Awwww. That`s sad.

Feel like Dave Lee Travis reading out the sad stories. Car looked real special in the first pics.

Now I have the tune going round in my head which only adds to my misery.

By the way Johnny50, what happened to the Metro?

Just a slight mishap !

Hey RainKing , nice 911 and Splitty , are you in BWA?

Anyways heres some of mine.

83 Capri 2.0S

73 Beetle GT - Id love another Bug!!

86 Capri Laser

87 Capri 2.8i Special

88 Capri Brooklands

93 Mitsi Lancer gti 16V

99 Octy Slxi 1.8T

01 Octy vRS

95 Mitsi Lancer 1.6 Glxi 'runabout'

97 Mitsi Galant V6 auto

94 Mitsi Lancer Evo II GSR

Finally , my current car , 00 Fabia 1.4

Ive had more cars , but have no pics of them - another 2 Beetles , a 944 , a Mini , Escort Mk4 and an H reg Galant.

Looks very similar to my old one, except mine was a 300 TDI in dark blue with black steelies. Amazingly competent offroad

Pre-snorky....

Chris

PROPER

I loved mine to bits... would go everywhere my brother-in-law's defender would go too!

will try and dig some pics up but so far ive had:

1.3 metro with 4 engines!

started out as a 1.3 hle, by the end had mg interior, wheels, engine, gearbox and zorst

309 pug 1.6

marron **** box!! had alloys and a big stereo then the cam went, and i crashed it

mini 1.0 city e

in BROWN! great car, miss it. i had 2 subs in it and full chrome pack

Ford orion 1.9D

bright red, with alloys, stereo and rust

Rover 214SEi

britch racing green, 105bhp, cone filter half leathers and great fun when the HG didnt go!

Rover 416Si

ended up with full leather and some MG bits and custom grills etc. pant car though lol!!

Vectra estate 2.0 SRi

my pride and joy. modded almost everything on it lol! still going strong.

ive also drove plenty of vans, of which my fav was a merc sprinter. and of the company cars a citroen C6 was my fav. huge presence on the road

of course the roo is now the fav

PROPER

I loved mine to bits... would go everywhere my brother-in-law's defender would go too!

I was a member of an offroading club and every month we'd be invited to a disused quarry and we could just "go play". Interesting to see people turn up in Range Rovers fresh from the show room there too!

Couple of friends had Defenders and the only place where they could go that we couldn't were very short bumps where we would run aground due to the longer wheel base Still, you could actually drive places and hold a conversation in the Disco!

Chris

I was a member of an offroading club and every month we'd be invited to a disused quarry and we could just "go play". Interesting to see people turn up in Range Rovers fresh from the show room there too!

Couple of friends had Defenders and the only place where they could go that we couldn't were very short bumps where we would run aground due to the longer wheel base Still, you could actually drive places and hold a conversation in the Disco!

Chris

We used to go to a local quarry, and a local farm for pay and play days... we also did a fair bit of green laning on the bits of the ridgeway we were allowed on and also on Salisbury plain.

a few years ago, my folks bought a brand new series 2 discovery, and it'd not even covered 20 miles before we'd driven it across a friends field

it was very capable even on the standard (heavily road biased) tyres...

Love my Disco.

Miss my Oct'y

We still have the Fabia.

a couple from the past

and a couple of the present

the swift has since been lowered

A few pics of my previous pride & joy.... 2001 VW Polo GTi..... A real pain in the *** at times but worth EVERY penny / minute.

And the mrs' last two cars 2003 Lexus IS200 Sport with Sport pack..... Was a lovely car to drive once had a double blow out after running over a lump of concrete in the middle lane of the M1 and still drove ok over to the hard shoulder!!!

And her 2005 Honda CTR..... Again great car to drive....... In the summer a major pain in the *** when it snowed.

Cheers

Dave.

Hey RainKing , nice 911 and Splitty , are you in BWA?

Just seen this! Cheers...

The missus drives the Splitty, and she was technically the first female member of BWA (once they've got their **** in gear and updated the member list on the website)

best 1/4 mile so far (on track) is a 17.02

This was mine, 1978 MGB GT.... over a period of 3 years my Dad and I basically re built the thing this included;

- Drilled front brake disks and new front brake calipers, rear drum brake slave cylinders and all flexible brake hoses replaced with new stainless-steel braided hoses. Green stuff pads.

- New brake master cylinder.

- `Koni' front suspension telescopic damper kit with new front coil and rear leaf springs et al- utilising an MG Owners' Club kit - lowering the ride height to that of a chrome bumper `B'.

- `GKN' `LE' alloy wheels.

- Engine completely rebuilt, upgraded and converted to run on unleaded fuel.

- 1950cc Stage 2 tuned engine with:

1) Kent 717 fast road camshaft (280º duration & 103º lift).

2) Full polished and ported head (42ml capacity per cylinder)

- Carburettors upgraded commensurate with stage 2 engine and `K & N' air filters

- Stainless steel exhaust.

- Gearbox & overdrive reconditioned

- ‘Borg and Beck’ performance clutch with roller thrust bearing

- Remote door locking with immobiliser to Thatcham Category 2.

- Aluminium bonnet with sound deadening panel.

- Professional body restoration and respray 1998

Sold the car in April this year... miss taking it out at the weekend, real back to basics driving with the biggest grin factor I have had from any car