Your past cars

[Pie]

I noticed a lot of you have your past collection of cars listed as part of your sig so thought I would start a thread for everyone to post up pics of your old, current and / or favourite toys.

I've had a relatively short driving career compared to others on the forum so here are all mine in chronological order.

1st Car
1.0L Polo, an overwhelming 44Bhp and 0-60 time of circa 16 seconds.
Capable of just reaching 3 figure speeds with a long enough downhill (private) road.
I was over £1000 to insure this thing when I was 18!



2nd Car
Corrado G60 - my first taste of forced induction.



Unfortunately it lost a moderately high velocity fight against a pesky kerb...







Part of the hub is still attached to the alloy, sheared clean off the car.



3rd Car
Escort RS Turbo (The white one)



4th Car
4x4 Sapphire RS Cosworth - I sold this in 2003 with over 134k on the clock and according to the insurance database she's still alive!



5th Car
Big Turbo Escort RS Cosworth, Stage 3 Tuned.





1st Bike
1999 Yamaha R6



2nd Bike (Current)
2009 Yamaha R6



6th Car
Renault Clio RSi - my winter hack after I sold the Escort last year and needed something to potter about in until I found the right RS4. Note my dedication in staying true to RS ownership! Bought on eBay for the princely sum of £410, sold two months later on eBay for £620



7th Car (Current)
RS4
I won't bore you with yet another photo of a standard looking Sprint Blue saloon so here she is covered in snow foam.

[lengster1]

Crikey my list would include a couple of saphs and a couple of escort cozzys wish id never sold my mallard lux model to be honest,nice to see a fellow biker too,my current is a gixer thou k5 it can be seen in action on the nolimitstrackday photos from sunday just gone (fast group blue and white section only road bike in there i think) never have managed to load up any pics on here for some reason.Will have a think on the full car list and get back on here its a lengthy one some good some not lol

[ArthurPE]

1976 BMW 2002, modded nicely
1978 911
1980 924 Turbo
1985 535i
1988 M3
1995 M3
2001 M3
1986 944 Turbo
2007 RS4

a couple of pick up trucks for work stuff...

[Jazza1984]

1990 Peugeot 309 Diesel (was actually my folks)
1993 Fiat Panda (4 gears - ended up written off when the engine went up in flames!!)
1994 Citreon AX
1995 Rover 214 SEi (Alloy head cracked - loved this car!)
1999 Renault Megane

Then I got a proper job and wisened up!!

2002 VW Golf GTi 1.8T
2009 Audi TT-S (Awesome car, but the RS4 came about!)
2007 Audi RS4

[psg001]

a bit off topic but how does SNOW FOAM washing work? Do you have a special nozzle for your hose pipe / Karcher? Do you just leave it on and then rinse it off and have a clean car or do you still have to get a sponge out and use some elbow grease???

[pippyrips]

1. Vauxhall Nova SR 1.3
2. Renault Clio 16v
3. Renault Clio 172
4. Subaru impreza UK 300
5. Subaru impreza JDM STI
6. Audi B7 RS4
7. Nissan R35 GT-R (current)

[pippyrips]

a bit off topic but how does SNOW FOAM washing work? Do you have a special nozzle for your hose pipe / Karcher? Do you just leave it on and then rinse it off and have a clean car or do you still have to get a sponge out and use some elbow grease???

I use a Autobrite Standard Snow Foam Lance and it's excellent - you still need to wash the car afterwards for a perfect clean but it seriously reduces the risk of paint damage & marring.

[gmk666]

1976 Mini 850
1966 Ford Cortina
1992 Peugeot 309GTI Goodwood
1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
1994 BMW M3
1998 Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0 V6
2000 Porsche Boxster 2.7
2000 Porsche Carrera (996) 3.4
2005 Porsche Carrera S (997)
2005 VW Golf GTI
2005 Porsche Carrera S (997)
2006 Audi RS4 Avant
2008 Audi RS6 Avant

(Awww, I got all emotional writing that out.)

[Pie]

a bit off topic but how does SNOW FOAM washing work? Do you have a special nozzle for your hose pipe / Karcher? Do you just leave it on and then rinse it off and have a clean car or do you still have to get a sponge out and use some elbow grease???

More info on snow foam here http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... rying.html

You buy a special foam bottle / lance you attach in place of the standard Karcher one. http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog ... -cat2.html

My cleaning regime is usually pressure wash with water only to completely soak the car and blast off the worst of the dirt.
Cover the car in snow foam and let it sit for around 5 minutes.
Pressure blast the foam off and then wash, dry and wax the car as you normally would.

[2manytoys]

Car...........................................Jetski.................................Race/Track Car
1983 Nissan Bluebird TRX............1991 Kawasaki 650SX.........Holden Ute Paddock Basher!
1986 Nissan Navara 4X4..............As above
198X Toyota Van (wiped from memory)
1971 Landrover..........................another 650SX
1987 Toyota Land Cruiser............still 2x 650SX + Waveblaster
1996 Mitsubishi Lancer.................2x 650SX, Waveblaster & M-Craft
1976 Ford Fairlane.......................2x 650SX, Waveblaster, M-Craft, Kawi STX 1100DI
1988 BMW 323i...........................as above
1999 Ford Falcon XR8 (like a V8 Supercar......still skis as above
2002 Ford XR6 Turbo...................sold 650's, blaster, M-Crat, now STX-R and DI
1999 Jaguar XKR Convertible........STX-R and DI
2007 BMW X5 4.8i.......................as above.
Drum roll....
2007 RS4 Cab..............................STX-R (DI gone)......................1998 WRX STI Type R Race Car

Race Car:


Some race car video: http://vimeo.com/10372616

Cheers, 2manytoys

[P_G]

Don't know if I can remember all of my cars but here goes

1985 Vauhall Nova 1.2L
1994 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 LX
1993 Rover 216GTI (Co. Car)
1994 Ford Mondeo 1.6LX (Co. Car)
1996 Vauxhall Vectra 1.6LX (Co.Car)
1996 Volvo 850 T5-R (Co. Car - lost licence!)
1998 Audi A3 1.6 Sport
1997 TVR Cerbera Red Rose Edition (6 weeks, scary!)
1998 Audi A3 1.8T Sport
2000 Vauxhall Astra 2.0 SRi
2002 '52' Audi S3 225
2004 '54' Audi B6 S4 V8
2006 '06' Audi RS4 Avant - still here and will be for some time.

[gmk666]

Lots of stuff

Well that explains your name then.

Interesting thread this - fascinating to see the different routes we took to the same car.

[Dom81]

Had a 1972 MGB GT in my student years, then nothing for a while after moving to London. Long termers (from new) were then -

1990 - Renault 5 GT Turbo
1993 - Renault 19 16v
1996 - Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
2000 - Audi T-Sport Quattro Avant
2004 - B6 S4 Avant
2007 - B7 RS4 Avant

[StandFreeRS4]

Good thread!

Renault 5 1.1 Campus
Fiat Punto SX 1.2 - stolen and written off in Glasgow!
Renault Clio 1.2
Honda Civic Type R (old style) - written off due to my poor driving
E46 M3
RS4

Amazing to think just over 12 years ago I was driving something with a tenth of the power!

[gmk666]

Amazing to think just over 12 years ago I was driving something with a tenth of the power!

I thought the same. (Jesus - just worked out my Mini had 1/16th of the RS6's power.)
But what really made me think was the whole car didn't cost much more than what it costs to fill up with petrol now.