First car was an estelle 130 with 136 engine chuffed up its bum.

Had a cam, weber 40 side-draught carb, and a nice exhaust.

With a few choice suspension and brake upgrades, it was a dream to drive.

Only detracting thing about that car, is it had a vinyl roof, and the paintwork was 'vw transport acrylic' lol.

As we bought it..

i had a suzuki rgv 250 - mental still today 10 times more fun than most of the bike out their.

oh and my sisters ha a ford fiesta a reg 1.1 in sunburnt red, it ran on 4 star and was faster than my brothers e reg 1.1 which ran on unleaded lol

this is the same as the RGV i had:

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god i miss it soooo much

Not trying to show my age but looking back into the mists of time I remember a circa 1955 Commer Cob van, (company motor) and a Ford Anglia, my motor, "sit up and beg" around 900cc with a 3 speed box, you had to put your knee behind the the gear stick to stop it jumping out of second!!

That was followed by an Austin A30 803cc new carb , knew someone who worked at MG's at Abingdon and a side exit exhaust. Early mods???

A s reg Nissan Micra Twister 1.0 in apple green!

Nice choice of car mate, giving it some air!

David

"i had a suzuki rgv 250 - mental still today 10 times more fun than most of the bike out their"

Me too vrswhite! Mine was a '93 'k' plate 'p' model,bought new from Motorcycle city in Farnborough.

What a great bit of kit that bike was,loved it to death and still miss it...ahh the joys of growing old and settling down.....:(.

As for my wheels at 18,a red Mini 1000 with white roof, Peco big bore exhaust,Weller wheels,and a polished alloy rocker cover....

17....bought myself a 2001 306 hdi

then just before i was 18 i purchased this....a 2002 golf gt tdi 150 with 40k miles

thames 5 cwt van.

Triumph 1300, inline engine but front wheel drive, external starter ring gear mounted on the crankshaft pulley, wooden dash and 2 speed wipers.

First car I owned was a H reg Fiesta XR2i only had it a few months then had a company car for a few years. Next was a Y reg Saxo VRS for a year and then onto the Civic Type R and Fabia vRS

Ive had a few mad moments over the years sat in Rallyart dealers over the years but never done it (yet)

i had a KAWASAKI KR1S that thing was flaming mental:D

Excellent! If I remember rightly,the KR1S was the fastest of the bunch,ie,RGV,TZR, etc.

Strokers were all the rage a few short years ago,and it was a great time to be into bikes.I only ever had two strokes,starting with a DT 50,then an RD 80 (little water cooled wonder from Yamaha),then an RD125,then a TZR 250,then briefly an RD500,(which I hated) then the best of the lot,the RGV250.

Great times,,allspeeds, microns, Stan Stephens,ahh the memories......

Right I win...................I had a E-reg Fiat UNO 1.4 sx:rofl: (don't forget the sx).

When my brother slammed the door, it fell off....................!!!! I also put the jack through the floor!!!:eek:

But..............

It was my first car and I loved it!!

For those of you in N.wales............ She died on Talacre Beach whilst doing doughnuts!!

i had a KAWASAKI KR1S that thing was flaming mental:D

i had one of them too! remember that 9000rpm kick? the dogs for sure!

was yours green/black, green/white or red/black?

i've gone all nostalgic now! :)

Mark

P.S skoda estelle 105s with ex rally 1.3, weber 40, grp a exhaust, lumenition, ported/polished head, lightened/balanced bottom end, rally cam. 110 at the flywheel!

...1989 BMW E30 316i 2dr in met black, beautifull car, shame I couldnt handle her going round corners in the wet, talk about going sideways, she just loved going straight for hedges and ditches lol

I worked in a car bodyshop, most of our work was from Stratstone. So i got to drive Lambos, Astons, Bentleys and porsches at the time i owned a fabia 1.9sdi, best job i ever had.

Suzuki GS 550 in 1980 23000 miles in a year arrr cheap petrol those were the days