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By *ems17 OP Couple (FF)
over a year ago
Walsall |
Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely? |
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
I'd be more of a car enthusiast if I had the money, time and knowledge! I thoroughly enjoy tootling around in my little hatchback and coveting bigger faster cooler cars, if that counts? |
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"Me 
I have a classic mini Cooper, stage 1 tuned with K&N air filter and straight-through wide bore exhaust...sadly off the road until I can afford a respray  "
Oooo those classic minis sound outrageous with a big old dustbin exhaust on them. It's like a flock of Hells Angels going past.  |
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over a year ago
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
Nice car  Very fast! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
Yes I have a modded volvo C30 and a very loud motorbike |
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By *ems17 OP Couple (FF)
over a year ago
Walsall |
"Me
I have a classic mini Cooper, stage 1 tuned with K&N air filter and straight-through wide bore exhaust...sadly off the road until I can afford a respray "
I've not long fitted a K&N performance air filter into mine, noticed a huge difference especially on the motorway! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I drive an A7 Quattro Black edition with 3.0L TFSI.
Ride a Honda CBR1100xx with engine and sprocket mods. It scares the living daylights out of my mechanic. Come back summer we miss you. |
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Me for sure, I’ve an E350 Coupe - CDI but it’s had DPF removed, and mapped, it’s something around 300bhp with 600lb ft tq. I’ve had a couple of WRXs in the past, the focus ST did interest me, but this “block mod” stuff put me off. |
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
carrbrook stalybridge |
"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
the roads around Angus are great for blasting about visit Arbroath regularly love the run along the coast out to Montrose down to lunin bay then out through froukhiem to Falkirk and back great blast .shame I'm stuck with a Kia shopping trolley for now oh to let loose in my old group four lotus sunbeam |
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By *ubsteffTV/TS
over a year ago
Portsmouth |
My current car is the most expensive one I’ve ever bought bought and every day it makes me smile when I start it up, which makes it all worthwhile. 0-60 in 4.5 secs, 444 bhp, restricted to 155mph (that’s fast enough). Car tax £555 - that is not so good but still, less than £2 a day so I’ll take that |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
Used to be a confirmed PH. 68 S-Type Jag, 67 M-B 280se 3.5, BMW 3.0CSi Coupe. Rover P6 3500s, SD1 Twin Plenum Vittesse.
Then marriage, Mortgages & kids came along though we did have for a brief time a de restricted Lorinser BMW 750i which was stupidly fast but the 8-10mpg wasn’t so good!!
Now with kids dog, location etc we have a pair of 4x4’s but both petrol (Lpg) running around 300bhp & one has a chipped VW R32 engine & mated to a six speed manual & is a hoot if a bit iffy in the bends. The other is a 2.9 twin turbo with more power but it’s bigger & heavier. Still seen the wrong side of 140mph in it, not bad for something as aerodynamic as a brick weighing o Over two & a quarter tonnes!
Bikes are where my real fun is though.
0-60 in 2.5secs, 190bhp, 200ish kilos & the wrong side of 200mph can be had for less than £5k now.
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Had numerous things over the years, from self built Mini 1275GT's to Jags and various other funmobiles.
Currently just have the oil burner daily drive eurobox (although its the top spec jobbie which i've just spent 3hrs cleaning)- but once i've moved and have a decent garage again, i'm definitely going jalopy shopping.
Currently torn between a classic Porsche and hodrod/leadsled of some description (depending on how much i have left after buying the new money pit brick pile  ) |
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over a year ago
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"My current car is the most expensive one I’ve ever bought bought and every day it makes me smile when I start it up, which makes it all worthwhile. 0-60 in 4.5 secs, 444 bhp, restricted to 155mph (that’s fast enough). Car tax £555 - that is not so good but still, less than £2 a day so I’ll take that "
Audi RS3? Is it bhp or ps? |
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
carrbrook stalybridge |
"Anywhere near Edinburgh?the coldstream road back to morpeth is great,then across a69,turn off Hayden bridge for Alston,across to m6 over hartside  "
done the A702 through penecuik and peebles a few times delivering hire cars between dealerships for Arnold Clark fantastic roads after a light shower . |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
"I have a Maserati granturismo thinking of upgrading to a Lamborghini or Ferrari in new year it’ll impress the ladies for sure "
Not the ones around here, they are all xtras from Shaun the sheep! You’d be better off with a newish Defender, fuck me those things are expensive!!!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Used to be a confirmed PH. 68 S-Type Jag, 67 M-B 280se 3.5, BMW 3.0CSi Coupe. Rover P6 3500s, SD1 Twin Plenum Vittesse.
Then marriage, Mortgages & kids came along though we did have for a brief time a de restricted Lorinser BMW 750i which was stupidly fast but the 8-10mpg wasn’t so good!!
Now with kids dog, location etc we have a pair of 4x4’s but both petrol (Lpg) running around 300bhp & one has a chipped VW R32 engine & mated to a six speed manual & is a hoot if a bit iffy in the bends. The other is a 2.9 twin turbo with more power but it’s bigger & heavier. Still seen the wrong side of 140mph in it, not bad for something as aerodynamic as a brick weighing o Over two & a quarter tonnes!
Bikes are where my real fun is though.
0-60 in 2.5secs, 190bhp, 200ish kilos & the wrong side of 200mph can be had for less than £5k now.
S"
I'm so hard right now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have a Maserati granturismo thinking of upgrading to a Lamborghini or Ferrari in new year it’ll impress the ladies for sure
Not the ones around here, they are all xtras from Shaun the sheep! You’d be better off with a newish Defender, fuck me those things are expensive!!!
S"
I don’t do 4x4s this harm the environment |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor  |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
"I have a Maserati granturismo thinking of upgrading to a Lamborghini or Ferrari in new year it’ll impress the ladies for sure
Not the ones around here, they are all xtras from Shaun the sheep! You’d be better off with a newish Defender, fuck me those things are expensive!!!
S
I don’t do 4x4s this harm the environment "
We moved from Maldon, tbh the only people that need 4x4s in Essex are farmers & the horsey lot. For everyone else it’s just status. If we didn’t have 4x4’s here we wouldn’t get far in the winter.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I get to drive most make of cars as part of my job, it's what attracted me to the position in the first place. I own a lowly xtype Jag but regularly drive Astons and Ferraris |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor "
Owned a series one rs turbo sold it for £5k what are they now £20k plus |
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By *ems17 OP Couple (FF)
over a year ago
Walsall |
"Anywhere near Edinburgh?the coldstream road back to morpeth is great,then across a69,turn off Hayden bridge for Alston,across to m6 over hartside "
Im staying in Dundee, will be driving towards Edinburgh so will have a look! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Owned a series one rs turbo sold it for £5k what are they now £20k plus"
My first series one i had to sell 10 year ago, it was rotton, ive only just got this in September its immaculate the underside was as clean as the top, the bloke showed it for years i bought it off him
he said "wheres your trailer?"
I said "pal ive bought this to drive and use it, not stare at it"
he looked mortified i was driving it back in the rain |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lightly modded 330d as daily driver, just over 300bhp
M5 as a toy, again with light mods, just over 600bhp
Plan when I have time is to build a sleeper. Something like a Ford Granada, but with a whacking great v8, twin turbo, go to town on the engine with a billet block etc. All new running gear and paint job. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Owned a series one rs turbo sold it for £5k what are they now £20k plus
My first series one i had to sell 10 year ago, it was rotton, ive only just got this in September its immaculate the underside was as clean as the top, the bloke showed it for years i bought it off him
he said "wheres your trailer?"
I said "pal ive bought this to drive and use it, not stare at it"
he looked mortified i was driving it back in the rain "
Genuinely cried when my one was sold heard it has been written off since |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lightly modded 330d as daily driver, just over 300bhp
M5 as a toy, again with light mods, just over 600bhp
Plan when I have time is to build a sleeper. Something like a Ford Granada, but with a whacking great v8, twin turbo, go to town on the engine with a billet block etc. All new running gear and paint job. "
V10 m5 or v8 |
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I love jap cars but cant drive. My fb has a gorgeous older scooby 06 plate hawkeye lights in scooby blue he has just had 4 grand engine upgrade so its close to 320bhp now and he has done something to the turbo so it now has a turbo flutter like a S14 does. I love jags too. Would love an XF in black.. |
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By *ubsteffTV/TS
over a year ago
Portsmouth |
"My current car is the most expensive one I’ve ever bought bought and every day it makes me smile when I start it up, which makes it all worthwhile. 0-60 in 4.5 secs, 444 bhp, restricted to 155mph (that’s fast enough). Car tax £555 - that is not so good but still, less than £2 a day so I’ll take that
Audi RS3? Is it bhp or ps?"
Very close & it’s BHP x |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
"Lightly modded 330d as daily driver, just over 300bhp
M5 as a toy, again with light mods, just over 600bhp
Plan when I have time is to build a sleeper. Something like a Ford Granada, but with a whacking great v8, twin turbo, go to town on the engine with a billet block etc. All new running gear and paint job. "
A friend back in Essex is building a Mk1 Escort with a TVR Griffith driveline. He builds planes for fun so I don’t expect him to have too much trouble.
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
Mine's a bit of a sleeper. It's a Peugeot 407 GT Coupè. Before you laugh, these were hand-built and the only parts it shares with a normal 407 are the door mirrors. It's wider, longer and lower, has a red leather interior and a 2.7 V6 twin turbo Jag Hdi engine, mapped to 280bhp and a Porsche tiptronic transmission. It's good for 0-60 in about 6 seconds and a top speed pushing 150mph, though I've never taken it above 135mph
Not driven it for a while, though, as a mouse built a nest under the bonnet and had a good feast of the wiring harness. It's at the garage, but due to come back to me in a few days. Good job my employer provides me with a car. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My current car is the most expensive one I’ve ever bought bought and every day it makes me smile when I start it up, which makes it all worthwhile. 0-60 in 4.5 secs, 444 bhp, restricted to 155mph (that’s fast enough). Car tax £555 - that is not so good but still, less than £2 a day so I’ll take that
Audi RS3? Is it bhp or ps?
Very close & it’s BHP x"
Nice! |
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By *xhib12Man
over a year ago
Blyth |
Currently in an XK, second one I've had so must be something about them I like. Previous car was a DB9 but started costing me a lot of money so sadly it had to go. Think the neighbours were glad to see it go so they didn't have to listen to it starting up at 7am every morning |
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By *rl322Man
over a year ago
wr11 |
"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I drive an audi s5, the 4.2 v8. Lovely big comfy mile munched. And for the speed freak in me, I ride a Kawasaki ninja zx10r krt edition. Big sexy bastard of a thing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I Was a petrol head once, a long time ago! Boy race really, built a nova once with 2ltr engines on 45’s, some gsi gte sri vxr all kinda of cars
Nothing like the sound of a set of 45 Weber’s on full throttle,
Did own a 1968 viva gym once
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
I love a lady who is into cars and motorbikes.
Current drive is a BMW M140i. Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have one with the 3.0 inline 6, before they stopped building it and went to a 2.0 in the new model. Such good fun, lethal, but fun |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor "
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yep, total petrol head here.
Got a 1996 Pontuac Furebird that I've owned since March 2003.
Currently got the engine and box out for overhaul and going to give them a good paint so theyblook the nuts when back in the car. Couple of other bits to do on the car to make sure it's around for many more years to come.
Also got a 2010 Mondeo Sport estate.
Reasonably quick, consisering it's a Diesel (I know, I know), but it's a limited edition.
Had to rebuild the engine in the summer after the timing belt failed (despite the car having a full service history when I bought it - proves whybI don't trust garages).
Lowered it and upgraded the brakes too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?"
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?"
yeah it's a mk3 but classed a series one or white lightning was only built for a few years then used the engine in the beautiful and jelous rs200 that's my lottery car |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've owned various classic VW's over the years, had a 71 bay window, rat look beetle and a Golf Mk1 20v turbo.
Having a family now, we have fairly sensible cars, we sold our SQ5 to get a PHEV  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Confirmed petrol heads here although life has somewhat changed what we now drive.
We used to own and run a car tuning business and we were pretty successful with the cars we built. Won every event/discipline in our category one year at a national event.
Life threw a curve ball and had to give it all up but still have a hand in now and then with mapping, wiring, component design, advice, etc.
We've got nothing interesting at the moment as insurance isn't my friend after eye ops, etc. £12k for my Audi... So that's off the road for the time being.
If I had to name my favourite car ever it would probably be a shock to most Petrol heads if they saw the list and spec of cars we've had, but its a Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2mpg on hard acceleration but was great to see people's reactions when it launched off the line.
Most fun was probably a Metro GTi. As we didn't have anything ready in time for a track day at Coombe we bought one, threw a set of semi slicks on it and ragged the life out of it. The amount of 3-400bhp cars we bullied that day was fun.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
Be a few Nissans going cheap soon |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords "
Nt a collector but I have a thing for the Mk 1 Escorts, although my pride and joy once was a Mk3 3.0L Zakspeed Capri. I nearly cried when I let that go... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords
Nt a collector but I have a thing for the Mk 1 Escorts, although my pride and joy once was a Mk3 3.0L Zakspeed Capri. I nearly cried when I let that go..."
you would now if you new the price 30000 60000 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Our toy cars are a 68 Beetle and a 72 Bay Window which we are going to do John O'Groats to Lands End in in May"
you will need longer than may I'd book June off as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords
Nt a collector but I have a thing for the Mk 1 Escorts, although my pride and joy once was a Mk3 3.0L Zakspeed Capri. I nearly cried when I let that go... you would now if you new the price 30000 60000"
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords "
These are fetching upwards of 40K these days |
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords
These are fetching upwards of 40K these days"
Now I'm in trouble. Found some lovely Mk 1 Capris too.. ....for the youngsters among you, these are cars you can actually work on yourself..No ECU shit here.... |
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"Our toy cars are a 68 Beetle and a 72 Bay Window which we are going to do John O'Groats to Lands End in in May you will need longer than may I'd book June off as well "
Its all down hill from Scotland as its oop norf- as long as the brakes are good... |
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3? yeah it's a mk3 but classed a series one or white lightning was only built for a few years then used the engine in the beautiful and jelous rs200 that's my lottery car"
The engine in a mk3 rs turbo series 1 is a CVH with a turbo, the engine in an RS 200 is a derivative of the cosworth BDT, completely different engines. |
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By *opinovMan
over a year ago
Point Nemo, Cumbria |
I took a BBW for a test once - a very comfortable ride with a nice smooth clutch and extremely responsive once I opened her up, but a little heavy on the juice and rear visibility wasn't quite what I'd hoped for. |
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By *outhbucksCouple
over a year ago
Great Missenden |
"Our toy cars are a 68 Beetle and a 72 Bay Window which we are going to do John O'Groats to Lands End in in May you will need longer than may I'd book June off as well "
Nice newly built 2 litre so no issue with speed or pulling power |
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By *outhbucksCouple
over a year ago
Great Missenden |
"Our toy cars are a 68 Beetle and a 72 Bay Window which we are going to do John O'Groats to Lands End in in May you will need longer than may I'd book June off as well
Its all down hill from Scotland as its oop norf- as long as the brakes are good... "
All relatively new so should be ok |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lightly modded 330d as daily driver, just over 300bhp
M5 as a toy, again with light mods, just over 600bhp
Plan when I have time is to build a sleeper. Something like a Ford Granada, but with a whacking great v8, twin turbo, go to town on the engine with a billet block etc. All new running gear and paint job.
V10 m5 or v8"
F10 V8 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Me
I have a classic mini Cooper, stage 1 tuned with K&N air filter and straight-through wide bore exhaust...sadly off the road until I can afford a respray "
Love it, I've built a couple of classic mini's, what engine? What cam? What diff ratio? Love mini's proper car. X |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Anywhere near Edinburgh?the coldstream road back to morpeth is great,then across a69,turn off Hayden bridge for Alston,across to m6 over hartside
Im staying in Dundee, will be driving towards Edinburgh so will have a look!"
Few speed cameras Scots side of the border,past coldstream just in villages,loads of long straights,plenty of overtaking lol used to do it six nights a week in preference to a1,Alston road usually ok,hartsides a blast |
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By *arex2Couple
over a year ago
Bradford |
"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
Yeah, those roads are Ace. Perfect for our Beemer 630 m sport with the hood down in summer!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The reality is that manufacturers are building cars that are pretty capable and well tuned from the factory these days.
There is nothing wrong in my mind with Ecu's and other electronics as they make cars much more efficient, responsive and reliable. Who really wants to go back to a manual 'fuel enrichment control' (try typing ch**e on here lol) on a frozen carb and an ignition ystem that is compromised and crude at best, come on springs, weights and centrifugal force to control the advance or a 3d mappable set of figures you can easily and precisely alter. The same with carbs, jets and needles can never be as accurate and controllable as a decent electronic fuel injection system.
Remapping isn't what it used to be as the manufacturers are generally better at matching components and the tunes. I got 14bhp and 22lbft mapping a 1.4 petrol turbo recently, used to get 30-40bhp average a few years ago.
The advantage is when you start changing Turbos, etc. as the engine internals tend to be good these days so will support a decent power hike before uprating them.
I assembled a 440bhp ish budget Cossie engine for a mate a few years back over a curry and a few beers on a friday night. That was forged pistons, inlet cam, ARP studs, etc. Now you can easily get that kind of power out of a Focus RS or a Golf R with bolt on bits.
Killer is, before long we'll be putting higher capacity batteries in and rewinding motors to make cars faster.
The glory days of tuning and modifying, I fear, have changed and are now a bit of a niche. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to work for citroen for 15 years and I know they're not the best of cars but when I was young we used to get Peugeot 205 GTI's in for service and a tune up and I used to love setting ignition timing and the best bit was road testing them. This sounds bad but the citroen bx 16 valve was so fun. Sorry. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Huge petrol head but try to keep to the track and keep my license but loving the array of cars you lot drive. Have to agree about ladies driving cool or high powered cars is a thing for me but don’t judge or call me sexist as we all have our fetish side. Love a female bike rider in leather also........just saying |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes full on petrol head here,
I have abit of a collection.
1953 ford f100 5.7v8 hotrod
1983 series 1 escort rs turbo
1989 bmw e30 m3
2018 bmw m2
2017 ford f150 truck
2018 limitless customs harley
And a
2015 john dear tractor
Mk 1 Escorts were built 1967-1975. Are you talking about an incarnation of the Mk 3?
Yes the mk3 series 1 rs. I love my old fords
These are fetching upwards of 40K these days
Now I'm in trouble. Found some lovely Mk 1 Capris too.. ....for the youngsters among you, these are cars you can actually work on yourself..No ECU shit here...."
My first car was a Capri |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Australia is petrol head heaven, not only is it cheap but their love for the V8 is only surpassed by the America.the difference though between the 2 though is that Aussie cars still handle like sports cars.
Theres huge competition between Ford and GM (Holden), I owned a Ford XR8 bf. A car bigger in its physical size than a Mondeo with a 5.2 V8 that ran 478 hp through the rear wheels.6 speed tiptronic,cold air intake flash tuned and 2 straight through Hot Dog exhausts.
0-62 (100kmph) came in at less than 5 seconds and a top speed of over 170mph  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Finance killed the modified car scene
What a toxic crock of shit it turned into in recent years. Pretty much killed off the passion I had for it. "
So ....don't have what you can't afford,that u Tiber who was Billy big shot modding his BMW,then they cancelled the agreement,cos of the modifications was funny to see |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
Canny car! Get it mapped! |
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By *ebwizMan
over a year ago
Clevedon |
"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
same focus mk3 estate. Lowered, custom exhaust and re map next year. Amazing car. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hey all,
Do we have any fellow petrol heads here?
I'm a proud owner of a MK3 Focus ST, always looking at the various mods to undertake.
I'm currently visiting family in Scotland and some of the roads here are amazing to drive on!
I tend to find a lot of guys are shocked to find female car lovers! Got to be other female car fans surely?"
no good roads in Scotland, all full of potholes and tractors, no good roads at all, dont come and visit and clog up the roads, non worth driving on
F4 in the garage. |
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Both petrol heads here up untill last year we had a uk spec mkiv toyota supra tuned to 450hp but some 18 yr old racing his mate in a astra wrote it off absolutely gutted, we replaced it with a 2016 mustang what a piece of crap, then we bought a 2018 gt86 its ok lacks power but handles well |
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By *vcarolTV/TS
over a year ago
kilmarnockish |
Currently have the little mini SD coupe, nimble and fastish.
911 turbo sits under its cover, waiting.
Other things in the past - 3 Porsche’s, 3 m power BMW’s, S4 V8, fireblades and briefly an R1.
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