Moderator Rally Pack 2000 Posted September 5, 2019 Author Moderator Report Posted September 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, Vista said: I owned an ST185 in the early noughties, it was black and some of my friends called it the Batmobile. Piss taking barstewards! It cornered like it was on rails and was quickish, but not as quick in stock trim as the headline figures suggest as the 4WD system sapped some of the power and they're quite heavy. Great traction though and quite tunable with Toyota reliability. I'd have another as a modern classic but would probably seek out tan ST205 or ST185 Carlos Sainz limited edition model rather than a standard ST185. I remember the GT4 Model was the only one worth having out of the Australian Specced versions. Most were simply Camry engined 2 door dressed up to look like rally Celica's. The GT4s though are really hard to come by now and not sure I would find one in the price range. It has really boomed as a modern classic I think. I must say though you really owned a variety of cars when you were younger, you must have been swapping cars every few months to be sure you sampled a bit of everything! I wish I had done that.
Admin Vista Posted September 5, 2019 Admin Report Posted September 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Rally Pack 2000 said: I remember the GT4 Model was the only one worth having out of the Australian Specced versions. Most were simply Camry engined 2 door dressed up to look like rally Celica's. The GT4s though are really hard to come by now and not sure I would find one in the price range. It has really boomed as a modern classic I think. I must say though you really owned a variety of cars when you were younger, you must have been swapping cars every few months to be sure you sampled a bit of everything! I wish I had done that. Hmmm, I've never really thought about it but I guess you could say that. List by year (some are approximate year) not including bikes (of which there's been five including current one) 1985 Mk1 Escort 1300XL (2 door bought for £60) 1986 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL (swapped for escort, BUM deal!) 1987 Mini 1000 1988 Mk1 Cavalier 1600L 1989 Mk1 Astra 1600SR 1991 Capri 2.8i 1992 Capri 2.8i Special 1994 Capri 3.0 GXL (1st classic ford resto) owned in parallel to daily but sold 2003 1996 Calibra 16v (owned 3 weeks and returned to dealer for full refund, long story) 1996 Corrado G60 1998 Corrado VR6 1999 Celica GT4 2000 MGF VVC 2003 Mercedes SLK 230 2004 Escort mk1 RS2000 - still owned 2005 Alfa Montreal - still owned 2006 Peugeot 406d Hdi (oh the shame, it was a short term stop gap) 2007 BMW Z4 3.0 2009 BMW 535 Estate 2009 - Escort Van - still owned. 2014 Jaguar XF-S - current 1
notenoughtime Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Vista said: Hmmm, I've never really thought about it but I guess you could say that. List by year (some are approximate year) not including bikes (of which there's been five including current one) 1985 Mk1 Escort 1300XL (2 door bought for £60) 1986 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL (swapped for escort, BUM deal!) 1987 Mini 1000 1988 Mk1 Cavalier 1600L 1989 Mk1 Astra 1600SR 1991 Capri 2.8i 1992 Capri 2.8i Special 1994 Capri 3.0 GXL (1st classic ford resto) owned in parallel to daily but sold 2003 1996 Calibra 16v (owned 3 weeks and returned to dealer for full refund, long story) 1996 Corrado G60 1998 Corrado VR6 1999 Celica GT4 2000 MGF VVC 2003 Mercedes SLK 230 2004 Escort mk1 RS2000 - still owned 2005 Alfa Montreal - still owned 2006 Peugeot 406d Hdi (oh the shame, it was a short term stop gap) 2007 BMW Z4 3.0 2009 BMW 535 Estate 2009 - Escort Van - still owned. 2014 Jaguar XF-S - current Some shocking choices in there lol 1989 mk1 Escort 1300, 1600x flow, twin tanks, mex arches, RS2000 front shocks, spas on the rear, when i think back it must have had a lsd in the rear! Got rear ended by a min! Bought for £150 1989 mk1 1300xl replaced the above £600 1990 mk2 1600e £350 1990 mk2 Escort 1700 xflow etc 1990 mk2 rs2000 broke for spares for the above why oh why 1991 fiat 131 mirafiorisport blew the rear diff £80 had to weld the floors up 1992 mini Mayfair 998cc 1992 mk1 cortina took many years to complete 1992 vw scirocco mk2 1994 mk4 cortina 2.0l Ghia 1996 Sierra 3 door cosworth 370bhp owned for 10 years 1998 new ford escort GTI 1999 MK1 XR2 white 1999 MK2 XR2 white 1999 mk2 XR2 White not a typo lol 1999 Nissan micra mk1 work car! 2000 mk1 Escort 1969 2003 mk4 Escort RS turbo white cosworth turbo wire rung etc got written off by my mate! 2004 mk4 Escort RS turbo black replaced the above 2004 1978 mini 1330 straight cut gearbox etc 2004 3 door cosworth race car (road legal) sold a few years later 2005 Sierra xr4i 2006 1971 triumph stag sold the 3 door why why why Not sure the next few years few minis 2014 mk4 golf 1.8t 2014 1990 mk2 golf GTI 16V restored sold this year 2014 1984 mk2 golf 4wd 1.8t Still have it 2016 1984 mk1 golf GTI sold 2016 1988 MK1 caddy truck sold 2016 mk1 RS Focus still have it 2016 1973 Rover coupe 3.5l 2017 2004 discovery TD5 2017 MK1 RS2000 2018 audi S3 track car sold 2018 Clio 172 track car sold 2018 Audi S3 track car 2018 evo 4 track car 2019 MK1 RS2000 I’ll keep adding as I remember them 1
Admin Vista Posted September 5, 2019 Admin Report Posted September 5, 2019 22 minutes ago, notenoughtime said: Some shocking choices in there lol 1989 mk1 Escort 1300, 1600x flow, twin tanks, mex arches, RS2000 front shocks, spas on the rear, when i think back it must have had a lsd in the rear! Got rear ended by a min! Bought for £150 1989 mk1 1300xl replaced the above £600 1990 mk2 1600e £350 1990 mk2 Escort 1700 xflow etc 1990 mk2 rs2000 broke for spares for the above why oh why 1991 fiat 131 mirafiorisport blew the rear diff £80 had to weld the floors up 1992 mini Mayfair 998cc 1992 mk1 cortina took many years to complete 1992 vw scirocco mk2 1994 mk4 cortina 2.0l Ghia 1996 Sierra 3 door cosworth 370bhp owned for 10 years 1998 new ford escort GTI 1999 MK1 XR2 white 1999 MK2 XR2 white 1999 mk2 XR2 White not a typo lol 1999 Nissan micra mk1 work car! 2000 mk1 Escort 1969 2003 mk4 Escort RS turbo white cosworth turbo wire rung etc got written off by my mate! 2004 mk4 Escort RS turbo black replaced the above 2004 1978 mini 1330 straight cut gearbox etc 2004 3 door cosworth race car (road legal) sold a few years later 2005 Sierra xr4i 2006 1971 triumph stag sold the 3 door why why why Not sure the next few years few minis 2014 mk4 golf 1.8t 2014 1990 mk2 golf GTI 16V restored sold this year 2014 1984 mk2 golf 4wd 1.8t Still have it 2016 1984 mk1 golf GTI sold 2016 1988 MK1 caddy truck sold 2016 mk1 RS Focus still have it 2016 1973 Rover coupe 3.5l 2017 2004 discovery TD5 2017 MK1 RS2000 2018 audi S3 track car sold 2018 Clio 172 track car sold 2018 Audi S3 track car 2018 evo 4 track car 2019 MK1 RS2000 I’ll keep adding as I remember them I think I hear a pot / kettle alert whooping loudly! 1
notenoughtime Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Vista said: I think I hear a pot / kettle alert whooping loudly! Haha no Vauxhall’s though or an MGF 😳
Admin Vista Posted September 5, 2019 Admin Report Posted September 5, 2019 Just now, notenoughtime said: Haha no Vauxhall’s though The Mk1 Cavalier was truly truly dull. But it served a purpose and was all I could afford as a young apprentice. The Astra however was a cracking hot hatch. Just wish I could have afforded a mk1 GTE.
colr6 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 One of my first cars, couldn’t remember what it was really 🤔 wasn’t a ford....it had no rust...wasn’t a Vauxhall it didn’t leak water, ...wasn’t a BMC cos it always worked, mmmmmmmm what was it now? 1
notenoughtime Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, accord83 said: Marcos? More of a Morgan is it not? Was it made of ash? Lol
accord83 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 25 minutes ago, notenoughtime said: More of a Morgan is it not? Was it made of ash? Lol Pre 69 Marcos GT's had a plywood chassis.
colr6 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, accord83 said: Pre 69 Marcos GT's had a plywood chassis. Most of the cars near us had plywood chassis in the 60s/70s...lol 1
accord83 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 1 minute ago, colr6 said: Most of the cars near us had plywood chassis in the 60s/70s...lol My Anglia had a piece of floorboard stopping the seat reclining through the floor. Most of the body was fibreglass too. I was a budding Frank Costin at 17!
Moderator Rally Pack 2000 Posted September 5, 2019 Author Moderator Report Posted September 5, 2019 1 hour ago, colr6 said: One of my first cars, couldn’t remember what it was really 🤔 wasn’t a ford....it had no rust...wasn’t a Vauxhall it didn’t leak water, ...wasn’t a BMC cos it always worked, mmmmmmmm what was it now? I knew you were into woodies!
DT36 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Posted September 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Rally Pack 2000 said: Your Mother in Law? That begs the delicate question was there a Capri in your list of cars in the late 80's? 😮 A Pillar of the Community? 🙂 There was definitely a 2.0s and a 3.0s in there before 1990. I'm thinking: 1986 - Mk2 Escort 1300 Sport 1988 - 2.0s Capri & Mk2 RS2000 1989 - 3.0s Capri & TR7 & Mk1 Astra GTE 1990 - MK2 RS2000 & Nova SRI 1991 - 2.8 Capri & XR3i 1992 - cavalier SRI & Manta GTE 1994 - Sierra Ghia (kids came) 1997 - BMW 520 Tourer 2000 - BMW 328 Alpina 2004 - Astra Sri 2010 - Astra SRi 2013 Toyota HiLux & current Mk2 RS2000 2015 - BMW 1 series (pants), traded out at 3 months for present, Astra GTC SRi. Currently looking at auto Skoda Karoq or Ford Kuga St Line, for 2 reasons. Betty cornered my car last week onto a bollard cos she had no diesel in hers and it also allows me to eat my pastie without having to worry about changing gear. I'm 50/50 whether to get the Astra repaired as it's paid for and been a really good reliable car or just to trade it in now that the sill and rear arch are creased.
accord83 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 I like my 1.0 115 TSI DSG Karoq SE Tech, (Hellofaname!) more importantly so does my wife, I've had it 18 months with no problems and will probably get another in 6 months. Two year lease deals from my local Skoda agent. But I have had a Roomster and two Yeti's before it, so I'm a bit of a Skoda man. 1
DT36 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, accord83 said: I like my 1.0 115 TSI DSG Karoq SE Tech, (Hellofaname!) more importantly so does my wife, I've had it 18 months with no problems and will probably get another in 6 months. Two year lease deals from my local Skoda agent. But I have had a Roomster and two Yeti's before it, so I'm a bit of a Skoda man. Was looking at the 1.5. Karoq. Reviews are really good on it. Kuga is a tad cheaper, but less spec. Glad you like it and your comment is now swaying me more that way. 👍
Moderator Rally Pack 2000 Posted September 6, 2019 Author Moderator Report Posted September 6, 2019 3 hours ago, accord83 said: But I have had a Roomster and two Yeti's before it, so I'm a bit of a Skoda man. You have me totally lost! Is that like you and a college roommate's crypto-zoologist adventure to the Himalayas sort of thing?
Admin Vista Posted September 6, 2019 Admin Report Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Rally Pack 2000 said: You have me totally lost! Is that like you and college roommate's crypto-zoologist adventure to the Himalayas sort of thing? No,, it's a thread by a couple of wheel barrow enthusiasts. At least that's what the old joke about Skodas having twin exhausts so that you could use them as a wheelbarrow said 1
Admin Vista Posted September 6, 2019 Admin Report Posted September 6, 2019 14 hours ago, dt36 said: There was definitely a 2.0s and a 3.0s in there before 1990. I'm thinking: 1986 - Mk2 Escort 1300 Sport 1988 - 2.0s Capri & Mk2 RS2000 1989 - 3.0s Capri & TR7 & Mk1 Astra GTE 1990 - MK2 RS2000 & Nova SRI 1991 - 2.8 Capri & XR3i 1992 - cavalier SRI & Manta GTE 1994 - Sierra Ghia (kids came) 1997 - BMW 520 Tourer 2000 - BMW 328 Alpina 2004 - Astra Sri 2010 - Astra SRi 2013 Toyota HiLux & current Mk2 RS2000 2015 - BMW 1 series (pants), traded out at 3 months for present, Astra GTC SRi. Currently looking at auto Skoda Karoq or Ford Kuga St Line, for 2 reasons. Betty cornered my car last week onto a bollard cos she had no diesel in hers and it also allows me to eat my pastie without having to worry about changing gear. I'm 50/50 whether to get the Astra repaired as it's paid for and been a really good reliable car or just to trade it in now that the sill and rear arch are creased. Hmmmmm, so you're a Vauxhall man really? 1
Moderator Rally Pack 2000 Posted September 6, 2019 Author Moderator Report Posted September 6, 2019 My first car at the age of 16. Points if you can guess what it is.
Rich T Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 16 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said: My first car at the age of 16. Points if you can guess what it is. I know but it took a good 10 minutes of searching to find it. 1
Admin Vista Posted September 6, 2019 Admin Report Posted September 6, 2019 34 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said: My first car at the age of 16. Points if you can guess what it is. We get quite a few of the later version of that imported over here but I've never seen one of that vintage before. 1
Moderator Rally Pack 2000 Posted September 6, 2019 Author Moderator Report Posted September 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Vista said: We get quite a few of the later version of that imported over here but I've never seen one of that vintage before. Yes you could say it was the Mk1 of that line of vehicles.
accord83 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 I had a Friendee Freetop Two version of the later one with a 2.5 TDI and a LSD back axle. Easier on the tyres than the 4wd one. Great bit of kit, the electric lifting roof was brilliant, and no VW scene tax for a gutless thirsty rust bucket.
DT36 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Posted September 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Vista said: No,, it's a thread by a couple of wheel barrow enthusiasts. At least that's what the old joke about Skodas having twin exhausts so that you could use them as a wheelbarrow said Haha, yes. It's basically a VW Tiguan in disguise. Had really good reviews and What Car of the year. Plus, I've got about 2 tonne of chippings to get around the back of the house. 😀 2 hours ago, Vista said: Hmmmmm, so you're a Vauxhall man really? The evidence does seem to lean that way... 😉 Ooh, I forgot, there were 2 series 3 Landrovers in there at some point. Bought them when my Betty took the kids home to settle in school while I was posted in Loughborough. Used my FZR600 for cutting about, but needed the Land Dog to get home on weekends. Somehow, I always seemed to gave a massive abundance of spare parts for them 😈
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