What cars have you had before your S3 ?

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Since theres a few topics ongoing the now about what car is best etc etc I thought I would start this for some fun. What cars have you all had and post pics if you have any !

Here we go ....

G plate 1989 mk2 VW Polo
J Plate Mk2 Golf 1.6 Driver (FULL GTI REPLICA tuned to 112bhp GTI's are 116bhp)
D Plate Mk2 Golf GTI 8v (scrapped and stripped to build J plate golf)
E Plate Mk2 Golf GTI 16v (scrapped and stripped to build J plate golf)
G Plate 1989 Eunos Roadster (Turbo'd by me 230bhp)
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F Plate Mazda 323 GTX Turbo 4x4 (rare car)
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H Plate toyota Celica GT4 ST185 (270bhp)
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F Plate Mk1 Toyota MR2 (125bhp)
J Plate Toyota Celica 2.0 GTi (170bhp)
J Plate Mazda MX5 (126bhp)
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H Plate S13 Nissan 200sx Turbo (220bhp)
J Plate S13 Nissan 200sx Turbo (270bhp)
L Plate Volkswagen Polo CL Coupe 1.3 (SLOW)
K Plate S13 Nissan 200sx Turbo (260bhp)
Y Plate Porsche 944S (SLOW)
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J Plate Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo (310bhp)
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L Plate Mitsubishi Evo 2 GSR (340bhp)
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J Plate Mazda RX7 Type R (290bhp)
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J Plate Prince Pulsar GTiR (320bhp)
P Plate BMW 328 Sport Mtec Coupe (200bhp)
L Plate S13 Nissan 200sx Turbo (301bhp)
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H Plate S13 Nissan 200sx Turbo (340bhp)
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J Plate Mazda RX7 Type X (300bhp ATW)
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S Plate Evo VI (396bhp)
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G Plate Skyline R32 GTR (643bhp)
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W Plate Porsche Boxster 2.7 (240bhp)
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H Plate TVR Chimaera 4.2BV (270bhp)
56 Plate Evo 9 FQ340 (380bhp)
S Plate Mk4 Golf GTTDI (110bhp)
H Plate MR2 Turbo (260bhp)
H Plate VW Corrado 16v (150bhp)
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L Plate Subaru Imprezza WRX (280bhp)
W Plate Audi A4 Avant 1.8t Sport (200bhp)
Y Plate Audi S3 (210bhp)

I will add in missing photos later when I get home :)
 
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Stupid photobucket links ! I will fix it tonight from my home computer, its maybe as I am at work posting on my lunch break ! LOL
 
My Golf MK4........was a complete wreck when i got it.....bought it for £800 spent Just under £1000 on it and sold it for £2500


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My list:

X Plate Talbot-Matra Rancho
S Plate Mk 2 Escort 1.3L
X Plate Mk1 Fiesta 1.1L
A Plate Mk2 Fiesta 1.3 Ghia
H Plate Mazda 323 GT 3 Door
K Plate 205 Gti 1.9
K Plate Mazda 323 Gti 5 Fastback
T Plate Focus 2.0 Ghia
M Plate Mazda Mx5/Eunos 1.8
51 Plate S3

Bikes:

X Plate Kawasaki Er-5
R Plate Thunderace

To come in next few months:

Fireblade or GSXR1000
A4 3.0tdi Quattro 4 Door

Cheers,
 
Vehicle I have no pictures of........

Peugeot 306 GTI 6 (first car)
Seat Ibiza Cupra (second car)
Audi S3 (99)
VW Transporter T4
Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo
 
mk1 astra 1.6sr
rover 414 sli
peugeot 205 diesel
peugeot 309 xsi
peugeot 405 1.9
peugeot 305 diesel
peugeot 309 diesel
citroen ax 1.0
citroen ax gt
peugeot 306 diesel
306 petrol
astra 1.4 again
ford escort 1.4
ford escort diesel van
toyota hiace
nissan sunny
volvo 440 turbo
another 205 diesel
vectra
nissan almera sri
subaru forester turbo- best car ever
passtat tdi
a3 tdi
sure ive missed a few somewhere, most except the last 3 have been cheapy auction cars
 
Pug 106 xsi
Saxo vts
Corsa sri
This was my Chav days haha

Then I got a
MINI cooper D
BMW 120i
BMW 125i
BMW 325d
Technically not mine, as they were company scheme cars.

And now I have
2002 Audi S3
 
OMG! How many cars Steve?

I passed my test in 1991 and I've owned a total of 5 cars, 3 of which I still have:

1994 bought 1989 F plate Polo C 1.0 Breadvan, sold in 1997
1997 bought 1994 L plate Ibiza GTi 8v, scrapped in 2011
2001 bought 1971 J plate Beetle, donor for my Speedster
2004 bought 2001 X plate S3
2010 bought 1997 P plate Cordoba SX 16v

No plans to change anything for the next 3 years or so (well until secondhand RS3 prices get reasonable :yum:)
 
OMG! How many cars Steve?

I passed my test in 1991 and I've owned a total of 5 cars, 3 of which I still have:

1994 bought 1989 F plate Polo C 1.0 Breadvan, sold in 1997
1997 bought 1994 L plate Ibiza GTi 8v, scrapped in 2011
2001 bought 1971 J plate Beetle, donor for my Speedster
2004 bought 2001 X plate S3
2010 bought 1997 P plate Cordoba SX 16v

No plans to change anything for the next 3 years or so (well until secondhand RS3 prices get reasonable :yum:)

Yeh... ummm Ive had a few lol its an addiction lol I like buying cars ! Moving back to German stuff is me trying to be sensible and stop all the buying cars malarky ! LOL Got a wedding and honeymoon to pay for in september so have had to cut back LOL

Ive actually had quite afew more than whats on that list but I missed out the boring ones like the GTI6's and a coupe of Pajero's and various other "runabouts" LOL
 
Mini Ritz
fiesta mk2 XR2
Saxo VTR
Ibiza mk2 16v cupra
106 GTI
impreza turbo uk PPP
MG metro turbo
Audi s3
Impreza turbo uk 2000 PPP
Impreza WR1
Impreza turbo uk PPP
Audi S4 avant
Ibiza mk3 cupra 20vT
polo g40
eaton'd polo g40
polo g40
mk1 golf g60 16v
Audi s3 (current)
A4 avant tdi
mazda 323 4x4 16v turbo (currently for sale)
Daihatsu fourtrak (current)
Mini cooper S


WANTED B5 rs4 :)
 
jesus, that is a hell of a lot of cars! Lurrrrrrrrrv the R32 mate, best shape skyline by far!

My first car was this Polo (Polly) 16vSE... low and load cheap thrills! Drove everywhere at a million miles an hour and at about the same amount of decibels. You know, it's“cool” when you're that age

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Mysecond car was this A3 1.8T:


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spet so much time/money getting it to the spec I wanted. Full stage 2'd, best OEM spec interior and best colour IMO. Drove amazingly well and I'd swap my current S3 back for this in a heat beat... unfortunatelyI did this to it:

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So I broke it down, sold it for parts and with the cash brought this retro little piece:


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Wasan awsome little car, sold it to my mate who had the boost lowered by 2 psi and it still made 186bhp on the rollers... proper fun little motor, shame it was french, was bound to surrender to some sort of horrible failure at some point. I then brought a boring 318 compact for work and some how managed to loose my license speeding in it :-(


But now I'm back in the VAG game with my S3! . . only problem being it's currently on the other side of the world to me, can't wait to comeback in the spring and have a play!
 
I've had a couple of cars. I've been driving since I was younger than 8 in one way or another, so including the lists of cars I had to banger race ad drive round fields this list would be three x it's length. This is what I've had on the road.

I'll try and do them in order, I haven't got any pictures of the first 20 or so cars I owned because I lost them all when my Mac ate its HD. :(

Ford 100e (still own)
Mk1 Fiesta
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Saab 99, this was THE BEST car I've ever owned. Honestly, I would do anything to get it back :(

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Jaguar XJ6 Mk1

Saab 95

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Jaguar XJS V12

BMW 850IL V12

Austin Allegro SS

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Rover 2000TC

Rover 2200TC

Series 2 Land Rover (with a Nissan straight 6 diesel in it)

Rover 2200TC (which had the diesel engine out of the land rover in it on a rover v8 gearbox)

Saab 900 Turbo 16

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Saab 900 Carlsson
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LOVED that car. Here's me riding gangster in the Carlsson haha

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Audi 80 V6 Sport Avant

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Saab 900 Turbo


Saab 95

Rover Tomcat Coupe

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had to make two posts because I had too many pictures...


Saab 900 Turbo

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Saab 99

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3.9 EFI V8 Manual Discovery

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Passat 20VT Sport

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Mk2 Golf GTI

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Saab 95 Estate (swaped the golf for this, lol!)

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Then luck of the draw found the guy who originally owned that Saab 95 new wanted to buy it back, but I wouldn't sell it to him. I swappe tit with him for this Saab 96 souvenir which was valued by insurance companies the year before at 9500 quid! I sold it two months later for a monumental profit.

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Then I bought my Audi Coupe -

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Then came the reign of the 205...Bilsteins, full group N mounts etc, was AMAZING.

A simple car for people who like to drive.

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I'm sure this will stir some memories for some of you guys -

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The day Prawn and I picked him up -

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The day I ran out of talent -

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Then I had a fair old time when I didn't have a proper car :( Was getting the train to Plymouth to see her indoors, using my 100e to drive to work and back and cycling everywhere. I moved down to Plymouth and drove my girlfriends A3 for a while because I had an any car policy.

Then my friend moved to South Africa and gave me her MICRA!!! :D

Had the Micra for two months, it failed it's MOT and I bought a 1.6 Corsa Sport.

Got fed up with that and bought this -

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Sold the Passat and got all boy racer...But it was a brilliant car!

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I spaced it 20mm all round and decked it, I really enjoyed it and it was a proper go kart :)

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I swapped that for the most immaculate Scirocco in the world, one owner, FVWS, MINT!

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on top of that list I've also had but have no pictures of, a couple of Mk2 escorts, two mk1 Granadas and a Mk3 consul, two mk2 granadas, a Mk2 and a Mk3 Capri, two MGB's and a Hillman hunter.
 
NICE LIST !! Loving the scirocco and the mk2. Im actually also quite liking those old saab's ! they looked pretty tidy !
 
with that list steve you could have been a dealer :)

ive has 1983 mini,
a 1987 rover vitesse
a 1989 honda crx
a 2002 Audi S3

job done lol
 
Ok in order from earlier to latest

1976 VW Polo L 900 cc
1982 VW Scirocco CL 1500 cc
1982 VW Scirocco GL 1600 cc
1983 Audi Coupe GT 1900 cc
1986 Audi Coupe GT 1800 cc
1987 Audi Coupe GT 2266 cc
1985 Honda Prelude 1800 cc
1985 VW Golf Gti Mk 2 1800 cc
1986 Audi Coupe GT 2000 cc
1991 Audi 80 Sport 1800 cc
1993 Audi Coupe 16v 2000 cc
1998 Audi A4 1.8T Sport 1800 cc
1999 Audi S3 1.8T quattro 1800 cc

Nige
 
blimey some of you have had a fair few craking motors,

mine:

i have had two citroen AX 's both 1.0:rockwoot:

then came the two 306 's

one was an s16 2.0 5speed,
the other a phase 2 gti6 full spax sus loved that but sold it due to having a baby

then got the s3 :)
 
My list isnt the longest and iv not got an s3 but hay ho, so from my 1st ever on road car was my W reg clio 1.4s, 98bhp of pure comedy, no pics sadley lol then came the the 53plate mg zr Atomix,
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followed by my 1st T reg kingfisher blue A3 1.8t, the car that started my addiction
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. Then followed by another A3 1.8t, but this was purple and was a V plate
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.after that came the black seat leon cupra which was a X reg,have no pics on my phone tho. and now my current car which is another A3 1.8t, this ones a 52plate in ming blue and been batterd in the side :( but my next car is either an S3, LCR or an A4 1.8t if im being a grown up:D. Come to think of it, maybe another what car next thread is needed lol.
 
My List:

Mk1 Escort Mexico
Mk3 Escort XR3
Mk1 Astra GTE
Opel Manta GT/J
Mk2 Astra GTE 16v (only car ever had stolen)
Peugeot 309 GTI
MG Metro
Citroen AX GT
Fiat Tipo 1.6ie
Mk2 Escort RS2000
Porsche 944
Seat Leon S
Mazda 3 TS
Lancia Delta Integrale 8v
Seat Leon TSI
Porsche 968 Sport (still own)
Audi S3 (still own)
Citroen DS3 Sport (still own)
Kawasaki ZX-7R (still own)
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now i've learnt you've owned AND SOLD a mk2 escort, i hate you. WHO DOES THAT!

I drove the first one down a HUGE bank and rolled it a couple of times, then we scrapped it. And the second one was a right shed, my old boss was asked to store it for somebody and the owner died, family said we could keep the car so I MOT'd it and sold it to clear some of my bar tab :)

Have you not seen Prawns Mk1? One owner, FSH...:p
 
Wow, I'm always impressed by how many cars you'd had jrod, considering your only 16, that's good going.

My list is so boring it's hardly worth writing, but iv started now

First car : Astra mk3 1.6 8v

Escort van, fitted it with a 1.8 Zetec with loads of go faster bits... Was seriously quick somehow!

Then I bough a mk4 golf gttdi 110.

Then I sold it to buy a fairly tidy 306 gti 6, came pre modded which was nice.

Then I sold that to buy vivaro van which I still have

Then I bough my s3 which iv had for 2 years i think.

Bike wise, iv had a 98 gsxr 600 srad (first bike), then sold it, waited a year and bought a GSXR 1000, which I changed for a 02 yamy yzf r1 which I still have :)
 
1st car was a saxo 1.1
Then a Mk4 golf gti
Mk3 golf gti
A3 1.8t

im only 22 so ive got a long way to go :)
 
1989 VW Polo 1.3 Coupe
1994 VW Golf 1.4
1998 106 1.1 Independance
1998 106 GTI
1998 106 GTI with 193bhp Sandy Brown ITB engine
2000 VW Polo 1.4 PD
1994 106 1.3 Rallye
2002 Audi S3
 
Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo (Fresh out of the spray booth)

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VW Transporter T4 (Had just finished it and had fresh paint on it)

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VW Golf Mk4 (Number Plates for sale just incase anyone wants to know haha)

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I'm 32 and not had that many!

1.3L A reg ford escort
F reg Escort RS Turbo (bag of nails)
G reg Escort RS Turbo (250 bhp money pit)
325 BMW Coupé
L reg Escort RS Cosworth (450 bhp money pit!)
X reg Audi 1.8T
53 BMW E46 M3 SMG Coupé - Still own
X reg Audi 1.8T - Still own
51 Audi S3 Quattro - Now own
 
im 24 my first car was a 02 206 2.0 hdi then a zara diesal 02 seat ibiza 07 astra 1.9 sri 2001 330ci and now my 2000 s3
 
iv posted above just adding some pics

GTI 6

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s16

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one of my ax's

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and have my late grandads XR2 in my garage atm

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Well, my car history is relatively short compared to you lot. Having passed my test in '92 (OMG 20 years ago!!) I've had a grand total of 5 cars (excluding previous family Mondeo and current Citroen C4 Grand Picasso):

1984 "A" Fiesta 1.1 Ghia (1st car so obviously loved it)
1993 "K" Rover 214Si (remember driving this one off the forecourt and thinking I was king of the road)
2000 "X" Alfa 156 1.8 Twin Spark Veloce (had this form new, loved it to bits, beautiful car)
2002 "02" Fiesta 1.2 Freestyle (saving cash for house and wedding, drove like a roller skate)

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2003 "03" Audi S3 (current car - love it & won't be selling this anytime soon)

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****** hell I got some catching up to do!!! I'm 26 and still Own my 1st car! Almost 5 happy years with the s3!!! My 2nd was a Astra van (cheap to run and pimp as ****) Can safely say I have owned plenty of bikes tho!! In the last 5 years I have owned 3 gsxr k4 600's 2x k4 750's a drz 400smk7 a ktm 250sx (daylight mot, killed it every time I got on it!!) cbr 600rr and a Kawasaki that I'm too ashamed to admit I owned!!! Lol And god knows how many mx bikes and I may be buying a mv Augusta f4 claudio cagastini (prob spelt wrong!!) lol
 
Ill just put the decent ones i have had or ill be here for a year

03 T4 Transporter 2.5 tdi
Mk1 Golf Gti (Still got)
Mk2 Golf Gti 16v with 2.0 conversion
Mk3 Golf Gti 16v
Audi A3 1.9 tdi sport 130
Mk4 Golf Gti 1.8T
03 Bmw 325i
04 Civic Type R
03 Clio 172
E36 328i
E36 M3 Evo (Still got)
E36 M3 Saloon
03 Audi S3
 
wow.. damn u guys owned a heap of cars... im 24 and owned just 2 thankfully

2001 Audi A3 1.6ltr (money pit)
2002 Audi S3 Quattro (getting to become a money pitt :p) still own, dont think ill ever sell it possibly turn it into a track car once i get an 06 RS4 =]