I'm sure we've all got a few cars in our history that we now wish were still about

Here's my guilty secret - Fiesta Supersport

My first car was one of these. I still wish I had it, full of character. Rubber band power rules.

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If at first you don't suck seed, try drier grain.

My 2nd car ever was a 1984 AE86 Levin Coupe in a really cood condition. Totalled it after 3 month, young and brainless as I was.

Wish I coult still own it.

Aaaaahhhhhggghhhh, pepperpots on a supersport! Should be 4 spokes.

I will scan a pic of my long lost love, maybe even the car as well.

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JP
GT4DC Treasurer

Grey St185 RC
Silver BMW E46 M3
Multicolour yawn Honda VFR400
Silver Honda Civic Type-R

In order of ownership:

1. BMC Mini Cooper - great little buzz box
2. Ford Escort Mexico Mk1 - fantastic car, wish I still had it today
3. Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1 - harsh and heavy Pinto engine unbalanced the car
4. Lotus Europa Special Twin Cam - my first supercar sadly written off by my dad
5. Lotus Europa Twin Cam - bent replacement, quickly sold
6. Ford Cortina SW - Aussie assembled and fell apart
7. Toyota HiLux 4x4 - very comfy and super reliable with off-road mods and long range 150litre tank, downside was thirsty 2litre petrol engine
8. Lotus Esprit Turbo - too wide to enjoy driving on UK roads
9. Ford Fiesta XR2 - great little roller-skate around town
10. Toyota Celica SX ST162 - Aussie spec GT, great car drove Sydney - Perth, on the way to a GT-Four
11. BMW M3 - power, torque and driveability was a real eye-opener, sadly targetted by Bimmer haters, broken into and eventually stolen
12. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 UK - best all-round car ever, performance and roadholding mixed with practicality and comfort
13. Lotus Elise S1 TT260 - two seater Formula Ford for the road
14. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 JDM - as per UK but without the sunroof, has rally replica looks in Super White
15. Nissan Patrol 4x4 - best heavy duty off-road 4x4 transmission with Nissan reliability in UN Peacekeeping colours, just need the blue beret

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

I got the car as a write off as the wheels had been nicked
Never could afford new ones and had only collected 3 before I sold it

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Fiesta XR2 or Escort XR3?

I bet the Lotus special was a hoot - 126bhp in a car weighing 710KG (almost teh same specs as a modern day elise!)

The supersport was a lovely little thing - fond memories of my stepfather buying one new and then sticking a BVH, cams and exhaust on it - all good apart from the fuel vaporisation issue that left us stranded many a time after a ragging.

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JP
GT4DC Treasurer

Grey St185 RC
Silver BMW E46 M3
Multicolour yawn Honda VFR400
Silver Honda Civic Type-R

ive only ever owned two cars, my old 205 turbo diesel... ehich i loved and still wish i hac never sold.

and then i got my St205 JDM on my 20th birthday, so at 27 1/2 years old i have only had 2 cars in 10years

Oops, my bad! now corrected

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

Turning into a bit of a car history this thread, here's mine:

Ford Fiesta 1.4S it was a 1985 which I think makes it a mk2, my first car, it was great apart from popping a conrod through the side of the block and then being written of by a numpty at a roundabout.

Ford Escort Mk5 - this was a shocking car, bought as a stopgap which turned into about 2 years. Ended in an accident which was unfortunately my fault although I wasn't sad to see the back of it.

VW Golf GTI Mk2 8v - My first foray into 'sportier' cars I think back very fondly of this car, fun trips in the summer, I also thought it went like a rocket shop although it had less power than the diesel I have now

VW Corrado G60 - Went to Germany to buy this, it was very cheap but being LHD it was a bit of a pain and I was working in South London a lot so I got rid of it, nice handling car though and quite unusual.

VW Golf Mk2 16v - Great car, I owned it for about 3 years then sold it to my other half who ran it for about 3 more, this would probably be the one that got away, it was in a great colour but by then it was rusty and falling to bits, we didn't have the money to sort it out.

Toyota ST185 GT-Four great car but quickly got used to the power paint wasn't that great, was sold after about 18 months as a better job let me move to my ST205.

Toyota ST205 - Brilliant car, owned it 9 years now good enough that I chose to rebuild it rather than replace with something else.

Toyota Corolla 2006 1.4D - Surprisingly good car very economical, had togive it back when I changed jobs.

Westfield Speed Sport 1800 - Great fun but totally impractical, I kept it for about 2.5 years then sold it due to lack of use.

BMW 118D - Excellent car, reasonably good fun to drive, RWD, economical and enough space for 4 adults.

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1996 ST205 UK

I'm a noob..

Toyota Celica ST182 widebody *sold* - Fell in love with T18X model and bought this as first car in bright 3E5 red. Superclean, but not enough power.
Toyota Celica ST185 Carlos Sainz - Love it to bits. Literally. Current project track day car.
Toyota Starlet EP82 (dd) - Love it, great little multi purpose car and fun to drive to work, as well as on the track. 220,000+ kms and still going strong (replaced the engine after broken valve though, lol).
Toyota Celica AT180 (parts car) *sold* - Needed a non sunroof roof plate for the CS.

Realistic wish list:

Toyota Landcruiser HZJ75 Troopy - On the list for a looong time, road trip beast!
Toyota Yaris T-sport dd (to replace Starlet dd in future) - More modern compared to P8, hope it will be as fun to drive as the Starlet is.
Toyota GT86 (to replace Yaris dd) - distant future dd?

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René - Carlos Sainz 2433•5000
Turbocelica.nl | ST185 CS restoration and full rebuild

If it ain't broken.. it soon will be

Still regret selling this on in 2004

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02 Mini Cooper Race Car
94 ST205 Import
92 ST185 Carlos Sainz
www.mcnab-racing.co.uk

I saw an E-Type Jag 3 days before I flew to Cyprus with the RAF many years ago. £500. How I wish I had bought it.

It was not in great condition, but I could afford it at the time, but time and no place to store it at such short notice

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[color=#000080]ST205 WRC 1994
Hybrid turbo
Apexi AVC-R
Apexi Power FC (Not being used ATM)
Apexi Power commander (Not being used ATM)

Photos or it was a wet dream people!

Malc
You should be sorry, that looks lurvely.

Small fun cars for the win
(until I find photos of the more esoteric stiff)

Still waiting for that picture of Julie(bis) JP

Yeah, sold her to fund going to Japan for Uni, probably didn't really have to

Wedssport wheels, tokico springs and dampers, HKS dump valve, RX7 intercooler, blitz boost controller, HKS exhaust, Bride drivers seat.

Took 4 of us to TOTB returning over 40mpg and the next owner had her dyno'd at 175hp/170lbft. Bloody brilliant car and at that time, seriously rare!

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02 Mini Cooper Race Car
94 ST205 Import
92 ST185 Carlos Sainz
www.mcnab-racing.co.uk