haplesshacker
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.......... what did you really want (realistically) as your first car?
A VW Scirocco GT Mk 2 would of done me.
A VW Scirocco GT Mk 2 would of done me.
Now we know what your first car was...........
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medwayjon
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An Audi Coupe but wouldnt have got near insurance.
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birdieman
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Astra GTE circa 1991 would've been good!
grumpyjock
Tour Rookie
Did want the e-type jag but it was a nono on insurance.
That was compaired to the £15 3rd party F&t on the mini.
Oh those were the days!
That was compaired to the £15 3rd party F&t on the mini.
Oh those were the days!
RGDave
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Toyota Celica mk 4. Pretty tricky to acquire one only aged 18. Got one when I was 29 (an old one, more or less made on my 18th birthday).
medwayjon
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Dave, I had 2 "wedge" Celicas and my last one was a 1986 model, I absolutely adored it, I mean loved the thing.
I still have the owners manual for it, infact it is in the drawer of the desk from which I am typing.
I am looking for one of these on/off as I fancy a bit of nostalgia. It must however have the correct grille, not the slitty plastic one.
When I had my 2 I was keeping a local breakers in business. I had exhausts, suspension, gearbox, driveshafts, air-con pumps, starter motors, alternators, a bonnet bumper and headlights and an engine I bought just in case.
It was a bloody quick car and cornered like nothing out of this world.
I still have the owners manual for it, infact it is in the drawer of the desk from which I am typing.
I am looking for one of these on/off as I fancy a bit of nostalgia. It must however have the correct grille, not the slitty plastic one.
When I had my 2 I was keeping a local breakers in business. I had exhausts, suspension, gearbox, driveshafts, air-con pumps, starter motors, alternators, a bonnet bumper and headlights and an engine I bought just in case.
It was a bloody quick car and cornered like nothing out of this world.
andiritchie
Journeyman Pro
I would of loved a Nova GSi i used to dream of owning one for years as a school boy.Or maybe R5GTT esp Ali G's blue one in his show.I saw it for sale in Max Power for 10 grand having 30 grand spent on it.Oh if i had the cash at the time i would of bought it
RGDave
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It came out in 1986 - yes? You don't mean the one before (surely not!!) and the early ones had a different grille.
Just as a bit of anorak coincidence....Yamaha did the top of the engine for Toyota (variable induction/twin cam etc.) and the VIS system was the only thing you could fault it on......i.e. just a bit too mundane until it hit the 4,650 rpm, then off it went. I replaced my Celica with a 1.7 Puma....almost the same type of engine....again, designed by Yamaha.....
bigslice
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vw golf mk1 gti, which was my 4 car. im was living the dream!!!! 
USER1999
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I went to look at an Aston Martin DBS in chocolate brown, but my Dad persuaded me to be sensible. Still regret it now. Also looked at a pea green e type fixed head. Joke was, these cars were in good nick, and priced at less than 3 grand. One year later the Aston was 50 odd, and the Jag similar.
daymond
Tour Rookie
Same as grumpyjoc above E type Jag; the first model. Still hanker after one now!
daymond
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Same as grumpyjock above E type Jag; the first model. Still hanker after one now!
medwayjon
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Yeah they were introduced on a 1986 C-Registration and ran onto the G-Plate. The celica before was the Celica-Supra, an unrefined 2.8i beast of a motor.
My best one of the 2 was a 1986 D-Plater in Burgundy.
Funny you mention the VIS (I remember this badged under the bonnet) as it was my party trick. Loads of other young lads my age (I was 20 when I got mine) would try to race me. I would let them get along side and sit there at 4k in 2nd gear then all of a sudden boot it. Never failed to impress.
The only recurring problem I had was I kept dropping O/S driveshafts, mainly due to booting it and wheel-spinning it off of roundabouts. These were an easy fix though so wasnt a problem.
I am definately going to own one of these again.
RGDave
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The chaps in the owners club (either Toyota generally or just Celica) reckon the last run of the ST182 was the best version of mark 4&5, which were more or less the same car.
1993-1994 were the last. Then it all went pear-shaped, or is that frog-shaped?? Horrible from 1994-1999.
I wonder if a 2000 on T-sport 190 would be any good?
1993-1994 were the last. Then it all went pear-shaped, or is that frog-shaped?? Horrible from 1994-1999.
I wonder if a 2000 on T-sport 190 would be any good?
DCB
Well-known member
Way back in the distant past I hankered after a Mini Cooper S, back when they were a fast car ! having had an option on one that someone at work was selling I started the rounds trying to get insurance for it. 20 years old and a licence that the ink had just dried on did not bode well for the car of my dreams. I think it hit home hard when one broker said to me " listen son, you'd be cheaper insuring a light aircraft at your age than one of these things !"
That was the end of the dream :-(
That was the end of the dream :-(
medwayjon
Tour Winner
The Model which ran to 1994 used the 3SGE engine also, then things went a bit horrible with the bug-eyed version with the GT being no better a car than the ST. My wife had the bug-eyed ST on a 1996 Reg. When I sold it 4 years ago it had only done 31k and an owners club nut ripped my hand off.
I have sold a lot of 2000- Celicas, I find them to be very diluted from the original even if they do have plenty of poke in the 190bhp model. They have just lost the soul of the early cars.
madandra
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Capri 280 Brooklands .....
I would have sold my soul to the devil for that one.
I would have sold my soul to the devil for that one.
CliveW
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For me it was the 1960s AC Cobra MkII as owned by Steve McQueen...
But then that was only a dream...
But dreams can come true!
And I wasn't disappointed.
But then that was only a dream...
But dreams can come true!
And I wasn't disappointed.
