Past rides Thread

[greasykitchen]

My first and only previous car, a '72 1300 (standard) Beetle. Stock standard. Drum brakes all round, something like 50HP, gloriously slow and noisy (loved that), torsion bar front end, swing axle rear. The paint job was a bit ordinary and cracked an peeled. Had the obligatory rust and dents. I never had enough money to fix all the little things it needed (such as knackered steerbox = sloppy steering). It was super reliable and a heap of fun to drive.

Sold it cheap to someone who optimistically wanted to restore it (after it had been sitting for 2 years).





EDIT: forgot about the bug's distinctive safety feature:



Then on to the MK1 Golf that's been seen around here. Almost immacuate condition when I got it, 115,000km then. The brakes are nearly as good as the Beetle's Very reliable and fun, not to mention distinctive.

Maybe a MK2 or something sometime in the future.

[GoLfMan]

that '76 is immaculate!!!!

[Steve88]

well my first car was my charade


and now my Mk4 golf generation

Is that off middle road, also seen ur silver mk4 wednesday avo at woolies

[tomtom_r32]

Hooray another green 323 ex owner!!
I really enjoyed owning this car. I had the Series 2 1997 model which had a few updates from the 1st series.

3rd car, graduation present to myself was a 1994 Astina. Great looking little car. Had a slight tendency for snap oversteer thanks to the fat whiteline swaybar I installed.. and my current polo is hiding in the background :

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[greasykitchen]

that '76 is immaculate!!!!

Thank you

Not quite as immaculate in person (the pictures do it too much justice), but pretty good. Could do with a bit of attention though.

[Stuwey]

Well, lets see. My family always had older cars. So it is of no surprise that I kept it that way for a while in between a few boring cars..

1970 Mini K - project that i never finished.
1980's AE82 Corolla - daily for a while.
1962 Morris Mini Panel van - 848cc's of grunt - finished up with a 1300, disc brakes, huge stereo, all the usual stuff
1971 Ford Capri - 40,000 miles, second owner from new. Still had the original tyres on it.
1992 Honda Accord - still a really nice car, silly cornering ability with a mods.
1978 Leyland Mini 1275LS. 92,000 kms, with service manuals and orginal sales receipt. I ketp it visually standard, but with a honking 1293 engine that had 80hp at the wheels. Heaps of grunt for 600kgs.



Then i went and bought myself a dirt bike - couldn't tow it with the mini, so a 1995 XR6 Falcon Wagon came along. My brother still has it. BEST tow car hands down.


I got tired of the fuel bill, so bought the GTI. That stayed standard for almost a month hahaha


I want another Mini...

[DangerDan]

I've had a few different ones before I even turned 20

First - 1986 VK Commodore - Wasn't much of a show pony, especially when driving to school when others had corollas and mazdas. Still had fun in it though, also was a manual which were pretty hard to find. Hub cap flew off while driving funny enough. Also when i bought it, it came with bright and shiny metallic pink car mats.



Second - 1994 Volkswagen mk3 Golf - Again wasn't much to look at but was a good little reliable car. Went all right too.




But it just didn't have the character of this:

Third car - 1976 Citrus Red Volkswagen Golf mk1 LS - Now this was a fun car. Didn't matter if it was rain, hail or shine, I always got blast out of driving it. Miss her everyday, but just didn't have the facilities, money or time at my age to do her justice, guy who bought it is going to put a passat motor in it, nearly made me cry as it's so original. Also got a letter that he handed in the original plates .





Current car - 2.0Lt mk2 golf GTI - This car was intended to be a bit more civilised everyday run about with a bit of work that I could handle. Not to say the I ever had an issues with my mk1 (i didn't) but I needed a car that I could drive regularly and not have my folks worry about safety



What she will look like in a fortnight when I get the valance:



Hopefully I can own a few more mk1's and even a GTI before I bight the dust.

[tomtom_r32]

Nice rides guys,

Awesome Red Mk2.

[C.T_07]

I also have a few different rides before i turned 21

1st - 1997 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-T


2nd - 1995 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS (got it for a good deal)


3rd - 1996 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo



4th - 2006 Holden VZ SV6


5th - Ford BF XR8 (photo not available)

6th - 2009 Holden VE 60th


7th - 2006 VW Passat FSI 2.0T (My current ride)



8th - 2002 Nissan Skyline R34 GTT (My current project)

[AusScare]

I see you like your skylines. They go alright for driveability/reliability/etc?

[silver32]

My first car: Toyota Camry CSX - 2.0L 5 spd - was in excellent order when purchased and still runs great at 270,000+kms



My current car: 2009 R32 - just a little faster than my previous car