Simon31 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Hi all, Been a few topics on genral stuff lately e.g fav beer etc So i was woundering what was your 1st road car and what year did you pass? Cheers Si (P.S Lets see how old some of you really are ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendo912 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 1st road car was a crappy G reg rusty Vauxhall Astra following my pass in 1998 aged 22. It only had 4 gears so was a touch noisy at 75 mph. Don't let Budge respond to this thread-square wheels and Fred Flintstone springs to mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 I passed in 1995 on my 17th birthday...and got done for speeding 5 hours later...!! The copper asked how long I'd been driving for (he couldn't keep up!) and I lied and said about 3 months. He laughed about the short period I'd been driving and I'd been done already...good job I didn't tell him the truth I thought I'd actually failed my test at the time, but ended up having one minor for "gears" or somethin?? My 1st car was an old mk1 XR2 ...oh they were the days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunny78 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Passed in January 2005 and had a little run around Corsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goughik501 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Passed April 2006 and am driving around in a 1963 Triumph Herald 12/50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 (edited) passed in march 1990,first car an Austin Allegro had that for a few weeks and give it to me bro,then got a mk2 escort wrote that of,next car mk2 escort mexico,following that had mk2 1600 sport,mk2 escort with 1750 cc engine,capri 3.0 ghia bored out to a 3.1 got rid blown headgasket twice on it, 2.0 ghia capri which got nicked from a lock up garage,now driving a toyota celica 2.0 gti ,use that for long banger travels and just recently bought a pug 205 1.9 gti for work and also have a 2.8 capri Edited September 8, 2006 by chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick M48 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 I passed my test in 1992 a week after my 17th birthday, my 1st car was a 1000cc mini, I soon swapped all the running gear off a crashed 1275GT, put wide wheels, body kit etc on it. I got bored of that, so I brought a Mk5 'Tina (a proper car ) The 'Tina eventually ended up on the Braintree banger track, next came two Mk2 Granny Ghia X's, the 1st one was eventually sold to the Gladiators, to race, the 2nd one is a show winning car and is now owned by my Dad ( Hi Dad, I know you read this lol ) I now own an ST24 Mondeo which I've had for about 6 years and the wifes car is a new Mini Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FbF 656 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 passed about a month ago and have a mk4 tina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FbF 656 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Passed April 2006 and am driving around in a 1963 Triumph Herald 12/50 gutted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo209 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 (edited) good old braintree nick Edited September 8, 2006 by Tombo209 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymek Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Passed my driving test in early 1985... Had been driving around on my provisional with L plates since I turned 17 in my MK1 Escort 1.3 GXL!!! Can still remember quite vividly going into my work the next day, as I'd taken a days holiday in order to sit my test and also hadnt told ANYONE...(just incase I'd failed ) as pleased as punch, whereupon the service manager at the local Ford dealership I worked then saying "perfect" you can go and do a dealer transfer and save me taking a time served mechanic off the tools. I then had to drive a brand spanking new Escort Ghia through to our dealership in Edinburgh and swap it for a brand new Orion Injection Ghia!! To say I was a touch nervous would be the understatement of the century but after driving through whilst talking to myself I somehow manged it incident free!!! Since then Ive had a fair few Fordies(MK1s 2s Anglia,Cortinas Capris etc etc) and now with me "maturing" in years I'm now the owner of a 1.9 Diesel Scenic....... Andymek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffo Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Well since you asked, mine was a 1960 Morris Mini Minor, as they called them then. Cost £60 , no MOT and got it home to find a 4 inch rust hole in the passenger floor, under the carpet. Kept it for about five years and had to replace almost everything. You dont forget you`re first one though, car I`m on about. Passed test at 17 thats about 1968/9 sold the car for £100 [attachmentid=9083] The trophy was some thing from the local car club, probably worse hair style! Biffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trash Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Passed when I was 17 in 1995. First car was a 1.0 A Reg Fiesta which was a shed. The engine blew up after a while. Got it to a Ford Breakers to sell it for £150 but forgot the log book. So he check for chassis numbers which had been ground away and the car was a ringer He gave me £75 instead to take it "under the counter". Then had a 1.6GL Ford Sierra, which got nicked. Returned to a car park one night and all I found was the ignition barrel. Car never recovered. Then got a 2.0 DOCH GLSi Ford Sierra which was cool. Got nicked again (nice place is Wisbech). This time was joyriders and the car was recovered from Wisbech Stadium (!), also had an attempted theft of it as well. Finally sold it to Gary162 on here!! I now have a 2.0 Peugeot 406 Executive (the 2.0 petrol turbo version). It's really comfy and goes like thingy off a shovel, turbo pins you to the seat lol. Oh, and it's silver too...naturally!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budge313 Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Don't let Budge respond to this thread-square wheels and Fred Flintstone springs to mind! Passed my driving test in emmmm 1982... and yes my first car was an Austin allagro (allegro) 1971... and if u didn't know They had a square steering wheel with rounded corners lmao... and yes when i scrapped it... if you went over a bumper in the road the floorpan would move away from the inner sill so you could see the road... So how close were you Kendo (VERY) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splodge Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Passed in mid january 2005 at age 18. 1st road car was 1990 1.0 Nova which i had ran out petrol in twice and put wheel back on in inside fortnight, Car finally met it match at fleet earlier this year when jack reynold wrote it off by running it around top of armco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabs Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Passed in 1986 and started with a 1300 Mk2 Escort. Since then i've had the pleasure of Mk3,4,5 Cortinas - Mk1,2 Granny's - Mk1,2 Trummy's - Sierras - Loads of Jap stuff from Starlets to a 280c. All great fun and all end up on track For getting cars around i've had a few Transits, Cargo with hiab, and at the moment use a 312 Sprinter. Been a diesel convert for about 10 years and have watched at many a meeting from St Day to Cowdie to Arena and plenty in between using at the moment a TD Mondeo and a few drums for company .......... (I love you really Gordon Brown) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badura_Racing258 Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Passed 2004, November i think... First car is a Pug 106 which i still drive today, got it a year after i passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy186 Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Passed in 99 when I was 17. First car was a B plate mk2 Astra GTE which I had for 9 months, sold it and it blew up 2 days later! I then had 2 Escorts one of which was a RS2000. Had a few more cars since but now gone german and got a Golf GTI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops660 Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 passed in 1991, in a transit. My first car was a 1275 GT mini of course. Bought it at an auction for a £100 because it had a slight mis-fire, luckly for me someone had just swopped the plug leads (coff coff) It was a bit of an oil burner though, and one night on the way to stockies i couldnt afford oil and petrol, needless to say it seized on the way there.... So it got an old 850 ministock plonko dropped in it, and sent back to the auction, sold for £250. (bargin) Now driving a Pt cruiser CRD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesy Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 passed mine in 1997 first car was a mk1 fiesta which was nicked after owning it a month then had a 1'0 lt nova boyracerd up then crashed it into a doubledecker bus lol(never marked the bus but wrote me car off lmao,had lads of diffrent cars since current car a w reg astra est dti lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Passed Nov 1987, fortunately 1st time. Left work during the morning, only my boss & girlfriend knew and came back after lunch driving my own car It was an old "W" reg (at the right hand side of the plate as you looked at it !!!) Ford Fiesta 1.1L, had it a year, then had a "C" reg Escort 1.3L, then had a brand new 1.4s Escort on 1/8/89. Sold it one year later to use the cash as a deposit for our first house. Driven a few different shared family cars since but we now run two cars I have an "R" reg 1.6L Astra since July 2003, whilst the misses runs around in an "R" reg 1.2L Corsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budge313 Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Taking about 1st time.... passed mine first time... 7 lessons and that included my test, in a fiesta, but found it easy in that considering, my dad took me out in his Mk1 1/2 capri, the bonnet on that thing was enough so driving a fiesta was a walk in the park... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mick Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 (edited) passed in 1980,first road car was an austin 1100,bought by my mom for my 18th birthday for £80.00,i had a hillman imp in the garage but could never get it going right. Had many cars over the years all the ford range except a mk1 capri and a mk1 grannie [raced 1 never had a road car] went to diesels a few years back ,had plenty of montego's whch carried me all over the country watching meetings,now have a company car vw bora tdi sport,and the wifes got a crappy old astra. passed my test after 5 lessons,which was great crashed my dads viva a week latter sorry dad. Had a bit more trouble passing my HGV test though,3 goes at that 1, lucky the company where paying Edited September 10, 2006 by mad mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrew Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Passed my test in 1987, my first car was a Talbot Sunbeam. That died when a little old lady kindly pulled out and T-boned me at a junction. Since then had the usual array of MK1, 2, 3 and 4 escorts, Mk 3, 4 and 5 'tinas, MK2 grannies, MK3 capris, mk2 trummies plus loads of other bilge. Most of it all got raced or wrecked in some form or another Now own one of them rice burning Impreza turbos, well it is supposed to be the family car.... and the missus has one of them roller-skate Ford KA things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzer Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Passed my test 1st time in September 1976 aged 17, 1st car was a 1969 1.2 Vauxhall Viva, currently driving a 1.8 Mazda Capella (uk 626 equivalent), lots of gadgets on it but none of them work yet as the instruction manual is in Japanese , also its an automatic as im advancing in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikard Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Passed my test first time with 3 minors 1st November 2005, now i drive my mums V-Reg Nissan Micra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freew67 Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Passed in 94 1st time, I was 16. First suv was a 88 Jeep Cherokee with 168,000 miles on it. Since then: 95 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.2L V8 98 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 5.9L I6 turbo diesel 01 Dodge Durango 4x4 4.7L V8 04 Dodge Ram 4x4 Hemi 5.7L V8 05 Dodge Magnum 3.5L V6 05 Jeep Liberty 4x4 2.8L I4 turbo diesel wife: 01 Dodge Stratus, 95 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 5.2 V8, then both traded in for the Liberty I figured I would post since I havent heard of half the cars you all are talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogs110 Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 passed after 2 lessons 1987 .. 1st car was a ha van ex brittish telecom bright yellow . think it was a v reggie. . had many a car up untill now but drive a family car vauxhall vectra 2 yr old and also a 106 puggy for the misses its w reg with a puggy sports system on it ,. brill for going up town and racing the young ones lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky88 Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 i passed in 1996 at 22 passed 1st time after failing theory 4 times lol my first car was a yellow mini clubman est with chocolate brown interior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mick Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 i passed in 1996 at 22 passed 1st time after failing theory 4 times lol my first car was a yellow mini clubman est with chocolate brown interior you should get a six month ban just for taking it out on road ...chocloate brown interior.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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