F1 Fanatic

Owned:
Mini
Mini
Austin Allegro. Horrible.
Ford Escort. Fun.
Peugeot 205 GTi. Immense fun.
Subaru Legacy Station Wagon
Subaru Legacy SUS Limited
Toyota Matrix XR
Others driven:
Ford Mustang: Horrible
Mercedes S Class: Lovely.
Mercedes C class: Tight.
Porsche Boxster: Nicer than expected. Want one.

Some of the cars in here! You guys have bragging rights.

But i did drive some nice cars (a lot of Skoda as well), the Skoda Superb II with 4×4 and 3,6l engine is quite something. The Octavia RS makes fund driving as well. And I did drive several of the Audi A6 cars my boss had.

And a Porsche 911 Targa from ’74 owned by a friend of mine, but that’s 10 years ago.

Hardly anything like you guys mention.

Before I passed my test I did a bit of banger racing, I learnt to drive in a 1986 Mini City. That one died when the big end went. I also had an automatic Mini as a donor car which I used to hoon about our driveway doing J-turns and reverse donuts etc, which was great fun. I remember there was a rock I could park against and floor the throttle, creating masses of tyre smoke which, when you’re 14, is absolutely awesome. After the Mini I developed a mental condition which caused me to buy a 1980 Austin Metro 1275. That one died after I rolled it, broke a driveshaft and had to replace the engine with an equally broken unit. After that I got a Mk2 Fiesta XR2 which, guttingly, I never got to race. I remember being pretty shocked the first time I floored the throttle…

When I passed my test I had a Citroen AX 1.0. It was – and I’m not joking – a properly brilliant car. It had the ability to take pretty much any corner at any speed, had no understeer whatsoever and would happily cruise at 90. Sadly a lot of crucial parts were at the end of their life and instead of raplacing them I used it as the perfect excuse to get a new car. I’m not complaining because I plumped for an Alfa 156 1.8TS. It doesn’t sound like much compared to what some of you guys have had but for a 20 year old it’s a blast. Problem is I’ve peaked too soon and I don’t think I could bring myself to buy anything other than an Alfa. GTV V6′s aren’t too expensive now…

Wow, quite a ramble. Sorry!

I can’t drive yet so here is some cars my parents have owned,Some of which are truly awful
Audi 80(1st Generation)
Renault 12
Ford Escort(Both 1st and 2nd Generation)
Ford Fiesta(1st generation)
Datsun Violet
Toyota Corolla(3rd or 4th generation) made out of two Toyota Corolla’s
Austin 1100

Cars they have owned during my lifetime
1984 Opel Kadett(In Britian the Vauxhall Astra MK1)
1991 Vauxhall Astra MK2
1992 Toyota Corolla Estate
1999 Toyota Corolla Liftback
2002 Toyota Corolla Estate

200? Peugot 306 convertible – lovely little convertible, fair amount of power given it’s size and weight

2002 VW Golf – Bullet proof except for the soft underbelly of it’s exhaust. Weighs the same as a tank and is powered by a hamster in a wheel and has the turning circle of an ocean-going tanker but it is great for throwing around country roads

2005 Renault Laguna – Brilliant cruiser, great fuel consumption. Horrific turbo lag!

Well if were talking about cars we dont own but have driven in i will tell you some cars my parents dont own but i have ridden in. My dads an amateur racer (944 cup) and in the paddock there are a lot of nice cars, many of witch i had the privlage of ridding in.
2009 nissan gtr
2007 aston martin V8 vantage
2008 ferrari 599
2009 porsche 911 gt3 rs (REALLY uncomterable, even my dads racing seats werent so bad…..)
200(?) ferrari 360 modena (i dont know what year this was)
200(?) Noble m12 (although its not really a full on exotic its one of my favorite cars)
And my very own CRG Kalifornia go kart! I love that thing :D
I cant wait till i can drive, just 2 more years!

1st car 1986 Ford Fiesta Diesel
2nd 1993 Ford Escort 1.8 Ghia!
3rd 1993 Honda Prelude 2.2VTEC
4th & current 1999 Alfa Romeo 156 2.5V6

I can’t believe I’ve been driving for 21 years and only had 4 cars!!

In this company I’m slightly embarassed to admit that I’ve never actually owned a car. I got my licence as soon as I was old enough but since then I’ve mostly lived in London, where a bike is quicker and a car is far from essential. Even now that we’ve moved further out of the city we only do about 1,000 miles a year in a 13 year old 1.2 litre Renault Clio – but that belongs to my wife from before we were married.

In fact, the only form of motorised transport I’ve ever actually owned was a Formula TKM 100cc kart – enormous fun. Apart from that, it’s been transport of the two wheeled, unpowered variety – although my next purchase in that line will be fairly racey, with lots of carbon fibre :)

The quickest thing I’ve ever driven was a Van Diemen RF85 Formula Ford 1600 – not brilliant on top speed but better on braking and acceleration than most things on the road. I did some engineering work for its driver and I got a few laps around Goodwood as a reward.