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Started by BradW , Jul 24 2003 06:00 PM

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#1 BradW

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 06:00 PM

It appears that students, contrary to popular belief, are actually more wealthy than ever!!!

I gather this from the couple of them in these forums who own a VX220.

So, I wondered, what did we all start off driving and how did we end up with the VX220?

My history reads:

1. Metro 1.0L (What a stinker)

2. Peugeot 106 1.1XN (...and to think, this felt positively zippy compared to 1)

3. Suzuki Cappuccino (Diminutive but a de-restricted, chipped smile-per-mile winner...shame about the rust!!!)

4. VW Polo GTi (Good solid car, so much better than the standard variant...but its no 2 seater and so heavy)

5. Vauxhall VX220? Its looking very likely in the next month or so.... :D

What old nails did you have to cruise in in your younger years?...
Does the first (car) love last forever?...
What do you dare admit to having been a proud owner of?...

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 06:17 PM

1. vw beetle 2. vw beetle 3. karman cabrio beetle (1966) 4. vw polo 5. vw golf cl 6. astra estate 7. asra 8. vx220 9. vx220

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 06:35 PM

* Ford Fiesta Popular (POA 100Y) * Peugeot 205CJ cabriolet (F456 OLW) * VW Corrado VR6 (L35 DPE) * VW Polo Estate + Saab 900 (company car) (Polo Estate was amazingly practical, and rare) * Audi A6 Quattro Avant (still have this - X801 xxx) * VX220 (Y546 xxx - only acquired June 2003) Looking at it it's surprisingly few motors... although I generally ran each one for at least 5 years or so and intend to do the same with the Audi and VX.

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 07:14 PM

1. Vauxhall VX220 :D

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 07:47 PM

Dates when I got 'em rather than dates they were made: 1990 - Fiat Uno 45S 1991 - Fiat Uno 45 Formula 1993 - Citroen AX GT 1996 - Renault Megane Coupe 16v 2000 - Audi TT Coupe 225 and Rover 216 GTi 2001 - Chopped Rover in for a Vauxhall Corsa 1.8 SRi 2003 - Sold TT, replaced with (E46) BMW M3 Coupe, Manual :) :) :) 2003 - Sold Corsa - VXT on order (twice :rolleyes: ), allegedly due next week :rolleyes:

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 08:01 PM

As I thought... Humble beginnings for most of us...Metro, Beetle, Fiesta, Uno... Jim...were you driving everybody else's cars before the VX. Surely you didn't learn in it!!! How is the insurance!!!??? :o

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 08:07 PM

1 2.8GL Granada ( Crashed into a portacabin 10s after picking it up - eventually ran out of oil 7 months later( you mean it needs oil???) and turned the engine into a cement mixer) 2 Renault 5 Gordini ( what the feck is the Gordini bit about?) Turbo - nippy!! 3 Mk2 BMW 320 Auto ( All black with BBS wheels looked the biz but didnt like going over 80 much. Would step out of line even on a straight road if you nailed it! - must have been a cut and shut job. 4 Fiat X19 Lusted after the Mk1 Mr2 but couldnt afford it so this was the next best thing 5 My first company car - a - yes shout it loud, be proud - 1600LX VAUXHALL Cavalier attitude with the latest innovations like alloys and sports seats 6 Company car no2 came along a 2.0GLI VAUXHAUL cavalier new shape - very proud of this one - even though it was a company car I fitted a GSI grill, colour coded the wing mirrors and the front bumpber - also added 5 spoke compomotive alloys - wow what a looker. 7 Then the abyss - a new job and a 1400 Orion - what a piece of sh!t It had the company name NESSCO stuck on the doors in cheap vinyl - came out of the pub one night to see some WAG had rearranged it to read SCONES - bstrds Anyway - the route to the VX continued with... Civic VTEC VAUXHALL Imnotworthy Cavalier 1700TD 911SC - had it for three years - drank more than Danny Baker but was more fun C class Merc Esprit 320 BMW 525 BMW 406 Coupe Greggs Pasty ALFA 166 A friggin motorhome(dont ask) Mini Coop S VX Anyway, after leaving college I then had a... :sleepy:

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 08:20 PM

Thats quite some CV Riverside... ...not quite the same as jumping straight into a VX!!! Still I expect you appreciate your car all the more for your previous experiences... ...you have had a few bland runners by the look of it!!! ;)

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 08:43 PM

Brad One of the hazardous things about being a salesman in the early nineties was the Vauxhall Laughing Cavalier...even if you tried to make it look like John McClellands touring car. Never mind, I've managed to get the Vauxhall PENT-UP FRUSTRATION THING out of my system now with the VX. :9mm: :9mm: Must go- nursies got my medicine :drink: PS Forgot to mention I also had a Raleigh 18 Honda MB50 Kawafeckinsaki AR80

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 08:56 PM

1st 3 cars were Bond Bug 750ES Beach Buggy Clan Crusader The Clan was a superb car in its day. After this I was required to own "sensible" cars for a few years. Paul

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:16 PM

This has been done before <_< Reverse order: VX 220, Ford Focus 2.0, Honda CRV, Landrover Discovery Tdi, Triumph Trophy 900cc, Ford XR2i, Mitsubishi Galant 2.0, Ford Escort 1.6L, Ford Capri 1.6 Calypso, Hillman Avenger 1.6S, Honda CB 750cc, Toyota Celica 2.0, Vauxhall Victor 1.8, Lada 1.5 (I worked in Moscow for a year OK! :o ), Triumph Spitfire Mk2, Vauxhall Viva HA, Cotton Arrow 250cc, BSA Starfire 250cc. The Viva cost the princely sum of £60 - ok I wuz robbed :lol:

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:23 PM

Ah...ashamed of your sensible cars are you?... Its only through driving dross that you can know a good car!!! State your Sensible Car Sins with pride...thay make you the person you are!!! ...hmmm, maybe this explains a few things?!!! :blink:

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:37 PM

The cars I've bought myself form and sort but sweet list: Alfa Romeo GTV (1997 vintage!) Mazda MX-5 VX220 Dan

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:45 PM

This has been done before <_<

Yup

Whole thread about this a couple of months ago. :rolleyes:

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:53 PM

1st love honda matic civic really old with rust hole in floor with musical airhorns great renault 5 bloody scary at speed never leaned so much to help it around bends!! mitubishi colt 1600 blew engine up right mess honda prelude electric everything great fun sold it to mate he wrote it off in three weeks!! idiot it looked like a bannana when he had finnished with it! peugeot 309gti great car loved it got 125 for 5 miles on motorway from dublin to cork vw golf gti mk3 nice but slower than 309 seat van great fun annoyed people coz it handled quite well!ok its a van honda accord type r loved it wife couldnt park it had to go :( mercedes a class 160 bag of s*~t up for sale at mo to get vx :D i hope!! also two suzuki rgv250 motorbikes as well!

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:57 PM

What a stupid thread... this is gonna be tough but 4 my own sanity here goes, from 1987 so 16 years... : @ School:Mini 850, Skoda Estelle(120 not a 105!),Talbot Samba,@ Uni:Maestro,Rover 2300 S,Mini 1275GT, Samba Rallye,MG Metro, Renault 11,Renault 5 Turbo (Girlfriend had got job... pxd my Ren 11 tho so it counts!), MG Midget (Hillclimb car so this lasted a while),Vauxhall Cavalier Estate, Nova SR, 405 1.6, Hillman Imp, Peugeot 309GTi, Escort 1.6 saloon (1st company car!), Golf Gti, Honda Civic Vti, Cavalier TD (Another company car!), 406 2.1 TD (ditto), Escort Mk1 RS2000 (New Hillclimber), Tiger Supercat (Ditto), Audi A42.5TD, BMW 525 Estate (Latest Co. Car) and a VXT (Latest Hillclimber!) Cram them in that's what I say. Now, what have i missed? N.

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 09:59 PM

1. Vauxhall VX220 :D

Jammy git :angry:

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 10:02 PM

1. 79 Bay Window VW camper van 2. Fiat Cinquecento Sporting 3. Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec 4. Rover 214Si 5. Ginsters Cornish Pasty 6. Honda Civic Type R 7. VX220 TT

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Posted 24 July 2003 - 10:31 PM

OK here is my route to the VX and beyond: 1: Viva ha 2: Austin princess 3: Austin allegro 4: Toyota celica 20st 5: Vauxhall astra 6: Porche 911 turbo 7: Ford escort 8: Audi 100 9: Austin montego 10: Scorpio 11: Astra diesel estate 12: Rover 400 turbo diesel 13: 1968 Lotus elan+2 14: 1973 Lotus elan+2s 130/5 15:Rover 400 still have 16: VX220 still have 17: Renault laguna 20rt still have I was bored so I thought I would join in. Don't know if the mish-mash of cars is a reflection of my personality?? Ian

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Posted 25 July 2003 - 08:11 AM

Jim...were you driving everybody else's cars before the VX.
Surely you didn't learn in it!!!
How is the insurance!!!??? :o

Brad, I drove my Mum's car for nearly 5 years before buying my own. Insurance is, errrr, :beat: :9mm: :flame: :saw:
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