What Was The Car That Started The Bug Off For You?

[supamario666]

Well along long time ago (1991) my first car was a 1980 Mini 1000 City in Primrose yellow which i had for 2 years and then i bought a 1980 Land rover 2 1/4 petrol Lightweight which i then swapped for what got me into the performance car scene:whistling: This was a 1988 lancia delta 1.6 GTie in metallic black and my god at the age of 19 and coming out of a old land rover it felt bloody quick and most of my mates had MK3 escort and trying to make them look like XR3I's:blush:The rest is history as they say:whistling:After the GTie i up graded to the HF Turbo ie and then swapped that for a Fiat strada abarth and then traded that in for a Fiat uno turbo mk1 Then swapped that for a MK2 Golf Gti:blush:This lead to the next 20 years of buying some very strange but powerful(at time's ugly but i like to be different)

What was the car that started it all off for you

Here's a few sample pics of what started the ball rolling:razz:

 

[Simon@NTS]

Metro lol

 

[deanmac]

I was mainly into the bigger saloon cars Until I was going to upgrade the Jaguar to a supercharged XJ8 and decided to test drive a subaru STI which was on the forecourt just for a laugh. I was blown away by the performance

There have been several other cars in between these below

cortina 1.6 mk3 (rolled after 2 weeks)
cortina 1.6 mk3
rover P6 2200 TC
Triumph dolomite sprint with 1850 engine fitted ( written off )
Ford sierra 2.3 ghia
Rover 825
BMW 528
BMW 735
BMW 840
Toyota Hilux surf ( slowest thing on the planet)
Jaguar XJ8 3.2
Subaru STI import (written off)
Subaru STI import
Subaru STI spec c litchfield type 20
EVO 8 FQ400

 

[fq-craigus]

My story is a lol less dramatic, I was always obsessed with bikes when I was younger but was given a choice of learning to drive for free (mum and step dad both ex driving instructors) or getting a bike and going it alone with car lessons bike lessons and getting a car, so it was a no brainer with the price of lessons.

First car was 1.0 micra twister brill lil car took everything g it grew at it got it brand new. When I started going to cruises there was 2 cars that stood out and I said one day I will have one of those and one of those and they were the civic type r ep3 and the evo 7/8 and well guess what, I got a ep3 had it for 3 years and bought the evo 8 I was a jap fan from the start (even the bikes I liked were jap) only had 4 cars all jap, micra, civic type s, type r, evo

 

[Evil 7]

Well hear is my list, my first car was

Escort RS turbo S2 (red) 152bhp
Cav GSI 2WD (silver) 150bhp standard
Escort RS turbo S2 90spec (grey) 180bhp
Cav GSI 2WD (black) turbo lookalike 185bhp
Fiat coupe 20v turbo (silver) 280bhp
Vectra SRI dti (silver) 130hp
Cav turbo (blue) 280bhp
Omega MV6 (greyish blue) gas converted standard
Vectra SRI dti (black) 150hp approx 190bhp
Evo 7 (french blue) 409bhp
Merc E270 cdi (silver) standard
Evo 7 (black) 406bhp
Merc E280 sport cdi (grey) approx 240bhp
Evo 9 fq360 (pearl white) 411bhp and still upgrading :razz:

 

[joey]

First car at 12 was a mini 850 for oval racing,when i got a licence at 17 bought a mk4 xr3i,next was a mk2 golf gti 16v and then a series 2 escort rs turbo and went on from there
Must be gone true well over 100 cars in the last 14 years

 

[Simon@NTS]

Capri
Metro
Mini
Mini
Metro
Mini
Renault 5
Renault 5
E30 325i
L48 stingray
Pontiac firebird
Chevy 302
Ford f350 motorhome
Hyundai accent
Snow mobile
Fiat UNO
Pug 309
Pug 309
Rover cab
Rover cab turbo
Nissan 200 Sx 350 Bhp with nitrous
Evo 8 536bhp
Nissan r33 skyline
Vauxhall van
Yamaha fjr1200

If we're including bikes lol

 

[mark]

At 18 got my first car 24 years ago
Mini metro
Mk 3 escort 1.3
Mk 3 escort 1.6
Fiesta xr2
Honda cbr 600
Kawasaki zx9r ninja
Renault 5 gt turbo
Escort xr3i soft top
Rover gti
Rover coupe 220 turbo
Honda cbr 900 fire blade
Kawasaki zx9r ninja (again)
Mk 5 Volkswagen golf 3.2 v6 4 motion
Evo 6 tommi mak
All in that order

 

[Simon@NTS]

Loved the Renault 5

 

[mark]

Me to it was rapid but cost me a fortune, to much power for a 1.4 engine, while I had it head gasket went 3 times turbo once, intercooler once, also engine, put new engine in and got rid lol

 

[Simon@NTS]

They were crap though lol

 

[DDS789]

Was this one

1.4 shell with the 2.0 GTI engine in it, roll cage, fully stripped, bucket seats etc etc

My FIRST car!! Ended up using the roll cage to its full potential in a field

 

[dannysphinx]

The bug for cars has always been there from a young age getting all the toy cars and the magazines...I was a bit of a car guru by age of 7 ha.

My dad also always had fast cars but the one for me that I needed desperately to have was the Renault 5 gt turbo.
I had to wait a few years after my license to get one as insurance wasn't cheap. Then I got one...silver...gt turbo with 200hp. Absolutely mind blowing performance from a 1.4 tin can shell... Loved it used it all the time. Head gasket was only problem I had.
Then I left it and sold it to fund a megane sport....didn't really keep my interested for long so thought sod it and bought an evo and the same smiles I got from the r5 are even bigger....next car who knows...maybe a gtr but that seems like the normal follow on so I'll probably be different.

 

[MAS]

Some favourites from my younger days
Mazda 323GT (1.5)
Nissan Cherry Turbo (huge lag, but what a hoot!)
Alfasud Ti (absolutely loved this)
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
Toyota Corolla Gt
Toyota Corolla Gti fwd (had a few - great cars)
Toyota Corolla Gt rwd
Mazda 323 Gt 4x4 (another great little turbo charged hatch)
BMW 325M
HKS Kansai prepared Evo II - absolutely mental, probably the fastest accelerating car I've ever had. It got stolen and written off.
And a few Vs and VIs, a Tommi Makinnen and VIII MR RS and a VII
Suzuki Cappuccino (like driving a road legal go kart)

 

[martinthegooner]

i had two mk 2 Fiestas,first one i wrote off
Nova 1.4sr,s which i spent a fortune on the bodywork,then got bored of it being slow
mk 5 Escort rs2000,loved this car
mk 5 Orion
escort van
transit which i still have and now my Evo 5,which i love.

 

[supamario666]

keep them coming guy's! I am amazed at how many of us use have had the same vehicles and end up having the same vehicle! Any of you guys had any Lancia's all was it just nut case's like me that did???

 

[Evo8Frankie]

mine was

.Mk 7 Fiesta Zetec Climate
.E36 316I Saloon
.E36 318IS Coupe - M3 Replica (down to the last T)
.206 HDI
.Impreza WRX STI Import
.RX-8
.Impreza UK Turbo 2000
.306 GTI6
.Evo 8 GSR

.Austin Mini (Restoration in Progress) :whistling:

 

[joey]

Here a few that i can think of
Escort mk4 xr3i
Escort mk3 xr3i
Escort RS turbo S2
Escort mk2 rally car
Fiesta xr2
Sierra gte
Civic eg vtec x 3
Civic ek
Integra 1.6
VW golf mk2 16v
Nova sr
127 1300gt
Calibra red top
BMW 325 sport e30
BMW 325 sport drift car
Bmw 325 e36
Mazda 323 turbo
Pulsar gti
Almera gti
Celica gtr
Corolla e11 1.6
Corolla e10 20v
Corolla GT RWD
Curren st206
Silvia S14
180SX S13
Evo 5
Celica gt4
Pulsar gti-r
Impreza wrx
Impreza sti type ra
Impreza 2 door coupe
Is200
306 hdi
206 gti
106 gti
Pajero sport

 

[SavageEvo]

Lol after reading those lists mine sounds a lot less exciting haha

1) N reg 1995 fiesta 1.1 mrk 3 haha - had more value in the sound system than in the car itself lol and cudnt get any speed up cos if the weight in the boot haha
2) 57 plate 2.0 fiesta ST - my first new car and proceeded to spend about 5k on it lol really got my tuning bug going in that
And then finally...
3) 2005 Evo 8 260 - told myself that I wasn't going to do anything to it lol a week later had an MR spoiler and vortex generator fitted, a month later a Perrin intake, HKS SSQV BOV, magnecor ignition lead, HKS decat and silent high power exhaust system then just had DBA 4000 T3 front discs fitted and updated pads and now ordered a HKS evc 6 boost controller which shud be going in in a couple of weeks and then it's on to new anti roll bars and cool overs haha

The joys of tuning lol

 

[drue1]

My first quick car was a fiat UNO turbo ie