What was your first car?

[Slammed 66]

I was a very lucky boy, or maybe just spoiled but my first car was a red phase 2 GT Turbo way back in 1999 when I was 17.

G463OVR. I miss that car. Don't even have any pics of it but I have got the vin plate and front wings off of it.

I sold it to a mate who broke it for its engine. I was gutted.

It did nothing but blow head gaskets every other week but it was great.

I paid £1400 for it without knowing about the blown head gasket it had. At the time I couldn't work out how I screwed the garage down from £2k but it became clear the first time it boiled on me

My first years insurance was £2,482 tpft

Anyway, what did you guys have as your first smoker?

Ross

[LiamR]

A 1.1 litre ford escort. The bodywork and interior were total rubbish, but engine wise it never really missed a beat

I still have the number plates from it

[Nick k]

If we are talking 5's Mine was a G plate black phase 2 in 1996. Paid £3200 for it with 60K on the clock, Owned it for 5 years then brought a Raider and sold it to my brother.

Here it is back then, Taken in 2002 outside my house.

And i found out only yesterday thats its still alive and well in Derby, fully restored by member DickieGTT.




Taken in April 2012.

I want it back

[Goobie]

Mine was a white R5 Gt turbo, H reg 1991, got it end of 1997, totally standard with 47,000 miles on it. Worked three jobs part time when wasn't at college and took two years of no life to save up for it! Lasted three months till the head gasket popped.

[Goobie]

Wow, that is clean!

[Bigfoot]

A red (pink bonnet) E reg Renault 5 1.1 campus which met the front OS corner of a BMW after driving around for 11 months

[Dave Reed]

Mine was a 1959 ford anglia 105e.. I got it as an Xmas present when I was 15.. Its my all time favourite car, but I had to get rid a few years later as I had no where to store it ;(

My first car that I bought when i passed my test was a mk1 escort, square head light, only a 13xl, but when that engine expired I bought a hill climb 1300 engine, was about 127hp atw

[LiamR]

If we are talking 5's Mine was a G plate black phase 2 in 1996. Paid £3200 for it with 60K on the clock, Owned it for 5 years then brought a Raider and sold it to my brother.


And i found out only yesterday thats its still alive and well in Derby, fully restored by member



I want it back

That's great that your old 5 is still about and restored to such a great standard

[scratcher]

Mine was a Renault 5 Campus Prima Couldn't get insured on a GTT at 17 so it was the next best thing for me.

[dangerous dave]

1.4 Ax GT.. it was a hoot at 18



crashed it

[James5]

First car i had when just past driving test back in 1998 was a 1989 f reg tungy gtt running 1 bar of boost and gttuning goodies reg was F901 NBY

I paid 4k for the car insurance wise was tpft 2500 or there abouts

[tommy_boi]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

ax gt as well. really nippy car, kept up with clio 16v's.

[The new Bill J]

My first car back in 1996 was a mk2 Ford Fiesta Popular 957cc in a lovely shade of beige (C332 HGF)

I've got some photos somewhere

[chris]

Mine was a mk1 d reg nova when i was 16 in 2002 had gte bodykitt and interior and a 4speed gearbox i loved it my insurence was 1500 pound alot when your on 2 pound an hour as an apprentice lol

[Nottswoody]

Silver nova sr on a Aplate yellow bumperstrips new tsw blades and full spax suspension slammed and probably still the best handling car Iv owned full janspeed and manifold an free farting sound as they did.. Loved it sold it to my cousin as I bought my first 5.. He smashed it the very next night.. Let's just say my auntie didn't speak to me for a year lol..

[Jonny5]

Mine was a Red H reg Rover 214Si, two tone paint with grey bottom half

[GT Josh]

Mine is the silver ph1. Had work vans since 17!

[Mart]

V reg' (as in 1979) 1.1L Fiesta. Had that a year, then bought a Supersport (how I wish I still had that. £££ ).

Bought my first GTT in '95 - Completely o.e, 2nd owner from new, white H plate.

[BILLY-R5GTT]

I bought a 1988 E reg Citroen axgt for my first (legal) car when I was 17 (2002), Red, smoothed kit, quad lights, S/S exhaust, 285 cam, ported head, re jetted carb, lowered, 15's.

Totally miss it, i'll get another at somepoint. Had 14 Citroen axgt's to date.

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

I had a Rover Metro... 1.1i.... which I managed to write of 1 hour after passing my Driving Test.

[Nick k]

V reg' (as in 1979) 1.1L Fiesta. Had that a year, then bought a Supersport (how I wish I still had that. £££ ).

Bought my first GTT in '95 - Completely o.e, 2nd owner from new, white H plate.

I had a fiesta 1979 1.3 ghia in gold with a brown vinyl roof!! Same engine Mart, Kent cross flow with a twin choke webber on it The good old days

[tubbyG]

Always wanted a 5 GTT, but insurance was way outta reach. so in 2003 aged 18, I got a dark green 97' clio 1.2 RL ....fast it was not... was more like a cheech and chong taxi
it had 37,000 miles on it and paid £1400 - fully comp insurance was £1300. I thought that was steep, but looking back thats a bargain compared to some insurance now

[Slammed 66]

I had a Rover Metro... 1.1i.... which I managed to write of 1 hour after passing my Driving Test.

RESULT!!!

[Mart]

I had a fiesta 1979 1.3 ghia in gold with a brown vinyl roof!! Same engine Mart, Kent cross flow with a twin choke webber on it The good old days

Mine was white with the grey stripes, 4-spoke Revolutions, rubber boot spoiler, blah blah blah. Worth a fortune these days

[Ricardo]

Mine was the old V reg Ford Fiesta 997cc in pastel blue, 4 speed. I bought it off a mates dad for £300 a few weeks before passing my test. A week before my test another mate sat in as passenger while i drove up to Lincoln to stay at my dads, all on 'A' roads at 50mph top whack

That car lasted 4 weeks after passing my test, i then took a loan out to buy my first hot hatch, a 1.6 Peugeot 205 GTI in black with 1.9 wheels

[Tony Walker]

I had a Rover Metro... 1.1i.... which I managed to write of 1 hour after passing my Driving Test.

Wow that has to be some kind of record

[Tony Walker]

Mine was a silvery/green 1993 renault 5 1.4 campus lowered rediculous amount on gt turbo wheels, absolutely loved that car and the rear quarter now lives in the back of my current GT

[westytce]

Very first was astra 1.3, that blew up before I passed....

Moved in with girlfriend.... She drove old honda civic 4 door, so didn't need a car until I was 19.... Then..... Mate gave me his Renault 5 campus, in White, 1.1 engine...

I had the head gasket sealed up for 50 quid as it drank water and ran hot, no radio in it so I had a battery one on the passengers seat, it would always cut out when hot and was a bit of a nightmare to start but I loved it all the same

[gtmatt]

Renault Clio 1.4 rt energy engine loved it

[Alex]

A BRG Mini with a white roof back in 1997. Crashed it!

[Kris M]

1.4 astra (1993)

[Big Steve - Raider]

1983 (A310 LEW) Mk1 Astra 1300S 5 Door, in light Green

Loved that little car & thrashed it just about everywhere!! The rumour was a Vauxhall was faster than the equivalent Ford of the same vintage? Not sure if that was the case, but I always used to spank my mate in his Mk3 Escort 1.3

[Adam 005]

This is the same as my first car only mine was five door


http://www.classiccar.co.uk/images/c...tin--21287.jpg

[s3irios]

Fiat Uno (89' ?) Phase1 1.1 Fire! (put a 1.5 Lancia with Twin carb, all hell break loose)

[Sparkie]

B reg gold Austin Metro City X 1 litre 4 speed. a huge hole in the floor - scrapped it when it failed its MOT. Then bought a metro turbo......

[casper]

Mine was a metallic blue MG metro,followed by a 205 gti that the girlfriend at the time decided to wrap it round a bus,she was ok,car was a right off.

[TopCat]

Citroen AX 1.1 RE. Glacier White. Pure ****e but I loved it.

[Shane P]

Mine was a Renault 5 Campus Prima Couldn't get insured on a GTT at 17 so it was the next best thing for me.

[Madmax]

I bought a 1.6 Astra from a relation who was really chuffed that I had this for my first car. I thought it was awful so a month after passing my test bought my first R5 GT Turbo in 1991 at 17. In 1992 took a massive (at the time) bank loan for the car and insurance and traded it for a White 3 year old H reg R5 - I owned many others during the 7 years I had this one but eventually traded it for a porche 911 and possibly the biggest regret ever. Tried to find it again but think it is long time dead..

[GTphil]

Mine was a H reg (1991) red ford escort 1.3 spanked the living daylights out of it every day for over a year, had all 4 wheels off the ground on more than one occasion........silly boy!

For the last six months I spanked it everywhere with the oil light on and almost zero oil in it, and it still didn't break, was only when a mates dad pointed it out that I realised what the oil light meant

I only paid £120 quid for it, was uber realiable and I definatly got my moneys worth! Scrapped it and purchased a mint Renault 5 GTX in black off my mums other half, I was the third owner and to this day I wish I had never sold that car

Was ripe for a Volvo lump to be thrown in, sold it to some daft bint who promptly ran it into the ground.

[TNT ANDY]

w reg mini city x (XTJ 520W) - it was rusty as hell and falling to bits, swapped and Amiga 500 + £100 cash for it.

Stuck a 1275 GT head on it, pancake filter and had it fueled to suit (this involved removing the needle in the carb and grinding it down in various areas LOL). Really hit and miss tuning, but never burst 1.

[Matt@CodeRedMotorsports]

Peugeot 104 zs. It's what became the talbot samba rallye. It was bloody quick for a first car, £25 from my old school mates mum.
The engine is what they put in the ax gt.

[Romil Davda]

1.2 Nova Merrit, 4 door saloon in baige (C reg)... no street cred at all. Car cost £650 and the sound (ICE) was a litttle over a grand!!! Happy days

[Trevhib]

In 1994 I bought my first car for £900, a dark brown 1983 A reg Nova 1.0.

It took everything I could throw at it and the only thing that needed any real attention was the (ignition) points.

I put SR wheel trims on, a pair of Cibies up front and some very basic ICE.

I should never have sold it. Motoring cost me everything over the next 15 years.

[Renault 5 GT Turbo]

My first car in 1999 was a Citroen AX GT 500 - a limited run of 500. It didn't get used much because I was insured under dad's company scheme to drive a new Impreza turbo.
Turning up at school with L plates on the Impreza was amusing.

[Mr Raider]

Bought my first car in '99, Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR (D314 WAV) was the one with the 'snow plough' early front spoiler, rocking some 13 inch alloys, slammed on full set of koni adjustables with a peco big bore 2 'zorst! thought it was well cool! Not quite standard although insurance company thought it was Well for £650 it seemed it, although it was rather rusty and cost me £472 to put through a proper MOT, - Ouch!!! then head gasket went, so I fixed it, took it for MOT, needed welding and more welding, bought new sills and then decided it was just too rotten so sold it for about £30 a few weeks after buying the raider funnily enough...

[wrightygtt]

Clio 1.2 grande with chrome hub caps and black centres xxx oh and i drilled the air box for a bit more of a rasp, when i put that sport badge on it fcuk me that thing flew

[greggtt]

Sky blue 1.3 f reg escort , only had 20000 miles on the clock , old boy that came into the garage had to stop driving due to illness and sold it to me for 300 quid , he had it from new and it was mint , I sold it on to the apprentice at work a year later for the same money and he ran it into a dry stone wall at 60 mph the same day , absolutely totalled the car, looked like the delorean from back to the future with its wheels folded underneath the body , little knob got an earful but on reflection he walked away and could have been a lot worse ! She was tidy though , XR3I wheels and cut springs , what a machine

[gttjames]

Renault Clio 1.4 rt energy engine loved it

yer mate!!! SNAP! I had a 3door 1995 silver 1.4 rt - leccy windows, sunroof that amzingly didnt leak. Loved it!

[m5tt]

.... A red chinqicento ... The Shame!