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Renault R8 |
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Rear engined (1100cc) 4 door saloon, with swing rear axles and
unservoed 4 wheel disc brakes. Fantastic traction from a standing
start, but the handling was interesting, needed a paving slab in
the boot (at the front). Taught me all about oversteer, sometimes
the hard way :-) |
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Triumph Herald 13/60 convertible |
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Interesting handling, swing axles again. Good fun car that was easy to work on. |
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Hillman Avenger GLS |
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1500cc twin carb (75bhp), `luxury' version of GT. Uprated suspension on
this, 35% uprated springs/struts on the front, and adjustable Spax on the
back. Drove like an (old style) rally car, very easy to get sideways... |
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Ford Cortina 1.6L (Mk IV) |
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First of the company cars. |
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Ford Cortina 1.6L Estate (Mk V) |
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and another one, but with more room |
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Ford Cortina 1.6 GL (Mk IV) |
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and another, at least you could get the back to slide around. |
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Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia (Mk
III, first front wheel drive Escort) |
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Luxury, and not bad performance either, for the time. |
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Ford Escort XR3i |
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Least said the better... had a Janspeed exhaust as well!
Brakes not up to the job. |
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Citroën BX GTi 16valve |
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160bhp, 16valve 1.9l engine, a real holligan car, but very comfortable
and versitile. Got it upto ~135mph, (no not in the UK, honest). |
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Triumph Spitfire 1500 |
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Fun car bought as a hobby car kept for about 18 months, lost money
on it. Great fun, I think, but not enough time or space for it. Full of
rust, rebuilt the carbs, and rear suspension. |
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SAAB 900S |
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Last of the true SAAB's... but not my type of car, too much
understeer, awfull gearbox. Engine wasn't too bad even if
it was "only" 147bhp. Good on motorways. |
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Citroën Xantia 16V |
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Same engine as BX, but different tune, and a different type of car. |
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BMW 328i touring (E36) |
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The best, I never believed in the hype about BMW's untill I drove
one. At least with a 6 cylinder engine they really are the ultimate
driving machines. With 2.8litres its fast, and fun if you turn the
traction control off.... |
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BMW 323Ci Coupe (E46) |
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2.5litres 170bhp, not as raw as the E36, nice comfortable cruiser,
loads of gadgets, key memory seats etc..
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Fiat Punto 90ELX |
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Bought as a stop gap after taking voluntary redundancy and looking for a job
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Ford Mondeo 1.8TD GLX |
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awfull car but it gets from A-B (slowly...)
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Fiat Stilo 1.6 Dynamic |
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I like the way it looks, it's not a bad car although a bit sluggish. Lots of toys, A/C auto matic headlights etc, also it's got 17" alloys (not my choice).
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my wife's cars... |
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Started with a Mini (version unknown) to learn in, then a long list of
Fiats, Uno, Panda, Tipo, Cinqucento, Punto, then we needed to tow
(see equine page for reasons why) so Vauxhall Frontera Sport and then Land-Rover Discovery 300TDi (see 4x4 page) changed for another Discovey this time a TD5 and now replaced by a MY03 TD5 XS Discovery.
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Last updated: 16:Dec:2003