Aged sweet 17 I got my first car before I passed my test, & would spend hours driving it up & down my mum & dad's drive :be: MK1 Astra 1300 S in slime green! The pictures of me were taken on my 18th Birthday as I wanted something to remember how I looked on that very day (Shit I'm over twice that age now...)
Then after about 18 months of thrashing the living daylights out of that car, I saved up some money & bought myself a Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 130, when they were THE BOMB!! :ck:
Next up was my first Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider. Bought when I realised I was then actually old enough to insure one for less than a trillion dollars so one was duly found and purchased:
After a few years of enjoyment I was looking to change jobs & didn't think a R5GTT would be good enough to commute, or was powerful enough for me then given the Cossie's that were about.. So I looked for a Sierra Cosworth to buy.. but couldn't find one.. so ended up buying this Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo 4x4.. which I just LOVED!
I had this car for ages, and took it with me to Ireland when I lived there for a couple of years. It REALLY did me proud. However when I moved back to the UK I sold it to help pay for a deposit on a house and was private car-less for a year or so as at this time I started to get company cars & have had them ever since.
Some time later I just couldn't stop the Idea of owning another Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider... so started to look and found the car I STILL OWN NOW which is infamous:
Following @Duncan Grier's MAD VAG 5 GTT conversion, I really fancied getting something equally as batsh1t so ended up buying this VAG powered MK1 Clio 16v. Used to go like HOT SNOT this little car and enjoyed taking it round tracks and to the Nurburgring.
After a couple of years of enjoyment I then changed my track car to ST-CUP:
I have always liked the idea of restoring a Renault 11 Turbo, so I bought this in January 2011 with a view to restoring it to beautiful OE condition... here we are 5 years later and that process is currently in progress:
As the R11 Turbo restoration is on-going, I decided to sell the ST Cup in July 2016 to help pay for the paint-job... but I'll be back..
Then after about 18 months of thrashing the living daylights out of that car, I saved up some money & bought myself a Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 130, when they were THE BOMB!! :ck:
Next up was my first Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider. Bought when I realised I was then actually old enough to insure one for less than a trillion dollars so one was duly found and purchased:
After a few years of enjoyment I was looking to change jobs & didn't think a R5GTT would be good enough to commute, or was powerful enough for me then given the Cossie's that were about.. So I looked for a Sierra Cosworth to buy.. but couldn't find one.. so ended up buying this Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo 4x4.. which I just LOVED!
I had this car for ages, and took it with me to Ireland when I lived there for a couple of years. It REALLY did me proud. However when I moved back to the UK I sold it to help pay for a deposit on a house and was private car-less for a year or so as at this time I started to get company cars & have had them ever since.
Some time later I just couldn't stop the Idea of owning another Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider... so started to look and found the car I STILL OWN NOW which is infamous:
Following @Duncan Grier's MAD VAG 5 GTT conversion, I really fancied getting something equally as batsh1t so ended up buying this VAG powered MK1 Clio 16v. Used to go like HOT SNOT this little car and enjoyed taking it round tracks and to the Nurburgring.
After a couple of years of enjoyment I then changed my track car to ST-CUP:
I have always liked the idea of restoring a Renault 11 Turbo, so I bought this in January 2011 with a view to restoring it to beautiful OE condition... here we are 5 years later and that process is currently in progress:
As the R11 Turbo restoration is on-going, I decided to sell the ST Cup in July 2016 to help pay for the paint-job... but I'll be back..
current whips are all renault and turbo
