lol just noticed that now!
Originally Posted by Nick Graves
lol just noticed that now!
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
後は、残っているものに関係なく、不可能なことを排除する方法 ありそうもない、真実でなければなりません。
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Not as long as some but:
Peugeot 305 Van
Citroen AX GT
Renault 19 16v Chamade
Alpine GTA V6 Turbo - 1991 Crap now I compare it to the NSX
Renault Laguna
Peugeot 406 Estate
Rover 214i (Company Car - No Choice)
Escort 1.6 16v (Company Car - No Choice)
Renault Safrane 2.2
Vauxhall Corsa 1.2
Vauxhall Brava Pickup
Audi A4 TDI 130 (Company Car - No Choice but it was great)
Peugeot 406 (Company Car - No Choice)
Peugeot 307 (Company Car - No Choice)
Fiat Ulysees
Vauxhall Vectra
NSX
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2004 3.2 Man, Formula Red. Now Sold and not missed as much as expected. Life goes on.
EEk memory test.....ok here goes:
MG1100 (my first car, twin carbs eh!)
MG Midget
Triumph TR6 (wish I still had it)
Alfasud (dashboard caught fire a week after selling to a friend)
Granada Ghia 3.0 (Armchair)
Then company cars so little choice:
Vauxhall Chevette LOL
followed by about 5 Caveliers
Vauxhall Carlton CD
Honda Legend
Back to my choice:
Mercedes 230
Range Rover Vogue 3.5
BMW 318is coupe
Range Rover Vogue 3.5
Honda Legend Coupe (wish I'd kept this one)
Jaguar xj6
Honda S2000 (red, an early one)
Honda S2000 (poofta blue)
Jaguar XF Diesel (superb auto box)
MG RV8 (V quick in a straight line, Aaaagh in the twisties)
Honda Civic CDTI (Still have)
NSX (still the best!)
During the same period i.e. from about 1975 Bikes
(ok really going off topic now but a few of you are fellow bikers and will understand)
Honda SS50
Honda CJ250
Honda CB3650s
Honda CB900
Honda VF1000R
Honda Pan European
BMW K1
Triumph Daytona 900
Ducati 750ss
Suzuki 1200 Bandit
Honda VFR750 (My Fave bike wish I'd kept it)
Yamaha Thunderace
BMW R1100S
BMW K1200LT
BMW GS1150
Honda Blackbird
Benelli Tornado TRE
Honda VFR800
Ducati 749
BMW K1200LT
Honda CB1300s
Honda Blackbird (current bike)
did you spot a few Honda's in there?
Current toys= MV Agusta Brutale, BMW K1200s, Mini cooper SD, Jaguar XF, Ex S2000 owner
91 NSX Owner between 16 July 05 and 18 Feb 2011
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My Cars
I started with a lime green Talbot Sunbeam - horrible but my college drive wanted an MG Midget but was advised against ..
Then had a Datsun Cherry coupe - loved this car had white alloys and Starsky and Hutch side stripes ! - thought this was the best car ever lol.
Then lovely red Audi Coupe GT - great car.
Then first company car - White MkII Golf GTI, loved this too.
Then Another company car Ford Mondeo :-(
Then got the Honda Bug
Hond Civic VTEC-E - 50 mpg performance - great car for a scotsman.
Honda Accord Ex Syncro box - loved the advert on TV and had to have one, nice car..
Hond S2000 GT with Mugen bits - thought this was my ultimate (still have this low miler)
Honda NSX 1996 Targa - love this more than any other.
Honda Jazz - for my Daughter
Honda Shuttle - Mums Bus.
Several Honda CRV's for my wife from Mk1,2,3
Honda LawnMower ! - never lets me down.. a cut above the rest ?
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Sudesh, thats some serious car history/ownership!
F40 & NSX aside, what other cars did you really enjoy or miss now?
Curiously how did the 22B compare to the Grale?
1999 3.2 Manual 6 Spd Coupe
Honda's Finest Hour
106 XSI (100BHP) - Taught me lift off oversteer.
106 GTI (120BHP) - Same as above but way better engine thus fun
Clio Cup (197BHP) - Big leap in power from above, but hmm not as fun
Honda UK DC2 - Way better than the clio i was in love.
Honda DC5 - Woah more power, more style, needed messing with tho to get the right feel
Honda NSX - Uber car. so much quality, everything just feels right and well built.
Honda JDM DC2 - Ring car, NSX brakes, Cage, geometry, it was awesome for me.
Ford KA - Yeah dont ask i was moving to whistler for a year ok? im living the dream! But hey it was chuckable cheap fun
THE POWER OF DREAMS.
Brakes are no good- they just slow you down
(Juan Manuel Fangio)
Being a fan of Honda engines, I later went to Honda's Tochigi Research Center on two occasions and requested that they consider building for the McLaren F1 a 4.5 liter V10 or V12. I asked, I tried to persuade them, but in the end could not convince them to do it, and the McLaren F1 ended up equipped with a BMW engine.
(Gordon Murray)
My eclectic mix in some sort of order....Sorry to those I may have missed who are in scrapyard heaven or recycled in someones Aston Martin.....
Morris Marina for £70 and first speeding ticket.Yes they can go that fast!!
Mk 2 Escort
Cortina 2.0 GL MK V Factory sunroof
Mk 1 Astra x 2
Mk1 Golf 1.1
Mini "Mayfair"
Mk 1 Astra GTE
Supra 3.0i
Porsche 944
Montego 2.0
Rover 213 -Boxy one in gold.....
Porsche 944 Turbo 250hp version
Lancia Dedra Turbo
Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi
Mk 2 Golf GTi
Lancia Delta Integrale EVOII had four of these, regret selling my Lagos LE
Celica GT4 "Carlos Sainz" x 2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 "Tommi Makinen"
Alfa 156 2.5 V6
Alfa 147 GTA
Porsche 964 RS
Saab 93 Aero-Hirsch Upgrades
NSX
and since bikes were mentioned
Suzuki GSXR 750 straight from passing my test....back when you could do this !!
Yamaha YZF-R1
Aprilia RS250
Yamaha YZF-R7 OW-02 x2 Yamaha World Superbike Homologation effort....both fulled kitted out race bikes, once signed by Noriyuki Haga
Yamaha YZF-R6
Last edited by Hagasan; 22-07-2010 at 03:09 AM.
To be honest there wasnt many I would say I missed that much. If I did choose it would probably be
X5 4.6is, just for comfort, performance and handling for a jeep.
Diablo, for performance yes, but for me its the most stunning thing on wheels
Amazon for being a proper 4x4
300ZX, cant really say I miss them with the amount I've had and actually looking at buying another lol
The 22B and Grale for me are 2 very different cars, the Grale felt a proper rally car for the road, where the 22b was the other way round, subaru was better build quality and faster and less lag, but grale was more fun and I thought better handling or a better feel from the car. Mine was Integrale Evoluzione II which was the last of them.
Sudesh, thats some serious car history/ownership!
F40 & NSX aside, what other cars did you really enjoy or miss now?
Curiously how did the 22B compare to the Grale?
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
後は、残っているものに関係なく、不可能なことを排除する方法 ありそうもない、真実でなければなりません。
'Twas sad that Lancia could have become a sort of Italian Audi; only with character and fun-to-driveness. But the 'Grale was replaced by the Deadrat (I'd forgotten that one, but for the foregoing post!) and FIAT ruined the once-great marque.
I do hope Honda's new-found boring period doesn't last as long...
Nick
“I find myself irresistibly attracted to cars that nobody else buys. The NSX is a classic of the genre because nobody buys it and yet it’s a fantastic car. It’s got a wonderful compactness and simplicity and unpretentiousness to it. Honda rudely continues to make them whether we like it or not, even though there can be no commercial logic in doing so — I thoroughly admire that.” Rowan Atkinson
The Dedra was a model in it's own right, perceived as a BMW 3-series rival. It ran at the same time as the Integrale and the Evoution models. The Delta HPE came after the Evo and was based to some extent on the Dedra floorpan and used some of the Integrale and Dedra components....It wasn't that bad as a run-around but certainly no match in any way to the Integrale/Evo.
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