Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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my old man had a few classics but the 2 that spring to mind are his red & silver astra mk2 GTE's, and i remember he always wanted a mk3 gsi
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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Originally posted by AK
my aunty had an XR3i conv :bogging:
my uncle had one of these too. and my cousin took a big bite out of one the headrests and he went ape shit 
then it got stolen and burnt out by some scumbags 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Dad also had a Ford Sierra truck for work, an F200 or something like that. So old there aren't any pictures on the internet
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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YES, Ive found a picture
My mum had one of these when I was a kid, had it till I was about 6, I have very vivid memorys of it, roof open and it had the weirdest gear change ever, windows that opened outwards and no fan for the heater, just a flap you open like a land rover
It was a 2CV Charlston in particular, other owners used to wave at us too
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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600cc 2 cylinder too 
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SeanXE
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Registered: 17th Jan 09
Location: Luton
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With the exception of two cortinas my dads only ever had vauxhalls
Cavailer SRi
Cavailer red top
Astra MKIII SRi
Nova for a day lol
2.5 V6 Vectra
2.5 V6 Vectra GSi MSD (current car)
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Anthony
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Registered: 2nd Nov 06
Location: milton keynes. Drives: 1.6 Sport
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A couple that stick in my head are, my dad owning a Ford Granada mk3 2.4 v6, with a rs kit in white. loved it only ever seen one more the same. And my mum had a 750cc panda the rear seats were terrible.
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steddy-eddie
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Registered: 9th Jun 08
Location: bridlington
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My old man used to have a couple that i remember, the 1st was an Oldsmobile estate and the 2nd an oldsmobile saloon lol.
Was a right picture when we went on holiday to the west coast of scotland lol travelling all the way from leeds in an Oldsmobile with a caravan on the back, and a home made roof rack with an inflated 13ft x 6ft inflatable boat on the roof packed with diving gear and having jasper carrot/billy connely tapes blasting through the stereo and bbc r2 pmsl
Will try and find pics of the 2 cars
[Edited on 24-01-2009 by steddy-eddie]
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steddy-eddie
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Registered: 9th Jun 08
Location: bridlington
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The estate was the same as this ^^^
The saloon looked exactly the same but a saloon lol
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Originally posted by deano87
Dad also had a Ford Sierra truck for work, an F200 or something like that. So old there aren't any pictures on the internet
My mates dad had one, was a p100 
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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My Dad had loads of cars thorough work; they had to change them every 50,000 miles and at the time he was clocking up 75,000-90,000 per year. He still maintains, the best handling car he had was a Sierra XR4i; he had a few 2.0l Sierra's in a row, then had a rover 400, the old square shaped one. Then a Passat which was a bag of shit; then he had a Volvo S40 - the first one in the UK!The car that started the change of image for Volvo, it was weird, wherever we went people would be all over the car asking what it was etc. That was in 1996, N84 JRE. After that was an Audi A4 1.9TDi which he hated and changed for an X Type Jag but now he's looking at either a Jag XF or a Discovery 3.
Mum's first car when I was 1 was a B Reg Escort, then she had a VW Polo Genesis which she crashed, then a Volvo 440 which she crashed twice; then a black Hyundai coupe which someone crashed into; then a silver Hyundai coupe which someone stole; then an Audi A3 which I've just bought off her now she has a new Hyundai Coupe
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Stokie Dave
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Registered: 16th Dec 03
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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From what I remember...
Reno 18...
A newer Reno 18 in red, got smashed up within a few days lol
Dodgy 5 door Fiat thing with spare wheel jammed between front and rear seats and a nasty wooden textured steering wheel
Citroen BX 1.6
Rover 216S
Pug 309 GTI
Cavalier 2.0 CDI
Nissan Almera
Mondeo
Merc 190E
numerous shitters inserted for this period
Focus TD estate
Renault Scenic
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
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Originally posted by deano87
Dad also had a Ford Sierra truck for work, an F200 or something like that. So old there aren't any pictures on the internet
My mates dad had one, was a p100
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/Daishag/100_0594.jpg
That's the ticket, except I think his had a Cortina front end 
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Before i was born my dad had all sorts of shit, old mini's, capri's, cavaliers etc, only ones i remember were a 1.8 black cav, think it was a k reg, was shite, got rid of that for an n reg 1.8 deisel escort, that was shite also, and now has a 51 plate vectra dti, still shit, but he makes his cars last, had it about 5 year now was on 56k when he got it, now its on about 125k
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Dad also had a Ford Sierra truck for work, an F200 or something like that. So old there aren't any pictures on the internet
Theres one of them that used to go to the Kempston cruise last year, had a V8 in it, was fucking fast, sounded too.
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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dad's old cav c.1992
and the lovely fiesta c.1992
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Id love to know where my it ended up, can still remember the reg E798 VKB, was a metallic grey one
My old man had one too. His was a 1.6 CL
DCM 25Y
Just asked my dad, His was a 2.0 topic. Had the same interior as the golf gti and alloys off a polo (had the shape of arrows around them)
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jonnysri
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Leeds (Ilkley)
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picked out a select few that i quite liked from when i was younger
golf GT TDI - very comfy, quite fast, cant go wrong with a golf, my mum's had about 5 lol
Audi S2 - mum had it in red, was the dogs bollocks of hot hatches at the time.
Mini cooper S - mums new car. ino what some people will say about them but its comfortable to drive, has got alot of punch to it and i just really like it
and my personal fave. dad got this brand new. i never wanted to get out of it. was the fastest thing ive ever been in. brings back alot of memories until some badger broke into the house and stole the keys. it was found burnt out in halifax 2 days later
E36 BMW M3, estoril blue
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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My Dad had some sort of V6 Capri, 3litre I think it was. And an Alfa of some sort with a reg KIA 66, back when private plates didnt mean much to anybody. Nothing much of interest since tbh.
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
My Dad had some sort of V6 Capri, 3litre I think it was. And an Alfa of some sort with a reg KIA 66, back when private plates didnt mean much to anybody. Nothing much of interest since tbh.
the astra was nice....
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Rover 220GTi (Like this but in grey/silver metallic)
When I was young, used to get its arse kicked every where, was sold for a 4dr Mondeo when they first came out, which was SHITE and Dad kept it all of 6months.
Had BMW's ever since
3 x E36 (328i, 323i, 318is)
2 x E46 (320, 318ci)
2 x E92 (320i, 320i M Sport)
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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quote:
Originally posted by Alex_NSM
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Originally posted by Nath
My Dad had some sort of V6 Capri, 3litre I think it was. And an Alfa of some sort with a reg KIA 66, back when private plates didnt mean much to anybody. Nothing much of interest since tbh.
the astra was nice....
The Cab?
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
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Originally posted by Alex_NSM
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Originally posted by Nath
My Dad had some sort of V6 Capri, 3litre I think it was. And an Alfa of some sort with a reg KIA 66, back when private plates didnt mean much to anybody. Nothing much of interest since tbh.
the astra was nice....
The Cab?
bertone, that apparently safari parks dont like
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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He still has that too. Although he wants rid. I want it 
So yeah, could add the Linea Rossa Cabriolet Astra to the list.
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
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take it off his hands, better than a shitty seat
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