jr
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http://pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=443564&i=40
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CORSA NUT
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I'd say a huge portion of my life is controlled by cars.
I'm on CS...Scoobynet...SIDC etc etc every day.
My partner is sick to death of me talking about cars all the time.
I'm ALWAYS talking about what car i'm going to have next.
I buy the AutoTrader even if i'm not looking to buy a car.I'm subscribed to EVO mag and buy Jap performance/Banzai and Car mechanics mag also a lot of others.
I've owned 14 cars and HAVE to drive a freinds/relatives new car.
If i see a nice car go past when i'm driving i'll name it and start saying the permormance figures and engine size etc out loud.
I just wish i had knuckled down when i was younger and been a decent mechanic.
So yeah pretty much obsessed
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jr
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i could qoute the above for me and it would be spot on
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Jenko_Sport
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Me also
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CORSA NUT
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Just somthing to add....
There is a Peugeot garage near and in 1998 they had a brand new black 106 GTI.
It was up for £9995.It was set up on these ramps and it was the coolest fuking thing i had ever seen as i was driving a scooter at the time 
I'd sit on the wall next to it and just look at it hoping one day i would own one.
And i did 

[Edited on 11-10-2007 by CORSA NUT]
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Jambo
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similar for me there corsa nut i sat in an astra gsi at the 2000 motorshow and was like, im gettin me one of these.
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CORSA NUT
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And you have eh 
Weird how things work out 
I was sitting in a relatives DB9 last night and i said the same...i wonder.
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ed
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I heart cars.
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Jambo
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In that case corsa nut im off to sit in the Gallardo they have in a garage in windsor
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ed
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Drive that extra couple of miles and go sit in the Zonda in Stoke Poges
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Jambo
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Good idea Ed Zonda oh i wish i had a zonda
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ed
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They might even have the Enzo in
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AdZ9
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I once sat in a 1996 Corsa and said "one day ill have one of these" and low and behold I had one a day later!
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Kyle T
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I hate cars, always fucking breaking and costing money.
I just register on forums to find out how to fix stuff 
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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CORSA NUT
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quote: Originally posted by Jambo
In that case corsa nut im off to sit in the Gallardo they have in a garage in windsor
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CORSA NUT
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Also forgot to add....
I watch....
Top Gear...Fifth Gear...Overhaulin...American Hotrod...American Chopper....Vroom Vroom...Wheeler Dealer...Auto Trader...Buy Build and Restore...A Car Is Born.
To name but a few.And i can watch a car programme that i have seen a hundred times before Must have seen every Top Gear at least 3 times.
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Ian W
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When I had a paper round back in 94 / 95 one of the house I used to deliver to had a brand new Corsa GSi and I loved it.
10 years later I bought one
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12vMatt
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quote: Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Also forgot to add....
I watch....
Top Gear...Fifth Gear...Overhaulin...American Hotrod...American Chopper....Vroom Vroom...Wheeler Dealer...Auto Trader...Buy Build and Restore...A Car Is Born.
To name but a few.And i can watch a car programme that i have seen a hundred times before Must have seen every Top Gear at least 3 times.
that sounds exactly like me
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VegasPhil
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My neighbor bought a brand new N Reg Corsa Sport in 1995. It was in white and had the wheel trims.
Really nice car, I loved it.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Butler
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i <3 cars, but i effing hate my own
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Eck
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Cars and car related things take up about 8/10ths of my life 
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Lee Wilson
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Cars are half the reason I work TBH
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taylorboosh
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I ONLY WORK TO PAY FOR MY CAR
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Sly_SRi
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very interesting topic! I was once a car-aholic too, but I can honestly say i've been clean now for 4 months!
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Mike
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quote: Originally posted by CORSA NUT
If i see a nice car go past when i'm driving i'll name it and start saying the permormance figures and engine size etc out loud.
I was terrible for this when I was in school. A few times we'd be walking home and my mates challenged me to close my eyes then when they said I'd open them and close them really quick, then say what the car was. I never got it wrong, best one was a Cavalier, it must have been between 75 and 100 yards away, opened my eyes for a split second then said Cav, opened my eyes again and it was just going past me, me mates where like 

I really was obsessed 
Being an apprentice mechanic for 2 1/2 years killed most of that
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