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18 June 2009, 00:38
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Originally Posted by codprawn
Still my favourite was a Rover SD1 Vitesse that i had - the last of them - D reg. it was full BTC spec with rose jointed suspension and 4 down draught dellortos. good for 150mph and cornered like it was on rails. Only car i have ever sold and it still breaks my heart.
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I had an SD1 when I was 18-5 speed manual, T reg ex CID one. Jesus that thing was fast.
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18 June 2009, 07:39
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Nos4r2
I had an SD1 when I was 18-5 speed manual, T reg ex CID one. Jesus that thing was fast.
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I bet an 18 YO would need a mortgage to insure an equivalent today 
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18 June 2009, 07:50
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sheepy Parva
Boat name: Sadly Sold
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,731
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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7
I bet an 18 YO would need a mortgage to insure an equivalent today |
Just had a quote for my 18yo's Fiesta 1.4 diesel (no prior claims, no license points)...£2450 from Direct Line 
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18 June 2009, 09:07
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: fife
Make: Humber / searider
Length: 5m +
MMSI: ... - - - ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 720
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17 year old boy in a morris minor £1400
he is not getting it mind you.
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18 June 2009, 10:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7
I bet an 18 YO would need a mortgage to insure an equivalent today |
I couldn't afford to run it or insure it for long either-but not to the extent it costs today. I...erm...was getting 8mpg out of it. I did love that V8 though 
I had loads of stuff back then that was quite mental-all extremely fast and most towards the end of its life. A Lancia HPE2000 (though that was so rotten it lasted a month before almost literally splitting in half) , a very very quick 2.1 mk2 Capri,a Manta Coupé,Audi 100...
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18 June 2009, 11:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: PORTSMOUTH
Make: Avon 5.4, Avon 3.4,
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90, Merc 30
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,996
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Heres my 1st toy when I was rather young - "note T-cut in hand"
3.0 litre essex v6 lump, Huge webber carb, K+N - twin stainless exhausts either side 
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18 June 2009, 12:57
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Originally Posted by ollyit
Heres my 1st toy when I was rather young - "note T-cut in hand"
3.0 litre essex v6 lump, Huge webber carb, K+N - twin stainless exhausts either side |
Lovely - how the same company could produce the Robin is beyond me.
My ex girlfriend's mum used to have one - oh and Princess Anne!!!
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18 June 2009, 13:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southport
Boat name: Qudos
Make: 5.4 Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yam 115 V4
MMSI: 235068784
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,930
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My first car was an old Alfa Romeo 33. When it worked it was great, loved the sound of the boxer engine. Sadly it hardly ever worked and cost £1700 to insure. Replaced it with a BMW 520i, and went around everything that wasn't straight sideways. It was like driving a square tank with a hole in the fuel tank (not unlike a 5.4 searider with 115 V4 2 stroke  ). So got a Vuaxhall Cav SRi 130 and spent twice as much as I paid for it up rating everything. Had it on the road for a month and some 92 year old man didn't see me sat at the lights and tried to drive through me at high speed. Was not amused but got enough compo to buy myself a big shinney Preimire Signia Drumkit so I got over it.
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18 June 2009, 14:04
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,299
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Originally Posted by Leapy
Slightly earlier than Quattro's, Strato's (Stratii?) and Integrale's and other such Group B specials, but I had one of these for a while. Great fun but no journey could be undertaken without a backup. Pulling into work one day there was a 'ping' and as the car ground to a halt one of the camshaft toothed drive wheels rolled past, rolled round and round and then settled in the gutter Needless to say, the valves and pistons had had a love in and there was tears all round |
An RS1600?
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18 June 2009, 14:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sheepy Parva
Boat name: Sadly Sold
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Originally Posted by Downhilldai
An RS1600?
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Yup
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18 June 2009, 14:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,551
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Originally Posted by ollyit
Heres my 1st toy when I was rather young - "note T-cut in hand"
3.0 litre essex v6 lump, Huge webber carb, K+N - twin stainless exhausts either side |
Thought this was a Capri ! 
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18 June 2009, 14:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: PORTSMOUTH
Make: Avon 5.4, Avon 3.4,
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90, Merc 30
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,996
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Originally Posted by Blackroady
Thought this was a Capri ! |
cheeky fecker!!
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18 June 2009, 15:52
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Originally Posted by ollyit
cheeky fecker!! |
I used to play in one of those too-same car, 3.0 V6 manual that the boss bought for a song and let us drive on the company insurance.
Huge amount of fun!
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18 June 2009, 16:11
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Country: UK - England
Town: PORTSMOUTH
Make: Avon 5.4, Avon 3.4,
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90, Merc 30
Join Date: Sep 2003
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rear wheel drive fun times
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18 June 2009, 22:51
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,090
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JSP
enough compo to buy myself a big shinney Preimire Signia Drumkit
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aint no good having one of them when the left filter arrow comes on ? ..
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