chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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Is it weird that i've already lost interest in modifying my car?
i find myself all the time wishing i had something subtle and nice, comfy etc.
Im going to be joining a photography firm soon which will involve driving to locations etc and just makes me wonder what people will think when this little loud tin can turns up outside
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will_doyle
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Registered: 25th Nov 08
Location: Exeter
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you can modify a car and make it smart
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
Location: Im the real one!
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Welcome to growing up.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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What the clown said. You find more important things to do in life.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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Its a double edged sword though i reckon,
I don't like the stigma associated with saxos etc being chav cars and such but they are the only cars i have any reasonable chance of insuring
19 soon 1y NCB so ill have a shop around soon 
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
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i'm still really tempted to go to town on the astravan but then i realise i'm 27. it's part of life. some people never grow out of it but most do.
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bigjim172000
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Registered: 3rd May 05
Location: New Buckenham, Norfolk
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I have modified cars from the age of 17 upwards and sold my corsa 4 weeks ago an got it back yesterday cos i couldnt live without a moddified car lol. I thought i was over it but wasnt lol
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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nah it fine.. i gave up trying to do mine due to lack of funds, closest thing ive got to mods is a new hd unit, after some cheapo alloys, and the subwoofer of my hifi lol
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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Im the same, its not that i dont enjoy driving round in an understated, overpowered hatch. Its just i cant justify spending the money on something that will never return my investment again. Id much rather buy a few year old factory quick car thats still good to drive just without the drama and the boy racer stigma. Its just part of growing up.
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chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Rotherham
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i LOVE my car and have an xe thats been sat in the garage for around 6 months now waiting to be fitted but when ever i get the money to have it done i always find something else i want to spend it on and now i have the dogs it really isnt practical, i always said thats what the fellas 4x4 was for but he isnt always around when i need to take the dogs somwhere, i have thought about selling it and getting something like an old shogun or a pinni but i really dont want to sell my car as i love it and its my only toy (no rude comments!)
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Limecat
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
Location: The Internet
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It's no so much the growing up that I find is the problem, it's finding the motivation to do shit when I have a perfectly fine everyday car (even though I have to get around to putting the proper 160 BHP Elise engine into it which is sat in the garage!)
I really have lost all interest in my Corsa Turbo, I think the problem is that it was the car I wanted 5 years ago and it has gone beyond it's original intentions and developed into a 'spec sheet' car.
My 5 Turbo, even though I love it, I cannot even find the time to change the bloody pads. A truely EPIC car when it is on the road (rarely TBH as it tends to run at near on 2 bar) but not practical as a daily driver.
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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I had the same problem with the c20let corsa I did, after doing 2 and wanting more and more from them I decided to do a monster, did the engine how I wanted it set it all up to run with the Wallace products, then I ended up getting really busy with work, working in different countries all the time, I just got fed up and lost interest, ended up giving it my brother who then had the same problem (he works with me) and sold it to a guy called dremmelmaster (Kev) on here.
6 years later I had a little urge to do it all again now I am basically at home 24/7, but I decided I would buy a nice standard driveable car that I'd enjoy, so got the P1 Impreza instead (which I don't regret).
But I have a proper family car now (not the scoob)  and modding is a thing of the past, still come on here to read the banter as it's good fun and still keep intouch with friends I made on here whilst I was a little modding chavvo.
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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I sold up after spending days on the tarmac freezing my tits off fixing them etc
So a bought french cars...... 
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Shell
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Registered: 14th Oct 08
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I wish Eck would feel the same way
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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When I add up how much i've spent (read wasted ) in the last 10 months on my car it make me wish i'd just saved the money, and kept it standard as i'd be better off for it...
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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It happens. I've some cyclones (306 alloys) i've been refurbing for the last 3 month sat in the garage, the only motivation I have for them now is that I have some decent tyres for them, the tyres I have on my car at the minute are terrible.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Happens to the best of us
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