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[Allenm]

Honda Pilot! - Ok, so not strictly a road car, but more sideways fun than you can shake a stick at

[Martin_1962]

Most fun was a Suzuki GSX600F

Never found out how fast it could go

[Paulus]

Most fun was a Suzuki GSX600F

Never found out how fast it could go

About 28mph  

[JiMbOb789]

Vauxhall Astra Coupe 2.2i Limited Edition Bertone. When i bought it, there were only 11 in the country, made me feel special 8-)
Jamie
  8-)

[Jay w]

E30 325 sport with all the M trimmings on it, this was before the M3 had arrived and was considered the ultimate 3 series, i was early 20's with 9 points and was paying a fortune for the insurance on it

Mini Cooper 1275 S with the obligatory staright cut drop gears, LCB straight through exhaust, magnesium minilites, bucket seats and 4 poitn harnesses, pasically a point and squirt car, through traffic there wasn't much on 4 wheels that could catch it  

porsche 931 turbo, a cracking car that had a really bad reputation, 80's styling and 170bhp to boot at the rear wheels with 50/50 weight distribution, was a hoot to drive, no traction control or ABS but had the worse turbo lag i have ever seen, worse than the early saab 900's

[Beconboy]

V.8 capri can,t beat the noise and sideways fun

[martin12760460]

600F mine toped out 134 but i wobled badly !!!!
px,d mine for a brand new thunderace I loved that 178 when on up to silverstone not sure what year but it was the year shumacar broke his leg

[Martin_1962]

Most fun was a Suzuki GSX600F

Never found out how fast it could go

About 28mph  

Ran out of straight road, the fastest I went it was still accelerating, it also out top ended a CBX once as well.

[Martin_1962]

600F mine toped out 134 but i wobled badly !!!!
px,d mine for a brand new thunderace I loved that 178 when on up to silverstone not sure what year but it was the year shumacar broke his leg

Mine was F reg - didn't wobble and didn't get to flat out top end

[amigov6]

Too highly tuned Mini Cooper S, straight cut box, LSD, minilights, ultralightweight body (perspex windows, no winders, no heater,trim and so on).  Ah those were the days. Nowadays any production car seems to be faster and handle better than the so called performance cars of the 60's and 70's.

I wished I still had them now.

varche

:yI've been there! 8-)

[amigov6]

 [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]Moggie Minor van. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[martin12760460]

I not sere if the bike wos wobbling or me itwas my first large bike,
because a friend of mine died just after i bought the ace (i saw and
 it was his fault) I did advanced coarse passed that and went on to instruct BMF Blue ribon .was goin to train to instruct ROSPA then my ex played away and my life turned to s*** so stopped riding

[Kevin Wood]

Speaking of 600s, I once went on a gliding holiday with a guy who had a CBR600, IIRC. Over a beer one night, it transpired that I'd never ridden a bike and he'd never driven a car.

A plan was hatched which saw me giving his bike a bit of stick up and down the main runway, and, in return he did the same in my car - which was a Morris Ital 1.7HL Estate

Somehow I think he got the raw end of that deal.

Kevin

[brett1408]

really good reading, thanks everyone! at least i'm not the only one to have had a montego turbo!! and only 1 of you mentioned senators, i've had a 3.0 12v cd and a 3.0 24v manual ex-plod, that died due to head gasket problems and the cost of a dual-mass fly wheel! one of my mates dylan had a mazda rx7 the rotary engine one that he's swapped for a 89 toyota celica that he now wants £300 for, i'm starting to get very tempted! it's mint and in black totally standard except for 17" alloys, it feels so light and nimble compared to the omega! but nowhere near as fast! i'll be starting my cam cover gaskets and breathers this weekend, just need to get a space in the workshop near the space-heater and i'll be fine!!! thinking back, i went through a phase of buying fiesta xr2's i must of had 6 or 7 of em, best one was a grey c-reg, standard when i got it except for it had been lowered, i fitted a kent cam kit, vernier cam pulley, k&n, 4into2into1 exhaust manifold, iridium plugs, high performance ht leads and coil, upper and lower front strut braces, peco big bore 4 ( remember them!!! ), it really shifted and cornered like a go-cart, i loved it! dont you wish you had photo's of all your old cars!!