car.

Second car was a 2006 Clio 1.2 Campus Sport , had 9 miles on the clock when I got it. Kept it for just over 3 years.

Third car, Clio 197. Loved it, wife didn't like driving it on cold start map so changed it

Fourth was a Mazda 3 MPS. Loved it, so quick and well equipped. Then bought a house, so car went.

Fifth, Peugeot 307 1.6 hdi . That's all I'll say.

Sixth, Mazda 6 2.2 D estate. Still got it, great car but big and not very exciting.

Seventh , Clio 182. Such good fun, but I spent £1k on repairs and maintenance in 5months and more needed doing. I got fed up of spending on it so got rid.

Eighth, Clio 200t, which I've had for a month. Love it.