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What Other 'interesting' Vehicles Do You Own..?

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pugdamo

Agree 100%,they are great cars, nice bit of power and loads of grip. Bet it was great fun around the ring. 

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Gaz205
5 minutes ago, pugdamo said:

Agree 100%,they are great cars, nice bit of power and loads of grip. Bet it was great fun around the ring. 

Loved it, 5 days of non stop abuse and the worst it did was loosen an engine mount bolt.

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bzzzracing

Fiat 500L, 1972, 3 Owners from new and 70,000 miles on the clock

 

 

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stu28stu

Lol some great Cars !

 

Well we have 7 205s between 2 of us 

2 205 vans 

106 , 206cc, 306 

 

could say we had a french addiction lol 

Although i have to admit 5 are sat in the barn hibernating 

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Enzo503

My Daily/tow car is a 535d touring in f11 guise.  

 

My cars in hibernation at present, are my pugs (awwwww)  and a Tvr T350ctvr33.jpg.228deb88beff8be8e347bd04d47581b2.jpg20161029_105212.thumb.jpg.6c46543b9349708314a2499c31b20c37.jpg

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audiobull

Up for sale though to help fund a Dimma. Lots of fun though.

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Tom Rallye

As a daily I drive a Hyundai I30n performance. 

What I'm about to say is gonna hurt (couldn't believe it myself before I first drove one) but I think it's the car that comes the closest to the driving experience of a very fast 205 of all new cars you can buy...

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Gaz205

We had one of these on test at work alongside and X3 M40i.... we had to have an exhaust 'bang off' and the i30 won by miles. The front end grip is phenomenal but did seem to lack some of the 270 quoted horses. Only a few thousand miles on the clock though. No good for us due to rear strut brace... is that standard??

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Tom Rallye

In some countries the rear strut brace is standard, in other countries it isn't.

Exhaust is loud: right out off the factory 109 db.

The engine is realy senstive to how you break it in. The engines that are broken in by following the procedure Hyundai discribes (not over 3000 rpm and easy on the throttle for the first 600 miles) tent to have less power.  I drove it WOT for the first 100 miles ( dual carriageway and nothing but bursts from 10 mph to 50 mph in 4th gear). Result on the dyno: 278 bhp and 403 Nm... Me happy :D

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Rob_the_Sparky

Enzo - mine are quite close to yours...

 

E61 BMW 520d Estate for transporting the kids

 

5.0 TVR Griffith for fun

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barneys66
2 minutes ago, Rob_the_Sparky said:

Enzo - mine are quite close to yours...

 

E61 BMW 520d Estate for transporting the kids

 

5.0 TVR Griffith for fun

We need pics, Rob!

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barneys66

Just scored this 1974 Ford Econoline in LA - currently sat at the docks awaiting boxing up for the journey over..

 

Two owners, sliding side door (my preference over barndoors), 30k miles, 302 V8 auto with factory PAS and PAB - a rare combo.  Zero rust (ignoring the patina!)

 

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Rob_the_Sparky

cool, love old US vehicles.  Not got space for another car though, especially a big one!

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SootySport

My Westfield with a Redtop engine.  Went Brands Hatch last Wednesday, also lucky with the weather.

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Gaz205

A manual Golf R....sod the dsg!

 

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Robbiedundy

Bought this a couple weeks ago, so much fun 

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Telf

Just bought this . Triumph GT6 'the mini e-type' for £240...

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jackherer

You're going to learn what the word 'rust' actually means now! :lol:

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barneys66

To restore or break..?

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Adamstanford

I have a 1958 messerschmitt kr200

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Adamstanford

And it keeps saying unable to upload due to low memory but... 

 

An ae92 sprinter trueno apex Ltd 

The only one in the UK

 

And an aw11 mr2

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03hawkinst

Bit of a contrast in the garage, Land Rover 90 and a 205

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xstian

I don't have anymore interesting cars, but do have a couple of bikes.

 

Left to right.

Honda CBR400RR NC29

Laverda 750 Formula

Yamaha TZR250 1ma

Honda CRM250 MK3

 

Not included in this picture are a KTM 640 adventure and a Suzuki RGV.

 

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Justin

Thought I should update my "interesting" other cars since it's been a while...

 

1991 MB 560SEL - 230k miles and fabulously reliable. Complete with heated electrically reclining rear seats!

 

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1999 MB SL500. Bought cheap from Italy. Reliable, well built, very capable, but parts are eye-wateringly expensive.

 

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1999 Lotus Elise S1. Under 10k miles from new, and bog-standard. A fab little thing to drive, with all the performance I think you'd want for the A and B roads I drive on. Currently for sale!

 

 

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Lastly, new to me as of last week, a very cheap 1973 Citroen D Super. Always wanted one - didn't think I'd get the chance. I couldn't refuse, even though it needs work everywhere and will likely be a money pit. I love it. Complete antithesis to the 205 and everything else in a way.

 

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No room for any more!

 

Justin. 

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