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midlife

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Post #51
Right, I'm 51Doh
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 thoughNinja

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

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Posted 7th Sep 2015 at 21:04
Tarmac terror

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Post #52
I loved CCC......great shame it folded!

I also had a pair of MKII RS2000's that I used for rallying back in the day!! Really wish I had them both now but hey-ho!!..
Tempted to splash the cash on another but I've got far too many toys/projects on the go right now Sad


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Posted 8th Sep 2015 at 00:45
GTiJohnny

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Post #53
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 readSmile
Had 205gtis when I was a lot younger and then the Scab LOL (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
Posted 11th Sep 2015 at 04:51
SmartyC

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Post #54
GTiJohnny wrote:
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 readSmile
Had 205gtis when I was a lot younger and then the Scab LOL (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


Top man, on many counts!

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Posted 11th Sep 2015 at 18:07
SmartyC

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Post #55
Aah, dear old CCC........ Sniff...

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Posted 11th Sep 2015 at 18:08
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Post #56
First GTi-6 at 19, been with them ever since, now 31. Thumbs up

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Posted 11th Sep 2015 at 23:11
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Post #57
GTiJohnny wrote:
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 readSmile
Had 205gtis when I was a lot younger and then the Scab LOL (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


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!.
Posted 14th Sep 2015 at 13:37
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Post #58
Bought mine at 24, around sept 2000. I'm now 39 and still throwing money at it! Roll eyes

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Posted 14th Sep 2015 at 22:40
psjunkie

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Post #59
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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Posted 14th Sep 2015 at 23:46
manthos

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Post #60
bought my first 6 at 19 and still on them at 27

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Posted 15th Sep 2015 at 09:19
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Post #61
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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Posted 15th Sep 2015 at 10:11
manthos

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Post #62
Happy Birthday Carl

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Posted 16th Sep 2015 at 10:50
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Post #63
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
Posted 19th Sep 2015 at 18:37
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Post #64
manthos wrote:
Happy Birthday Carl


Thanks chap just seen the replyThumbs up

Carl

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Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

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Posted 19th Sep 2015 at 18:55
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Post #65
30 at the minute... Bought my first GTi-6 in 2008 at 23 and had 2 since along with four Rallyes LOL

Currently own a Two Rallyes Smile

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Posted 29th Sep 2015 at 13:42
russbez

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Post #66
30

same Rallye for 10 year in December

from standard.... to low boost.... to high boost supercharged over the years

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Posted 29th Sep 2015 at 15:47
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Post #67
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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You sir either live for the 6 or have a mental retardation to still be repairing this!

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. 
Posted 3rd Oct 2015 at 07:20
adam b

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Post #68
36, had this XSi for 2 years, but bits of it for 3.5 years.

Owned a 205 GTi for 3 years, a 306 Rallye for 65k miles and 5 years (made it into a V6 too) and i've joint owned a further 14x 306s that were broken for parts.

I move high end supercars for a job so i've driven quite a lot of stuff now. Never a lambo or Aston though (yet)...

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Posted 3rd Oct 2015 at 19:52
greyoldman

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Post #69
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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Posted 4th Apr 2019 at 09:21
thugpuggin

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Post #70
42 and had same one since 2006 one of the last off the line.

job, slacker.

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Posted 3rd Apr 2019 at 22:10
cully

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Post #71
cully wrote:
Im 45
decided to buy a weekend toy for £600, two years in and still loving her, even though shes spread across the drive with the engine swinging on a crane Smile

oh Im a Maintenance shift specialist glorified name for a shift electrician work for the NHS


s**t where did that 4 years go........49 this year
still have the same £600 weekend toy though Big grin
Posted 5th Apr 2019 at 18:05
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Post #72
Hii Im 31
My first Gti-6 (first car) 1-agu-2006 / 1998
2. Gti-6 21.12.2009 / 2001

but my love is older. my dad had bought in 1998 and i had fallen in love
from that day on, there was no other thing than 306 GTi Smile

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