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Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:11 am
by weeksy
As you lot seem to like car stuff and i'm currently watching a bit of wheeler dealers i thought i'd throw up a bit of 'car of your youth' type discussion
Got to be realistic with it though, something you've owned and would love to go back and experience, not just a £300,000 car you had on the wall once.
I'll take this...
Right colour to match my old one (although a little older than mine) and a decent sort of price.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166841931448 ... R_iY7fSXZA
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:13 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Opel Manta coupe, I had two of them, both 1.9s, first one was yellow second was bronze with a vinyl roof.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:19 am
by Mr. Dazzle
Already done it!
Someone crashed in to our one of these (same colour as the pic) and wrote it off
I still miss it and think about getting another one from time to time.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:23 am
by Count Steer
1980s VW Scirocco would do. Pref metallic blue.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:27 am
by Mr. Dazzle
I saw a properly ruded up grey import R34 Nissan Skyline parked on my street yesterday. I hadn't seen one of them in years prior to yesterday. That's a proper poster car of my youth!
Silly money now though.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:38 am
by wheelnut
Possibly the Astra GTE - mark 1. Not sure there are any left though.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:00 am
by Felix
wheelnut wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:38 am
Possibly the Astra GTE - mark 1. Not sure there are any left though.
Driverless cars back in 84 :O
I had a Mk2 Belmont what some previous owner put the GTE engine in. Look crap but was quick. Constant 40mpg no matter how i drove it.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:08 am
by v8-powered
My old Mk2 Escort RS2000, GOO 625T, in Midnight Blue - I sold it to a speculator who was going to hide it away, never been on the road since
Other than that, I used to have a Mazda RX7 Turbo 2 around a similar time - not because it was a brilliant car but loved the way the engine rev'd forever!
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:18 am
by Count Steer
v8-powered wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:08 am
My old Mk2 Escort RS2000, GOO 625T, in Midnight Blue - I sold it to a speculator who was going to hide it away, never been on the road since
Other than that, I used to have a Mazda RX7 Turbo 2 around a similar time - not because it was a brilliant car but loved the way the engine rev'd forever!
My first car was a Mk1 Escort....van.
I wouldn't mind a tweaked one of those.
I know where there's a 'barn find' Mazda rotary engined car...possibly an RX7 (not sure what else it could be given the age of it). It's under about an inch of dust.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:35 am
by Slenver
Easy. 205GTi.
My dad had one new in 1985 and it was like something from the future. Then my older brother had a 1.9 when he'd saved enough from working - I was still at school and insanely jealous.
I bought my own eventually, nearly 20 years ago for 700 quid! Was a bit rough but with a bit of work it kept running.
I'd dearly love a Tolman one now. They source runners and rebuild them to whatever spec you like, but keep everything looking 100% original. Not cheap, but would be an amazing thing to own.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:38 am
by Wscad
MG montego. Handled way way better than a bm. I think at the time British leyland engineers admitted they had no idea why the car could handle so well. 4 x 4 Scorpio granada. Another car that knew how to go round bends
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:40 am
by KungFooBob
I'm a child of the Gran Tourismo generation, so it would have to be the R34 Skyline (but they're really spendy now), but pretty much any 90's JDM performance car would fit the bill.
The only one I actually owned was an FTO GPX, but it was only 200bhp and an auto.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:58 am
by Wscad
Wscad wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:38 am
MG montego. Handled way way better than a bm. I think at the time British leyland engineers admitted they had no idea why the car could handle so well. 4 x 4 cosworth Scorpio granada. Another car that knew how to go round bends
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:13 am
by Rockburner
Porsche 911 G-series from the '80s
Not just an "iconic" car, but my Mum owned a Guards Red Targa-top for several years. She actually fly out to Germany to pick it up from the factory and drove it home. Many memories of sitting in the (right-hand-side) passenger seat.
I doubt you'd find one for less than 50K now though.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:16 am
by Taipan
TBH I wouldn't want any car from my past. Cars (and bikes) have improved considerably and for the better and I'm not interested in buying and driving old tech. Plus I cant park cars without reversing sensors and cameras anymore!
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:18 am
by gremlin
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Had a couple previously. Just nice to drive, nice to look at and they have pop-up headlights, which everybody knows is the coolest thing since wearing Grolsch caps on your trainers.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:21 am
by v8-powered
gremlin wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:18 am
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Had a couple previously. Just nice to drive, nice to look at and they have pop-up headlights, which everybody knows is the coolest thing since wearing Grolsch caps on your trainers.
Make a cracking Ferrari replica
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:23 am
by gremlin
v8-powered wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:21 am
gremlin wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:18 am
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Had a couple previously. Just nice to drive, nice to look at and they have pop-up headlights, which everybody knows is the coolest thing since wearing Grolsch caps on your trainers.
Make a cracking Ferrari replica
Go wash your mouth out, sit in the corner, face the wall and think about how hurtful that comment is.
Turn around. I don't want to see your face.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:24 am
by gremlin
My first car was a rusted-to-fuck Fiat Panda, but even thinking back now, driving it was brilliant because it represented....freedom! I don't think you can ever recapture that, but if you could bottle it, it'd sell millions.
Re: Your iconic 'car of my youth' to buy now...
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:28 am
by KungFooBob
gremlin wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:24 am
My first car was a rusted-to-fuck Fiat Panda, but even thinking back now, driving it was brilliant because it represented....
freedom! I don't think you can ever recapture that, but if you could bottle it, it'd sell millions.
In my case it wasn't a car, it was a Yellow Honda Melody.
Peers ripped the piss, but they didn't have that freedom.