Cars you loved as a kid and are now cheap!

marcos

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For me it was the Rover Coupe Turbo. When I was a 17yr old kid (20yrs ago) this thing was 19 grand which was a fortune. Loved the look, loved the power (200bhp was a lot!), LOVED the targa glass roof, such a nice place to sit roof on or off. Just thought it was cool.

Turns out I still do think it's cool and just got myself an early car. 1993 turbo, 2 owners, unmodified, 96k miles, full leather. Goes like stink for an old banger, I mean properly quick! No lag from the turbo, just feels like you've got a 3 litre V6 under there instaed of a 4 banger!

A moody shot of the beast. I'll have you know the Porsche is out in the snow as my new toy has stolen it's place :)

What do you fancy for a grand or two that you used to love? 300ZXs, 924s, Supras, Corrados, Fiat Coupes, they're all buttons now and were fine cars in their days!
 

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I too liked them.....for a rover it aint bad....

I loved the astra gsi, never bought it after my nova, went to a bmw coupe....

Astra gsi prob....
 
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Lewis, you now have more cars than there are days in the week...that is quite special :D
 
lozcb

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As a kid always hankered for one of these

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altho i was lucky enough to be running around in a newish MGBgt always wanted for something just a little bit different , after that i wanted the Renault Alpine V6


Dont think either would float my boat now tho


regards loz
 
marcos

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ENZ525 said:
Lewis, you now have more cars than there are days in the week...that is quite special :D
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The early Roman calender had 8 days in the week...

Seriosly considering a Honda S2000 as well. They're so cheap and so good!
 
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A MKII MR2, borrowed my mate's one in New Zealand 8 years ago and was pleasantly surprised by it.
I reckon the grey import turbo versions are a bit fun. That is if they're not all clapped out by now.
 
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Karrman Ghia and Volvo 1800s. Still love 'em now, though bizarrely neither are cheap given one's a V-dub and the other's, well a volvo.
 
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Emtee said:
Karrman Ghia and Volvo 1800s. Still love 'em now, though bizarrely neither are cheap given one's a V-dub and the other's, well a volvo.
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You even have the Halo Miles, i too loved the Simon Templar Volvo , prefer the estate version tho

regards loz
 
marcos

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Granturismo_Dan said:
A MKII MR2, borrowed my mate's one in New Zealand 8 years ago and was pleasantly surprised by it.
I reckon the grey import turbo versions are a bit fun. That is if they're not all clapped out by now.
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That's a good one - 250bhp imported turbo! As you say, all chavved-up to high heaven now.

Supra though, 326bhp for a couple of grand, thats a heck of a car. Shame there is no such thing as a twin turbo manual targa...
 
Andyk

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Christ Lewis..How many cars can a man have...

Anyway, my wife had one of those Rovers....It was a pretty car and looked just right when it came out....She loved it to death and when I show her yours she will want another I'm sure...Liz's was that deep red colour....

Two cars at different ends of the scale that I yearned for as a young lad all those years ago...
 

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I have some odd ones.

The first was the TR7. I absolutely adored it and always vowed I would have one. As a boy of 12 or 13 I would sit on my bike and admire the brown one down the road. Little did I know then what a piece of **** it was.

The poster on my wall as a boy was an Audi Quattro rally car.

I also adored my classic cars, and still remember I first saw an Opel GT. when I used to walk to college in Southampton, I saw this tarpolling with just the front indicator exposed and thought what was that. I went a did loads of research in the library (no Internet) and the rest is history as I am on my second one now.

I did have some RS Fords on my wall too, but strangely nothing Italian!
 
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Yes, TR7 was another one for me Matt...There was one down the street and always thought I would get one but had a Fiat X19 instead.............Also at Ford Capri 2.8 injection was up there with the RS Escort as well for me back then.
 
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my mates dad had a rover 600 ti. it has the same engine as the rover 220 turbo but in an old man suit. It would emabarass every hot hatch it came up against ( never came up against cossy/grale). I drove it and understeer was worst than my nova
 
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Andyk said:
Yes, TR7 was another one for me Matt...There was one down the street and always thought I would get one but had a Fiat X19 instead.............Also at Ford Capri 2.8 injection was up there with the RS Escort as well for me back then.
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How was the x19? I bet it was a joy to drive but a pig to fix?

Looking into Lancia Montcarlos of recent I beleive they were quite similar underneath.
 
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