Your car history

[bobcat]

@philf1, thanks for sharing great selection

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[bmac800]

Metro 1.3 which I wrecked first time I drove in snow

Maestro 1.3 which I should have wrecked

Capri 1.6GL which I wrecked

MG Metro 1.3

Mk1 XR2 in silver which has since been restored and is on the show circuit

Mk3 XR3i

Mk3 RS1600i in silver which was a rust bucket

Mk4 RS Turbo in Mercury Grey with BBR chip

Sierra Cosworth 4×4 in Flint Grey fitted with Castle Engineering 340bhp kit

1999 Subaru Impreza in Mica Blue and Gold Speedlines which was my first ever new car

2001 Subaru Impreza Bugeye UK300 new

2005 Subaru Impreza STI Type UK PPP in white which was one of only a handful of white cars new

2004 Fiesta 1.2 bought damaged cat D and repaired then ran for about 6 years as a second car , easily best buy ever

2010 Focus RS Mk2 in white which was unreliable and sold after 3500 miles new

2013 Fiesta ST new

2016 Focus ST facelift in stealth with Bluefin new

2017 Focus RS FPM 375 in Nitrous new

[bobcat]

Another fine selection @bmac800,

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[andy-k]

BMAC, that’s a great list. The Subaru’s were really were the way to go back then for reliable/cost effective fun. I have not heard of MK2 Focus RS reliability issues, was it a Friday afternoon car?

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Edition, FPM 375

[stalker037]

Passed my test April 2015.

1st car – MG midget 1500 (still have it)

2nd car – Citroen c1

3rd car – newer Citroen c1

4th car – Peugeot 106 independence

5th car – Ford Focus RS ?

 

was a bit of a step up from the old pug to the focus. 

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17 plate Frozen white, lux pack, forged wheels, DEP, Sync3

@frozenmk3 on Instagram

[stalker037]

part of me still wishes I had kept the little Peugeot. Would have saved me putting so many miles on the RS

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17 plate Frozen white, lux pack, forged wheels, DEP, Sync3

@frozenmk3 on Instagram

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[Matt. B]

Bloody hell stalker that is a massive upgrade! Fair play!

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440bhp

443lbft

[bobcat]

Wow, have to agree what a fantastic step up in such a short time, all credit to you ?

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[shakedown1979]

Here’s my somewhat random selection of motors… Despite having lusted after a Sapphire Cossie most of my life, I never ever owned a Ford until 2015. Have a chuckle at the rest of this nonsense…

– Vauxhall Astra GL. Think it was something like an old suffix Y-plate, bought it off a mate and sold it back to him a few weeks later, for 50 quid.
– Rover Meastro HLE. Dodgy auto-choke conversion, ran like a bag of spanners and it got left on the corner of my road… for a long while.
– Citroen ZX Avantage. J plate. Got written off at a junction in Walthamstow. Had a bootful of MTX subwoofers.
– Citroen ZX Dimension. M plate. Replaced the written-off one above. I liked these cars despite them being a bit fuddy-duddy.
– Vauxhall Astra SRi. Y plate. First car I financed, modified it a lot, then put back to standard and gave back to the finance company.
– Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6. G plate.
– Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9. D plate. Had both at the same time… 1.6 was never but in worse condition, 1.9 was solid and I sold it for about 900 quid. How I wish I’d kept that.
– VW Golf mk2 GTI 16v, D plate. This car rarely left the garage and was in bits mostly. Broke it for spares in the end.
– Vauxhall Corsa TD, L plate, maybe, no idea. What a horrible car but got from A to B OK. Went on a bit of a spending cut here (you probably can’t tell).
– VW Bora SE TDI, V plate. Great mile muncher for the travelling I was doing at the time. Until it spat the head gasket out.
– Peugeot 306 GTI, R plate. What a fantastic car. Lost it as part of a relationship break-up, after which it nearly caught fire in disgust.
– VW Golf V6 4Motion, Y plate. Another great car, with a serious drink problem. Regret selling this one though, was mint.
– Citroen ZX 16V, L plate. Trying to re-live my youth but with the car I wanted at the time… instead of a 1.4; same engine as the 306 GTI. Didn’t drive like it though.
– Vauxhall Astra Turbo Convertible, 2002. Have never owned another car longer than this one, wish I still had it really.
– Vauxhall Astra Turbo Convertible, 2004. Bought this from a place in Cheshire everyone probably has heard of – low miles, mint, every option, lightly modified. Sold it a few weeks later, was just too nice.
– Mercedes CLK 430, V plate. What a shed. Gearbox nearly financially ruined me. Quick in a straight line, death trap if it wasn’t dry on the road.
– VW Golf PD130, 2003. Another mile muncher, all fine until a lorry tin-opened it outside the house… Write off.
And then I get a Ford!
– Ford Fiesta ST-3, 2015. The first brand new car I owned, Mountune’d from the dealer. Easily the most fun car I ever had to that point… It just felt so quick.
– Vauxhall Omega Elite, 2001. 3.2 litres of take me to the filling station. I loved this car, but it drank so much petrol it wasn’t funny.
– Ford Focus ST-3, 2017. Traded the Fiesta for this, never really totally fell in love with it though. Just didn’t feel as quick or as nimble as the Fiesta did. Probably drove more miles in Europe than I did at home in this car.
– VW Bora 1.8T, 2002. I’ve still got this, gets me to and from work, has the 180hp anniversary lump and has 120,000 miles on.
– Ford Fiesta ST-2, 2019. Traded the Focus for this. Mountune’d it. Loved it. Quick quick car in all situations. Can’t fault it… just the chance came up to replace it.
– Ford Focus RS, 2017… and here we are..!

[bobcat]

@979, nice mix ?

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[DirkGently68]

My extremely embarrassing car history: (IIRC)

Ford Sierra (Mk1) 2.0GL, Vauxhall Cavalier (Mk2) 1.8, Honda Civic (Mk3) 1.5S, Ford Escort (Mk6) 1.4L, Volkswagen Polo (Mk5) 1.4L, Seat Leon Cupra (1P) 2.0L and now the Mk3 Focus RS

[nicklulu]

• 1994 Mazda Protege LX
• 1992 Honda Civic EG6 (done tons of work on it)
• 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR (not as much mods as the Civic)
• 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X MR (minor bolt-on mods)
• 2018 Ford Focus RS Limited edition (I think its the Blue Edition in the UK)

 

 

 

[jamesey78]

I’ll throw my hat in the ring, just remember I worked for Vauxhall for 12 years ?

• 1984 Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus (Sold a guitar and amp to buy for £500)
• 1989 Fiesta XR2 (What a car, wish I still had it)
• 1998 Mk4 Astra 1.8 Sport (First  brand new car, a treat to celebrate completing my apprenticeship. Shite car, bought 3 months after launch, should’ve waited!)
• 2005 Mk2 Focus Zetec Climate (Heated screen, enough said!)
• 2006 Mk5 Astra 1.9 CDTi SRi 150 (Practical and not bad, 70 miles a day commute led to the devil’s fuel. Stoved the rear quarter in by crashing it into my own wall the first time I drove it off my drive after having my plaster taken off my broken leg though, twat!)
• 2013 Mk7.5 Fiesta Zetec S 1.6 TDCi (Brand new, a bit more reliable for the commute)
• 2015 Mk3.5 Focus ST3 TDCi (Tangerine Scream, love that colour. Mapped it to 220bhp, when I started my mid life crisis, according to the wife)
• 2013 Audi S3 8V Black edition S-tronic (10 mile a day commute, so back to real fuel. Went to Revo stage 2, 390 ish bhp, fast as, but boring as hell. Haldex started not working, so got shot.
• Hyundai Veloster 1.6 Turbo (Wanted something unusual and liked the matte grey paint. 182 bhp didn’t cut the mustard though, lasted six months)
• 2017 Mk3 Focus 2.3 RS (Wanted an RS forever, so thought sod it, even if I can’t afford it, need to have owned one. Love it, nuff said!)

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Sync 3, Lux pack, forged alloys, door protectors, winter pack, MSD420, DSC controller, Mountune; intake, short shift, roll restrictor and springs, Mishimoto intercooler and hoses, Pumaspeed 12mm black wheel spacers and nuts, H&R anti-roll bars, Scorpion valved cat-back with black ceramic tips, J9 Performance exhaust valve controller, EBC grooved/dimpled discs and yellowstuff pads, Goodridge carbon effect brake lines, carbon mirror caps and gear knob, smoked led sequential wing mirror repeaters, bonnet lifters, RS puddle lamps, Rally Armor flaps, Ghost and tracker

[bobcat]

Here’s mine :

Anglia Super 1200-1350 modified Black Cherry/Grey

Cortina MK3 XL 1600 auto White

Cortina MK4 GL 1600 auto Royal Blue

Fiesta MK1 Ghia 1300 Bright Gold

Fiesta MK2 L 1100 White

Fiesta MK2 L 1100 Solar Gold

Fiesta MK2 XR2 1600 Mercury Grey

Fiesta MK2 XR2 1600 Tasman Blue

Escort MK4 XR3 EFI 1600 inj Mercury Grey

Orion MK3 Ghia EFI 1600 inj Tasman Blue

Escort MK5 (A)RS 2000 inj Pacifica Blue

Escort MK5 (B)RS 2000 inj Moondust Silver

Escort MK5 (B)RS 4×4 2000 inj Cayman Blue

Escort MK6 (A)RS 4×4 2000 inj Dark Aubergine

Escort MK6 (B)RS 4×4 2000 inj Radiant Red

Fiesta MK5 (A)Si  1400 inj Moondust Silver

Focus MK1 Zetec  1800 inj Aqua Frost

Focus MK1 Zetec ESP 2000 inj Moondust Silver

Focus MK1 Duratec RS 2000 Turbo  Imp Blue Metalic

Focus MK1 Zetec  1600 inj Machine Silver

Ford  KA  Lux  1300 inj Moondust Silver

Fiesta Zetec  1400 inj Amethyst

Fiesta Zetec  1400 inj Amethyst

Fiesta Zetec  1400 inj Averlon

Focus MK2 RS 300 2500 Turbo White

Fiesta Titanium 1400 inj  Hot Magenta

Fiesta Titanium 1400 inj  Panther Black

Focus Zetec 125 1600 inj Moondust Silver

Fiesta Titanium 125 1.0 Turbo Panther Black

Focus Titanium 150 1.5 Turbo Deep Impact Blue

Fiesta Titanium 1400 inj Panther Black

Focus Mk3 RS 350 4×4 2300 turbo  Shadow Black

Fiesta Vignale 140 1.0 Turbo Frozen White

Fiesta Vignale Edition 140 1.0 Turbo Frozen White.

 

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• This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by bobcat.

[bobcat]

Here’s mine :

Anglia Super 1200-1350 modified Black Cherry/Grey

Cortina MK3 XL 1600 auto White

Cortina MK4 GL 1600 auto Royal Blue

Fiesta MK1 Ghia 1300 Bright Gold

Fiesta MK2 L 1100 White

Fiesta MK2 L 1100 Solar Gold

Fiesta MK2 XR2 1600 Mercury Grey

Fiesta MK2 XR2 1600 Tasman Blue

Escort MK4 XR3 EFI 1600 inj Mercury Grey

Orion MK3 Ghia EFI 1600 inj Tasman Blue

Escort MK5 (A)RS 2000 inj Pacifica Blue

Escort MK5 (B)RS 2000 inj Moondust Silver

Escort MK5 (B)RS 4×4 2000 inj Cayman Blue

Escort MK6 (A)RS 4×4 2000 inj Dark Aubergine

Escort MK6 (B)RS 4×4 2000 inj Radiant Red

Fiesta MK5 (A)Si  1400 inj Moondust Silver

Focus MK1 Zetec  1800 inj Aqua Frost

Focus MK1 Zetec ESP 2000 inj Moondust Silver

Focus MK1 Duratec RS 2000 Turbo  Imp Blue Metalic

Focus MK1 Zetec  1600 inj Machine Silver

Ford  KA  Lux  1300 inj Moondust Silver

Fiesta Zetec  1400 inj Amethyst

Fiesta Zetec  1400 inj Amethyst

Fiesta Zetec  1400 inj Averlon

Focus MK2 RS 300 2500 Turbo White

Fiesta Titanium 1400 inj  Hot Magenta

Fiesta Titanium 1400 inj  Panther Black

Focus Zetec 125 1600 inj Moondust Silver

Fiesta Titanium 125 1.0 Turbo Panther Black

Focus Titanium 150 1.5 Turbo Deep Impact Blue

Fiesta Titanium 1400 inj Panther Black

Focus Mk3 RS 350 4×4 2300 turbo  Shadow Black

Fiesta Vignale 140 1.0 Turbo Frozen White

Fiesta Vignale Edition 140 1.0 Turbo Frozen White

 

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