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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Back in the days when ye were teens , what car did ye fancy owning? ??

I wanted an ford Orion Rs Turbo with a tiger strip spare job .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wanted a red escort. I never got one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wanted a red escort. I never got one

You dreamer Alder!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

XR3i. Red

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By *nooshWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

VW Golf

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wanted a red escort. I never got one

You dreamer Alder!"

They were amazing, I had a crush on a girl at college who had one. She had everything including the best car. I got an ancient fiesta.

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

Escort Cossie, black.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Mini. My Dad loved Minis.

I have never owned a Mini. My Dad hated Fiats, Renaults and Skodas. I have owned models from all three makes at some point

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn't say no to an original Fiat 500 Abarth either

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"XR3i. Red"

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Ford Capri Ghia

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By *adHatter_RestrainedAliceCouple
over a year ago

In The Hills

VW Camper or Mini. They have never gone off my list

Alice x

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By *urham 3 riversMan
over a year ago

Co. Durham

Austin Healy 3000 the best ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ford Capri Ghia

I did have one of them

it was red with a 666 numberplate

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By *igmaMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Capri

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By *etite_delightWoman
over a year ago

BunnyLand

GMC Sierra and I still have no idea why I wanted something like this

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By *limBobStretchedPantsMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

You say back in the day. For me as a 16 year old I was in love with the DB5. The curves the style. And driven by James Bond how could you not love it.

My modern day lust is still an Audi R8. Although my next car is a Kia Sorrento lol. Panoramic roof and tow bar. Feeling the Dad car ha ha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Renault 5 GTT.

First car was a campus prima, then bought another a couple of years later, and finally got my GTT at 21.

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By *j69funCouple
over a year ago

kildare

"Ford Capri Ghia

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I had one of these they where an amazing car.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Original Mini Cooper was always top of my list - had a couple of Mini's but never a Cooper

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By *j69funCouple
over a year ago

kildare

Escort cosworth in blue ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Renault 5 GTT.

First car was a campus prima, then bought another a couple of years later, and finally got my GTT at 21."

Oh and if I had the money to properly look after and maintain one, I would buy another in a heart beat.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

Opel Manta or mark 1 Celica, I owned a mark 1 Celica as my first car, crashed it within three months

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

"Original Mini Cooper was always top of my list - had a couple of Mini's but never a Cooper "

Want a go in mine?

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By *ayMyName2018Man
over a year ago

Where the Wild Things Are

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By *uriouscouple83Couple
over a year ago

Worcester

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

I always wanted a yellow convertible beetle

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By *uriouscouple83Couple
over a year ago

Worcester

VW Karmann Ghia

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By *ayMyName2018Man
over a year ago

Where the Wild Things Are

XR3i in Red

Or a Peugeot 205 GTi in Black. Had to be the 1.9 though

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

Brother in law had a cool Lancia 2.0l Coupe. Made the right noises & went like stink.

Loved it, then watched it fall apart around him

Dream car was an ISO Grifo & there was actually one being used daily where I grew up in South London.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

"VW Camper or Mini. They have never gone off my list

Alice x"
my first van was a mini van.... I've got a vw camper now

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Old style mini clubman. They looked so cute

or it would have been an American Cream & Wood Ford Country Squire Station Wagon as seen in every American tv show back in the day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Porsche 911 or 365

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By *ribsaMan
over a year ago

A box at end of your bed

Had to be the Toyota Supra and the one I would still love to have Jensen Interceptor

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

"XR3i in Red

Or a Peugeot 205 GTi in Black. Had to be the 1.9 though "

Love the pug! I had the 1.9 and it was amazing. Just had to be brave going into a corner. Lift of the accelerator pedal and it would have you into the nearest hedge. Brilliant little beasts they were.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Renault 5 GTT.

First car was a campus prima, then bought another a couple of years later, and finally got my GTT at 21."
Renault 5 GT Turbo were amazing.

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

No one called out the Astra GTE yet? Still got mine rusting away

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Triumph Stag

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By *uskymotoMan
over a year ago

Cumbria

"Renault 5 GTT.

First car was a campus prima, then bought another a couple of years later, and finally got my GTT at 21. Renault 5 GT Turbo were amazing. "

Especially if you got a proper one with the 3 litre V6 in the back.

I just wanted a Kawasaki 1000RX

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Red lamborghini

My boyfriend's gonna buy me one

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

I made a terrible mistake back in about 82 when looking for a used car, I didn’t commute so my cars were always toys.

79 Rover SD1 V8S auto or

74 BMW 3.0Csi manual

I got the Rover, oh to be young & stupid!

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

E type..

Or triumph stag..

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Original Mini Cooper was always top of my list - had a couple of Mini's but never a Cooper

Want a go in mine?

Now there's an offer not to be refused

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Red lamborghini

My boyfriend's gonna buy me one"

With a special shelf for my Sam's fried chicken.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything with an MOT (and if the heater worked then even better).

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By *isAdventure69Woman
over a year ago

Hampshire

Triumph Stag , and I got myself one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My first love was a mustard stag...I was 10

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton

Audi Quattro got one in 89every bit as good as the dream.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Fuck your cars ...Yamaha 350 LC, I love the smell of two stroke in the morning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fuck your cars ...Yamaha 350 LC, I love the smell of two stroke in the morning

"Fuck your Honda civic, I've a horse outside"

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By *hePolyMathMan
over a year ago

Walton on Thames

"Fuck your cars ...Yamaha 350 LC, I love the smell of two stroke in the morning

"Fuck your Honda civic, I've a horse outside"

Absolutely love Rubberbandits 3

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By *heltenhamBiGuyMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Always wanted a Rover P6 3500 V8

Ended up with a Triumph 1500

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ferrari Testarossa

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Fuck your cars ...Yamaha 350 LC, I love the smell of two stroke in the morning

"Fuck your Honda civic, I've a horse outside"

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

Always wanted an F150. Learnt to drive in one 5 years before I would have been allowed to here and I've never stopped wanting one. In blue.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A navy blue stag.... I still want one

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By *lan157Man
over a year ago

a village near Haywards Heath in East Sussex

I wanted a Lotus Europa. You rarely see them on the road now from that period.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

A Laverda Jota, I had one in the 80's and toured most of Western Europe on it with 3 mates in 1987

I've had 3 cars, 1 Transit Van and 26 Motorbikes

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

"Opel Manta or mark 1 Celica, I owned a mark 1 Celica as my first car, crashed it within three months"

I had a Manta GTE when I was 20, had dreams about swapping it in for a Skyline or Intergrale. Didn't happen though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ferrari 355

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

Now bearing in mind where we live I look at VW Touareg W12’s

0-60 in 5 & a bit 0-100 in 13 limited to 155 but unlimited closer to 170.

All wrapped up in a two tonne 4x4

Just a shame they only made 500 & all left hookers or one would be outside the house on the drive!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve always wanted a Ferrari F40. A go kart with a jet engine is one way it’s been described

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used the love the Capri 2.8's that the police used to use

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My 1 Lotus Cortina or a Cortina Savage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Austin Maestro 1.6L with digital dash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can honestly say I don't covert any car as a teenager, was never in to them.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Ford Capri 2.8i and Porsche 944. Owned both...and they were great cars.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

A Renault 5 gordini turbo.

A mini cooper

I had a mini 1275gt which was fucking awesome and I still miss it 33years later

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

We were both fans of the Ford Capri, then the XR3

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton

The one I really wanted was a Volvo f88 tractor unit and still do to this day . Driven them but never owned one .

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By *ockosaurusMan
over a year ago

Warwick

A Delorean or a Ford Falcon - Pursuit Special.

I may have been very much influenced by my favourite films

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By *amsprofileMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Renault Clio Williams.

I do like a car with a confident bonnet bulge!

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"Renault Clio Williams.

I do like a car with a confident bonnet bulge!"

I had the phase 1 19 16valve as a company car, mate had the Cavalier 2.0 Gsi 150. The Renault ran rings around it handling wise, the Vauxhall was understeer city everywhere under power!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Had a black JPS special Ford Capri. Great car. Had it 3 weeks before it got nicked. Police found it wrecked in a field 150 miles away!!

Next car was white Cosworth. Some twat in a lorry hit it from behind a it was a write off.

Next was a silver XR3i. Bit of a rust bucket. Got rid of it.

Had different mid range cars ever since. Nothing spectacular.

Current car that I've had for 4 years is a Toyota Corolla Gli. Quite old but still goes well, it will soon qualify for classic car status. Not a spot of rust anywhere and just passed Mot with flying colours.

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

"No one called out the Astra GTE yet? Still got mine rusting away

I wanted one of these a nd had the funds to buy, however my insurance would have gone from £175 to 2 grand, so I couldn't afford it

Roll the clock forward 12 years and I had a Golf GTI as a company car for four months

Every morning I'd open the curtains expecting it to have been nicked

When my new company car arrived, a mate bought it from the firm I worked for and two weeks later it was stolen and found burnt out

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

My dad had a little blue Triumph Herald.

I'd kill for that car now

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

On the bike front always wanted a Ducati 851.

On the car front it was a VW Kharman ghia or cobra.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mark 1 escort Mexico or an RS 2000 mark 2. I've been seriously toying with the idea of a 2.8 or 3.0L S Capri lately. You gotta love classic Fords aye...

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