Right, I'm 51
My first car was a mk1 Escort, then a Fiat 127, then a 2.3 Vauxhall Firenza, I had a DTV "Old Nail" full body kit fitted to it as per the pic below, but mine was white.


I then got into road rallying & had quite a few mk2 escorts, yes that's me below when I was young & long hair was trendy!


It didn't take me long to get p**sed off trying to keep up with people with bottomless wallets, so I thought I'd have a go at them from a different direction.
My Talbot Sunbeam, it had a Lotus Sunbeam rear LSD axle, Escort front suspension & a tuned 3.5 Rover V8 engine.
It was awesome in a straight line (speed trapped at 147mph at Aintree) but hit the accelerator with the wheels turned & you were in a whole heap of trouble.
Me again...


I had to get sensible & had a heap of cars that were basically Shyte.
Had a 309gti, a Laguna then the Rallye......
Watch out for my Corolla nowadays though

I'm a buyer at Rolls-Royce aero, I buy LOTS of titanium...

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Get used to seeing the yellow one !!!
Team 330™
Team "no front end or engine"
Team "LIMITED EDITION" I live for the 306 sticker
Team 0-60 in 6.44 & standing qtr in 14.808 @ 94.55mph all with std engine
203bhp Corolla T-Sport daily driver stealthier than Kwai Chang Caine

Brilliant site guys.
47 now and just picked up the spanners again to fix the 6!
It's been off the road for over 2yrs so needs everything doin'
Got the inspiration from all the posts on here. Tea Boys 6 is an epic read
Had 205gtis when I was a lot younger and then the Scab (Blaze6 Ruster) since I was 31
R32 daily now, mini 1275gt roller skate in the garage, horrid Diesel Smax family wagon..
but just can't be without a pug to play with


CCC first car mag I ever bought
Always read the columns from Phil Short and Steve Soper
The article with Senna (Lotus race suit) in the Rally Cars is a classic

Off to work now making stuff for Mini@Cowley on a VMC

Aah, dear old CCC........ Sniff...

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Smarty

My lil toy:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martincurtisphotography/sets/72157640014140786/

I think that was probably the first CCC magazine i bought , with Senna trying different rally cars. Allot of the pictures were black and white in those days too!.

Got my first 6 at 20 I had it for a fair few years

Then regrettably sold it to buy a mint vfr400 which I kept in the kitchen And then smashed into a wall a few months later


Then bought another 6 ayear or so later


Had 6 years or so off and just bought my Diablo p1

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1997 P1 Gti 6 Charged

Worked for peugeot from 96 and wanted a dturbo, ended up with a gti6 in 2004 and still own a few now aged 35.


Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

Im 46 and have had my 6 for 3 years. Its battered and bruised bodily as I bought it written off as the previous owner lost the rear end on a motorway slip road in the wet. Im slowly working my way through the rest of the car and will keep it forever probably.
My other car is a 309 gti which I have in storage. Ive owned that car from 15000k miles in 1990. Its now stripped out and has had an Mi in it since 1993, one of the second or third cars after Rab Elliots in Scotland. I also used to rally a gp2 rs2000 back in my early twenties , but time and money got the better of that situation-Wish I still had that car now!
Im a time served engineer, laterly working around the world on Pharmacutical machines , but I packed all that in ten years ago and I now run a gastro pub in West Yorkshire.

Love the 309 but I secretly love the 6 a little bit more as it handles that bit better.
Thanks for all the tips and advice and parts over the years on here-Very helpful!!

Oh and im called Jon not Eddie lol

30 at the minute... Bought my first GTi-6 in 2008 at 23 and had 2 since along with four Rallyes

Currently own a Two Rallyes

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Almost standard 1999 Bianca Rallye
Hilux InvincibleX daily

306 No.13

Carp and specialist Anglers Click here

37, had the rallye for 4 years. I'm an assistant manager on a construction site.
Most of my cars have been pugs, 2 x 205xs, 2 x 205 Gti, a 205 gti6, a 306 Dturbo, 1.8 meridian and the rallye. I've bought and stripped many many more 205s and gti6s to maintain the ones I've owned
Started out a ford man and had a mk3 xr3i as my first car. Had a couple of fiat UNOs and a mk5 escort that was the best car I've ever had for snow fun

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Cherry rallye - DOB Thursday 29/04/1999
Team Rallye - the leaner, meaner, better looking sister of the GTI6

The best engine in the world is the vagina, it takes any size piston, its self lubricating, starts with 1 finger, and every 4 weeks does its own oil change. It's just a pity the management system is so fecking temperamental. 

Age - 64,
Profession - IT Consultant
GTi6 - X reg, from 4/7/2001 to present.

Along the way I had a couple of GT86's as well, so best of both front and rear wheel drive worlds.

As my daughter said when she delivered my first GT86 to me, new, from the dealer; "Don't think of this as your mid-life crisis. You're far too old for that!"

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Anyone can be quick in a straight line.

I drive a GTi6.

s**t where did that 4 years go........49 this year
still have the same £600 weekend toy though