[Closed] Anyone here into their motor's (cars)?

So you're saying you're not into cars? 😉 Sorry I was being an even bigger prick than usual - I like that Bora.

Currently rocking a VW Fox, Merc S65 and a RRS.

Welcome and prepare for a lot of willy-waving by middle aged IT consultants (like every other thread)

So you're saying you're not into cars?

Nice!

I happen to think that Bora looks really rather nice.

I am into my cars, very much so. To the point where I recently got ride of mine.

http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=12

Hora will be along shortly to say that he is 'thinking' of buying a Bora..........

😉

Yes, I am.

Wow, thanks for the Barryboys link 🙄

I was kind of hoping to get a decent thread going, a lot of people are genually into their cars and I thought it would be nice to see if some people have similar interests to me, aside from bikes..

Karen

i like cars. never actually had the money to have anything nice 🙁

have got a vw transporter atm and have some plans for that though 🙂

just spent 6 months on the interior; built a alright race wagon. next up need to whack it with the lowering stick as it looks like a bloody monster truck!!

like that bora. I like VWs. my bro is a ford man and has a v quick focus ST.

Not even slightly into them. As a result I drive a 1.5 diesel Renault Megane.

Like the look of that Thule thing. How does it mount to the car?

thomthumb - Member

i like cars. never actually had the money to have anything nice

Same here. It's looking up for paupers though. Lots of performance cars prices seem to be dropping massively. Almost dropped enough to make the prospect of a weekend 7 palatable...

Get some pressed german-style plates and it'll be a rolling VAG cliche.

Sorry, dull FWD middle-management saloons on big wheels don't do a lot for me.

Like the look of that Thule thing. How does it mount to the car?

Onto the tow bar, it's a detachable, so once the neck is removed you can't see it at all 😀 .

karen805 - Member
Onto the tow bar, it's a detachable, so once the neck is removed you can't see it at all .

Hmmm, that makes saloons a lot more do-able for me. Have a hatch for ease of loading the bikes up, but that looks pretty damn good.

Almost dropped enough to make the prospect of a weekend 7

do it.

my GFs dad just sold his caterham.

bought it for 16k ran it for 3 years sold it for 15k.

was the best ride ever. 2 seats engine 5 wheels. fast as f...

retro83 - Member

Hmmm, that makes saloons a lot more do-able for me. Have a hatch for ease of loading the bikes up, but that looks pretty damn good.

Yeah it works really well. It only takes a few minutes to fit the towball, fit the rack and load the bikes, a lot easier than removing wheels to fit them inside the car, and I keep all my seats.

It's a Westfalia towbar, I'd really recommend it, and the Thule rack.

Barryboys, I am laughing so hard I cant speak.. priceless...

I was kind of hoping to get a decent thread going, a lot of people are genually into their cars and I thought it would be nice to see if some people have similar interests to me, aside from bikes..

Karen

Don't bother trying on here, you'll be shouted down as fast as you can reply, cars are just not PC in these woods.

Hi, welcome to the forum, liking that, good ride height and I like the stretched tyres. not exactly a car but here's my rolling VAG cliche parked outside my middle aged middle management house (paper boy delivering my Guardian just out of shot :wink:) :

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loads of room for bikes, camping gear, friends, all rear seats are quick release, all wipes clean , not chipped or owt but the red makes it look fast.

Wow, those cars are clean. What do you use to get that shine OP?

Isn't it a shame a car conversation almost immediately results in accusations of the OP being a chav.

It's as narrow minded as those threads on Pistonheads referring to all cyclists as lentil-eating hippy do gooders that should all be run off the road for not paying road tax.

It's as narrow minded as those threads on Pistonheads referring to all cyclists as lentil-eating hippy do gooders that should all be run off the road for not paying road tax.

it's true. 😉

nice bus redted.

I need to get some current photos of mine! 😳

There's only one thing cooler than trailquesting, and that's an ex-military Land Rover 110 V8. 8)

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Wasn't sure what kind of reaction I'd get, but ahh well.

Liking the T4 redted, we're borrowing a T5 for when we head to Morzine next week, they're great capable vans.

Deadlydarcy, an array of stuff - I could go into loads of detail, but I don't think that'll go down too well here, lets just say it's got a few layers of wax on it 🙂

jackthedog, thanks for being more open minded.

Karen

Would like to be more into cars, but actually driving the damn things tends to suck away all the cash for faffing with them. Midlife/mid management bimmer estate here.

That and bikes are SOO much more instant than cars and you can actually push them past your/their limits without killing someone or bankrupting yourself.

The missus wants an MX5 though, so that's a start...

For bike hauling duties i have this practical grandad wagon.

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Previous bike hauler that i sold as it was trying to get my license off me.

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My long term i will finish rebuilding it project for sunny weekends

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coffeeking - Member

I was kind of hoping to get a decent thread going, a lot of people are genually into their cars and I thought it would be nice to see if some people have similar interests to me, aside from bikes..

Karen

[u]Don't bother trying on here, you'll be shouted down as fast as you can reply, cars are just not PC in these woods.[/u]

There was a thread a while back on people's car histories - you might enjoy reading that.

I've even found it for you:

[url] http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/car-roll-call-what-have-you-owned [/url]

cant say im into the modified look. But I do love my RS CLio Exclusive 172. Puts a smile on my face every time I go near the accelerator!

If we are doing VAG, this is mine:

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No mod's whatsoever

One of these for bike/family duties:

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This for general thrashing duties:

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Nice car Karen - love the ch motorsport rims (genuine or reps?) I'm a huge veedub fan, have been for years. Had a polo coupe s, G40, mk1 gti, currently got a polo gti and a Leon FR TFSi DSG - both stock but hoping to get the Leon revo'd at some point

That Bora looks pretty neat...

I really like my Golf

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Kev

If we are doing VAG, here's ours after 12 years in the garage 1 year being restored and an hour or two at the DVLA

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Sorry for the boring pics, they were for the insurance

gorgeous bug flash - that a 65?

I like cars, but from a slightly different perspective. I love engineering and efficiency. Currently own a VW Passat and a Toyota Prius 🙂

Thanks, yes it is.

It's been a bit love hate recently but I think we're back on again.

Anyone interested in historic racing ? I just found this on the web.

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That's my brother, Steve Phillips, with his 1594cc Lotus twin cam Escort in the paddock at Silverstone in April 1977.
Steve died just over a year after that photo was taken, he was 26, I was 15.
I used to get taken to Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Mallory Park etc. at weekends as pit crew.

OP: Thats the biggest waste of money since Orange sold a low-spec bike for £2500 and called it a "5"

****!! Graham, how did it all go wrong?

He broke his leg in an unfortunate, low speed, minor motorbike crash and died of a blood clot two weeks later.
That's his Mk1 Cortina tow car behind in the picture.
The Escort was painted in Ford's blue & white colour scheme, but there was some dispute with the guy who painted it, which is why the "Paint and bodywork by" signwriting was blanked out on the rear wing.

I've just noticed he's got Esso Uniflow and Duckhams Q stickers on there, two rival oil manufacturers.
According to the [url= http://www.racing70s.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/racing70s/Fordcars/escortrobertson.htm ]website where I found the picture[/url], he was taking part in the Esso Uniflow challenge, it was probably a condition of entry that all cars had to display the official sticker.
Some motoring related companies would pay a reward to any driver who was pictured in a magazine with one of their stickers, which would probably explain the Duckhams and other stickers, as he wasn't sponsored or supported in any way.

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*edit* : The one on the left

Cranberry, if you resized that down from 4750x3130, it would load a bit faster. 😀

What's the military style jerry can lockers doing on a civilian
Land Rover ?

My thing.

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Sure am, can even get mi bike in the boot 🙂

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here's my rolling VAG cliche parked outside my middle aged middle management house (paper boy delivering my Guardian just out of shot :wink:) :

Even more cliche.....is that a Skoda Octavia estate in the background ??

That's my brother, Steve Phillips, with his 1594cc Lotus twin cam Escort in the paddock at Silverstone in April 1977.

I used to get taken to Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Mallory Park etc. at weekends as pit crew.

Cool.

I'm the other way around. Lotus Elise S2 with an engine conversion: Ford 2.3L Duratec :). Bags of power and torque. Use it on track days at Silverstone, Donington, Oulton, Cadwell, Rockingham, Bedford etc. Most recently Spa - oh my word, what an incredible circuit.

I have to defend the world of cyclists on the Lotus forums 🙂

Wifelet has an A5 Quattro 3.0D. More torque than you could ever need. I love it.

Looking for Jag XF as her next car when she decides to change up 🙂

Cranberry, if you resized that down from 4750x3130, it would load a bit faster.

So that is why my NAS is glowing and there is a faint burning smell.

What's the military style jerry can lockers doing on a civilian
Land Rover ?

I had them fitted as a place to permanently carry the sort of stuff that you don't want inside - recovery gear/bbq/extra fuel on long trips - it also uses up some valuable space that would otherwise simply be wasted.

Are they pukka BBS's on your Bora Karen? I think it looks pretty good

I drive a BMW with no indicators

Sweet, seems to be a slight trend for landys going on.

'96 Disco:
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'63 SIIa (resto beginning soon...)
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'80 Rangey (gratuitous V8 pic)

I had one of the few Ford Escort 1600 Sports in the 4 door guise (with a 1760 engine), nice and fast.

Very nice IIa. I really miss my old one, have been looking at [url= http://auctions.johncraddockltd.co.uk/ ]this list[/url] with a certain amount of wanty-ness.

My first car - an ex-mil IIa with modified front end:

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The op is smurf Matt & I claim my £5... 😆

Hi Karen, I love cars too. I can't before or justify a sporty saloon sadly, my ride is a Nissan Patrol 3.0L Turbo Intercooled. I'm posting off my phone so no picture (and it's filth at the mo anyway!). Plans for mods are to have a look at where the chip is at now, and maybe make some changes, but firstly and mostly I want to deal with the exhaust reticulation and have the head off and get the carbon build up gone. Karin

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As it's a sort of VAG thread, here's my very black RS4. Lots of bike space.

^^^ Respek

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Nice bug Flash.. here's mine:

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7 years after paint and it's still a work in progress..

And this, lurking in the background:

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(Yes, I do have a soft spot for Fuchs)

This for nearly 11years now:

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With this in the back:

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If those BBS are genuine, that's like putting Chris King on an Apollo.

Currently still trying to decide whether to design mine aroung twin bike engines or a single car engine.

That Elise is stunning 😛 . Love the colour and those are the wheels of choice on a S1. Is that a JDM engine with the extra BHP's and slippy diff?

This is what gets me from A to B -

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I've had it nearly three years now and recently been thinking of a change. The only problem is that performance wise there's nothing for my 10-12k budget that will come close to it. I'm leaning towards a Clio 182 for 5k and spending the change on motorbikes....

Same as beej - RS4 Avant except in Avus Silver. Previously had a 993 and before that a succession of rice burners (WRX Sti, WRX x 2)

Our current fun machine!

Not good for the bikes...
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My car is on page 5 of this link, luckily I've got a runabout too as there's no chance of a bike going in it 😆

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Re the Bora comment - VW's/Audis really don't do it for me as a drivers car. (great mile munchers/commuters just not a drivers car). Subaru's are a different matter.

Heres my current bit of fun and boy £ for £ I don't there is anything out there that competes on that front.

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lunge - Member
Not even slightly into them. As a result I drive a 1.5 diesel Renault Megane.

I [i]am[/i] into cars....but also drive a 1.5 diesel Renault Megane

I am into cars....but also drive a 1.5 diesel Renault Megane

TBH if it doesn't cost you money and gets you places your laughing regardless of what you drive.

Gachet - Member
If those BBS are genuine, that's like putting Chris King on an Apollo.
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Except bbs and vw are synonymous with each other - you're talking poop fella

I love cars. Lack of garage though means anything 'special' would have to be parked on the road - missus won't let anything be parked in the yard since we've had it re-paved and tarted up. So we're currently down to a 'boring' Skoda Octavia vRS 2.0 TSI estate. I like it... swallows loads of stuff for holidays / biking / surfing / B&Q runs but shifts a bit.

Past list of second weekend cars includes a 6N2 Polo GTI that was huge fun. Slammed, ATS Cups, full heated leather, carbon induction and a few other goodies. Was like a go-kart and if a job interview materialises next week and I'm offered it, another GTI is on the list as I'll need a car to commute in. Then before the Polo were three mk1 MX5s. A 93 S-Special that had just come off the boat, then a year or so later another boggo standard Eunos that we ended up splitting up for parts and scrapping as it was a rotter and then the best, another S-Special. LSD, BBS RS wheels, Bilsteins, hard top, Nardi kit inside, OEM splitter. A flippin amazing car and it hurts to think we sold it... but it was just after our son was born so needs must. Still, made a healthy profit selling it so can't complain too much.

You on ED38 Karen? Lovely Bora. Thats on the potential commuter car list too along with a mk4 Golf.

Mate has a mk3 Polo GT he's putting loads of work into at the moment. Can't wait to have a go in it.

Thats a 1990 Callaway twin turbo Corvette, with the Sledgehammer tuning and suspension package,currently my fave toy,
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But there's a Disco,a Fiat Cinquecento,an X-19, a couple of MK1 Capris, a Cossie Sierra,a Scimitar GTE, a pinto eningined Westfield and a handful of WW2 military vehicles as well.

My toy car,
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My daily car is a Berlingo with this "my other car" sticker

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Whay, some nice cars in this thread. Knew there would be some out there.

Thanks for the comments on mine, good and bad and yes the BBS's are genuine.

Karen

More VAG... and Karen, like your Bora btw....

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Great thread this 🙂 sure I'm going to upset the apple cart with this one...

Our run around car and is lots of fun and used for taking the bikes!!

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Bit smaller than most the barges on this thread.

My first ever company car was a 205 GTi - lots of fun it was. Replaced with a Honda Civic VTi which was quite a lot faster and was until recently still the fastest car I'd had.

In the last couple of years I'd dropped to running a 1.2 Honda Jazz as we needed something cheap to insure for my daughter to learn on. When she passed her test and took the car my wife and I had a difference of opinion on what to replace it with. SWMBO wanted a Porsche but I wanted a fast estate car (a 2.8 V6 turbo Saab) so I could get the bikes in the back. We compromised on a little Merc C230 Coupe which is nice enough and reasonably quick.

Currently I'm thinking about persuading SWMBO to take the Merc as her own car and buy an RS4 or RS6 estate, although I'm a little concerned about the potential fuel bills! Having said that I was in a hurry on the way home yesterday to get back in time for the TDF highlights and the Merc reported 13.8mpg for the trip!

Here's a rather poor iPhone image of my Merc, proving rear wheel drives can be driven in the snow (although it did require fitting of the autosocks to get home that night):
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Thankyou Fudd, very nice EVO btw!

It's not a JDM but has 225bhp as the EMS is completely remapped to suit the different in-take and exhaust manifolds. The cold start is taken direct from the civic. It also has the 6speed box, thankfully! The VTEC point is lowered to 4250 and the limiter set to 8600rpm. It's a 2005+ engine so has the lighter fly. It also has a race cat fitted and baffled sump.

epicsteve your Compact looks classy yet stealth. What engine is it?