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chrisdeeming Member Since: 29 Dec 2011 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 828 |
A rover 213 ??? :S |
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16th Mar 2012 8:59 pm |
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GJH0702 Member Since: 04 Sep 2011 Location: Southport Posts: 428 |
SE from memory - was a long time ago 2011 XS,Sumatra Black, GONE MARCH 2014- RR Evoque Prestige 5 door ,MY 2014,Loire Blue, Silver Roof, Panoramic roof.
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16th Mar 2012 9:05 pm |
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treetops Member Since: 02 Feb 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 15 |
I'll probably regret starting this but, from the beginning (when God was a lad):
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16th Mar 2012 9:36 pm |
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Pegleg Member Since: 15 Apr 2010 Location: Deep in mid Wales Posts: 3114 |
My favourite from your list is the Velocette 350.
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16th Mar 2012 9:58 pm |
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JST Member Since: 01 Nov 2011 Location: Lizant Posts: 1098 |
Yeah...and it was a MAC! Funny money nowadays! John
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17th Mar 2012 8:49 am |
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Gunfa Member Since: 21 Aug 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 178 |
Ford Anglia - 1200cc
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17th Mar 2012 9:11 am |
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treetops Member Since: 02 Feb 2012 Location: Bucks Posts: 15 |
you are sooo right, pegleg
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17th Mar 2012 9:18 am |
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rorsters Member Since: 01 Aug 2011 Location: Londonderry Posts: 24 |
09 C4 Picasso 1.6 HDi (suprisingly good car)
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17th Mar 2012 10:09 am |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
I had that S Series 1.6 engine in a Montego. It never missed a beat from 0 to about 95,000 miles until the first fuel pump died, after which it developed an appetite for fuel pumps! It did, however, struggle to keep its oil on the inside from worryingly early on, with the happy consequence that the engine bay was the only part of the car that didn't rust As for my cars pre Freelander? Volvo V70 No 3 & Cooper S - MINI replaced with Focus RS Mk2 (Volvo very worthy, Cooper S and RS both huge fun) Volvo V70 No 2 & Cooper (Cooper very nice, but a bit slow. How can 115bhp be so slow?) Volvo V70 No 1 & Cooper Citroen C5 estate (The most unreliable car I've ever owned!) Citroen XM estate No 3 2.5TD (The best estate car I've ever had - I still occasionally dream about still having one) Citroen XM estate No 2 2.5TD (The other best estate car I've ever had!) Peugeot 406 estate 2.1TD (Very worthy, very nice, but a bit Marks & Spencer) Peugeot 405 estate 1.9 D (The worst car I've ever had. I hated that car with a passion!) Peugeot 405 estate 1.9 D (Which was 9 days old when it was spectacularly written off!) Citroen XM estate No 1 2.0i (The beginning of a Trilogy of XM's. I loved it, but a bit underpowered) Montego estate 2.0 HL (Great car, hugely under rated) Austin Montego estate 1.6HL (good car, but dog slow!) & Ford Transit 2.0 petrol (Super dog slow and 20-22 mpg ) Bedford Astramax 1.6 petrol (Never, ever, did 90 bhp seem so fast) Nissan Sunny van 1.3 petrol (not a proud moment, but it was definitely NOT my choice!) Renault 16TL (Old and rusty, with a brush paint job in Russet Brown. Yuck! Written off by a very thoughtful BT Land Rover) FIAT 126 Deville with 20-something bhp (Huge fun and extremely dangerous ) Motorbikes? Triumph Daytona 1200 SE (1998 to date. Very nice with great presence) Triumph 900 Sprint (1995 to date. The best motorcycle I've ever owned) Suzuki GS650 Katana (1985-1988. Massively disappointing. Overweight, clumsy, thinest paint that I have ever seen on a motorbike! Looked nice, but that was it. Wish I'd gone the whole hog and bought a proper Katana!) Suzuki GSX400F (1984-1985. Very nice, my first proper motorbike. Quick and comfy and a proper long distance bike. Should have kept it.) Suzuki GT200X5 (1983-1984. I loved that bike, but quickly outgrew it) Yahama RS100 (1981-1983. Very shiny but, in a word, cr4p!) Honda PF50 (1980-1980. By far and away the most unreliable motorcycle I've ever known. My first and last Honda! Purchased at 1400 miles, sold at 2100 after two replacement gearboxes. Went back to a bicycle, which was certainly no slower!) Satisfyingly, the Triumphs have been not only better than any of the Japanese bikes I've owned, they also been better than any rose-tinted memories of my old bikes might have suggested... Not necessarily the best vehicles I've ever owned, but the ones that I enjoyed most at the time (in no particular order): The Citroen XM estate 2.5TD's Cooper S Triumph Sprint 900 Montego estate 1.6HL * Suzuki GT200X5 * FIAT 126 * Freelander 2 * Okay, I really enjoyed them at the time, but my standards were low and I certainly wouldn't want them back now I'd rather keep the fond memories than be faced with the grim reality |
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17th Mar 2012 10:29 am |
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richardk Member Since: 11 Jan 2009 Location: Norwich Posts: 909 |
Yes the Mk1 200 based on the honda ballade - saloon only. 213 Honda and 216 rover engine variaints - a stunning Vitesse too. I had a D re 216S great car..but the engine did stall on me once and refused to restart for about 10 mins..at this point I was on the M25 in single file roadworks...scary! Happy days of motoring |
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17th Mar 2012 11:06 am |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
2 fl2
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17th Mar 2012 5:11 pm |
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c.kempy Member Since: 22 Nov 2011 Location: Essex Posts: 32 |
MKII Vauxhall Cavalier
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17th Mar 2012 10:39 pm |
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Andy S Member Since: 07 Aug 2011 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 82 |
Pre FL2, my cars (and my thoughts on them) in order that I owned them!
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18th Mar 2012 1:57 pm |
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TurboDan Member Since: 20 Feb 2012 Location: Ocean County, New Jersey, USA Posts: 97 |
Wow, some very cool car histories in this thread!
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19th Mar 2012 5:39 pm |
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