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03 February 2014, 20:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
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hot hatch time
...I'll admit I watched top gear last night..thinking yes, yes , yes, yes to those things they were doing.(I was crying with laughter while it was on)
Mine was a ren 19 16v 'chamade'...more upmarket than the 5 turbo and still 138 horses :-)
Who had what?
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03 February 2014, 21:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 E-TEC
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Before you start on the who had what, YOU had a WHAT. Typical collectors car 
Astra GTE 16V, superb. The wayward handling as you gave it the full beans only made for a more interesting experience  
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03 February 2014, 21:02
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
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I was a Peugeot boy... 205 1.6 GTi, then moved to the 309 1.9 GTi and finally left the hatches and on to a 405 SRi.
I've recently been thinking about a return to an old hot hatch for old times sake. Never managed a R5 Turbo, maybe now is the time.
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03 February 2014, 21:04
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
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Ah..the days of failing electrics, and shooting sideways when you floored it......
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03 February 2014, 21:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
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Quote:
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Ah..the days of failing electrics, and shooting sideways when you floored it......
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03 February 2014, 21:11
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Country: UK - Scotland
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Quote:
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Ah..the days of failing electrics, and shooting sideways when you floored it......
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When motoring was fun, no fancy esp, abs, traction control and so on.
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03 February 2014, 21:29
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Kyles of Bute
Make: Humber
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MG Maestro turbo. Could deal with everything around at the time (in its class). Rusted in front of your eyes though! Saw 160mph on the clock (on a private road)
Bought an Impreza Turbo after it and it felt slow!
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03 February 2014, 21:32
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
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I had a few motors doing a bit of wheeler dealing but one of my fav was talbot sunbeam TI excellent in the wet when you pressed the loud pedal on a roundabout
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03 February 2014, 21:33
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Member
Country: UK - England
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Ah..the mg classic !
Anyone admit to a mg metro? A mate had a white one...I wired a new radio into it in my lunch hour one day..he was so chuffed...but it was still a white metro..
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03 February 2014, 21:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
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Ah..the mg classic ! Anyone admit to a mg metro?
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Yep a yellow one at that
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03 February 2014, 21:47
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Country: UK - England
Boat name: Carpe Diem
Make: Ribeye 650S
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Those were the days!
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Originally Posted by PeterM
Ah..the mg classic !
Anyone admit to a mg metro? A mate had a white one...I wired a new radio into it in my lunch hour one day..he was so chuffed...but it was still a white metro..
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Yep, had 2 x MG metros 
My favourite hot hatches was the MK1 Golf GTI in black and a gunmetal grey Pug 205 1.9 GTI- Both were very quick but had sad endings as the Golf ended up on its roof and the Pug's gearbox exploded into a million pieces after I booted it.
All my other friends had Vauxhall Nova SRs and they all ended up rolling them just as Hammond pointed out
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03 February 2014, 21:50
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Wonder who had an xr3???? Oh whisper......where are you?
Escort rs turbo? Joy rider classic. I used to live in Horfield in Bristol...Friday night entertainment after the pub and club was watching stuff go up the road followed by the forces finest...
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03 February 2014, 21:53
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Kyles of Bute
Make: Humber
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MG Maestro turbo quicker than a Ferrari mondial.... 0-60 6.5 secs.Fastest front wheel drive car in the UK in 1989.Torque steer would put you in the ditch though.
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03 February 2014, 21:58
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Country: UK - England
Town: Daventry & Beaulieu
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Make: Ribcraft 4.8
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Not quite a hot hatch but had a Celica GT-4; it had been fiddled with and the boost turned up so the turbo boost gauge went off the right hand end of the scale when you floored it 
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03 February 2014, 22:00
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Originally Posted by chris.moody
Not quite a hot hatch but had a Celica GT-4; it had been fiddled with and the boost turned up so the turbo boost gauge went off the right hand end of the scale when you floored it
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That's proper car territory Chris..wrc winning!...I've got a tamiya rc one..Carlos sainz era...
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03 February 2014, 22:06
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
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Fiesta Supersport in the eighties (the XR2 hadn't been invented!)
205 1.9Gti in the nineties.
Corrado VR6 in the noughties.
Estates from there on!
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03 February 2014, 22:06
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
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Had a Opel manta Gte for a few weeks
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03 February 2014, 22:06
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
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Erm... Does the ex CID manual V8 SD1 I had at age 18 count...? It was a hatch after all.
The Opel Manta Coupé doesn't as it was a saloon.
Had an XR3 briefly, but it was a parts bin special that lasted about a week.
Nothing was a patch on either the SD1 or Manta.
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03 February 2014, 22:09
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Micks winning with the manta gte..
Only an rs turbo or sierra cosworth will top it...only then outdone by a lotus Carlton :-)
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03 February 2014, 22:17
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Country: UK - England
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterM
Mine was a ren 19 16v 'chamade'...more upmarket than the 5 turbo and still 138 horses :-)
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Peter, if it was G,H or J reg, there's a good chance I ragged it up and down Southampton docks well before you got your hands on it....lol
I used to run a gang of car valeters in "CAT GB" just about every Renault that came into the country went through there...
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Originally Posted by PeterM
Micks winning with the manta gte..
Only an rs turbo or sierra cosworth will top it...only then outdone by a lotus Carlton :-)
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What about My old Opal Monza 3.0L GSE That was a hatch 
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