Talbot Horizon 1.3 GL.
It made 70 HP (when new) but mine must of been a lot less than that as it really struggled on the hills, poor thing.
Edited by Nev, 24 April 2017 - 07:09 AM.
Hi From A Newbie And 'quick Answer' Question
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 07:09 AM
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 11:44 AM
A 1980 Rover 3500S SD1
About a month (I think) after my 17th birthday I passed my driving test and bought an avocado coloured (with - yes - a brown velour interior) example of British Leyland's finest hour.
My dad went totally mental. I am a father myself now, and finally realise why.
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 12:57 PM
Mk1 lotus Cortina our dad bought for 25 quid from the scrapyard in 1979 for me and my brother as a field car!!!
We were only 13 and 11 and predictably it ended up back at the scrapyard a couple of months later completely fcuked.
If only we knew how much it would be worth now.😧
First road car was a HA viva 1300 in 1984.
Happy days.
Cheers, Jon.
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Posted 24 April 2017 - 02:25 PM
Viper Green Nissan Micra. Lovingly called 'The Green Machine'
Sister took ownership after I started uni and promptly wrote her off about 3 months later.
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 06:39 AM
2004 Peugeot 205 1.1 with a Manual choke
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 09:16 AM
A yellow metro purchased for £175 with fire damage.
Worked at a scrap yard for a couple of days to replace the interior, welded it up for its MOT and got 4 years of motoring from it. Then sold £150 to a foreigner....
Now that's cheap motoring 😜
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:04 PM
velocity , thats a quick answer
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Posted 25 April 2017 - 01:41 PM
2002 Vauxhall Astra SRI Turbo, not bad for a first car I don't think 
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Posted 30 April 2017 - 11:21 PM
My first car was a 1969 MGB GT, which incidentally I sold in the fall, after 37 years, to make room for the Speedster (VX).
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Posted 08 May 2017 - 10:46 PM
1966 Mustang coupe 289 3 speed auto
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Posted 09 May 2017 - 02:18 AM
My first car was a Nissan Skyline 1988 R31
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Posted 09 May 2017 - 02:33 AM
Saxo vtr
Wrote it off in Tesco car park
True story
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Posted 10 May 2017 - 10:19 AM
Saxo vtr Wrote it off in Tesco car park True story
How did you manage to write it off? Doughnuts in the dead of night?
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Posted 12 May 2017 - 04:23 PM
Welcome!
Mark 1 Vauxhall Astra - It used to ice up on the inside in winter, it starting backfiring of its own accord if getting hot in traffic and randomly the gearbox would loose the ability to select any gear when you wanted to pull off. SH&*y SH&^y bang bang
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Posted 12 May 2017 - 06:39 PM
mg metro turbo 1984
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