Past Loves

Come on guys, we have all owned a car at some point that we wished we had never sold, so lets see 'em.

This was the Jag that I owned waaay back when I was 19. Series 1 XJ6. The baby of the bunch as it was only a 2.8

Ah, mine is in my Avatar. Bought the 1.9GTI in 93 when I got divorced (1st time!). Scraped every last penny together to buy it and run up the credit card bill to insure it (£1200p/a). Then had a thatcham alarm fitted, the best 3 spoke alloys ever, a red and black leather steering wheel and CD stacker in the boot .... another £1500 all in.

I think I finished paying for it just before Christmas


I keep thinking about getting another but are these things ever as good as you remember?!

They never are steve.

I went mad 4 years ago and blew £18k on this beast, first 'new' car Ive ever owned !!]

one of mine.. went mad a few years ago and brought this. i did paint the wheel gold.

3 other of my fav's

One of mine was a 1.3 Triumph Acclaim. Rubbish car but it was the first 5 speed car I had and the seats had sagged in such a way it was like driving around in your favorite arm chair.

calisfar wrote:One of mine was a 1.3 Triumph Acclaim. Rubbish car but it was the first 5 speed car I had and the seats had sagged in such a way it was like driving around in your favorite arm chair.

I had one of them.. bag of crap..

But this is how it all started back in 1986, with this 1977 car that looked 'cool' in the garage, and they gave me £700 for my Austin Princess !!! lol

Sold the Honda Type R back last March, and found this on Ebay, and was smitten with porkers all over again

I just love that pink porka.

Must say you do like your girly colours! is there something we should know?

hersham boy wrote:I just love that pink porka.

Tis RUBYSTONE !!Rob!!

sstman wrote:

hersham boy wrote:I just love that pink porka.

Tis RUBYSTONE !!Rob!!

What ever you say.

Don't have many pics of old cars but I'll have a dig around, know my folks have got pics of quite a few have get them to scan them and send them up there's right motley crew of cars in the past drives list!!

i havent got any pics of it but mine was my alfa 145 it was a 1.7 boxer fantastic car

The one I really miss believe it or not is my '87 XR2, was in the darker metallic blue, think parissienne was lighter one can't remember then name of the colour now.

Bought it 5 years old with 29k on the clock!!, virtually immaculate, sold it when I moved abroad in '93 to a mate at work, who then wrapped it 'round a tree a month later

i smashed all my early sheds up before i managed to get the camera out

my have 1 in the loft i took 4 insurance purpose

Mav666 wrote:The one I really miss believe it or not is my '87 XR2,
was in the darker metallic blue, think parissienne was lighter one
can't remember then name of the colour now.

Bought it 5 years
old with 29k on the clock!!, virtually immaculate, sold it when I moved
abroad in '93 to a mate at work, who then wrapped it 'round a tree a
month later

Zircon Blue? I had a mark 2 Deuce myself for a very short while. They are fun and surprisingly capable cars. Have you seen the price of decent ones (or more stupidly Mark 1's) nowadays? They are going the same way as Escorts.

crow.magnum wrote:i smashed all my early sheds up before i managed to get the camera out

my have 1 in the loft i took 4 insurance purpose

Sounds like you at least got your moneys worth out of the insurance!

Could have been Pete, still trying to find a list of colour options from '87, seem to remember it being a longer name than that, I bought a touch up stick from a Ford Dealer thats long gone or I would have tried there.
Must have been something of a rare colour not seen a pic of ones for years

My Track Day 924

Pictures below are a few of the one's taken by Practical Performance Mag. Some of them appeared in the mag in an article about cheap Track Day Porcshes.

Mine was the white one. The yellow one was Ed Hall's auto...










Sadly the bottom end went on a day out at Bedford Autodrome.

Making me feel guilty now, putting that in past loves.

them pics look great, you should of offered them up 4 the calender, especially the first 1

hersham boy wrote:Making me feel guilty now, putting that in past loves.

Sorry mate, didn't mean it to do that. To try & make you feel a bit better, just remeber my words on the day, "give it some stick, take it to the red line!"

crow.magnum wrote:them pics look great, you should of offered them up 4 the calender, especially the first 1

Theres always next year joHn.

crow.magnum wrote:them pics look great, you should of offered them up 4 the calender, especially the first 1

The one of the 2 cars is certianly a contender for next years, you should scan and post that article Pete, not everyone will remember that

And the Porscheball one. that was great.