Whats Been Your Best Car?

[scooby222]

fun,memories and pulling has to be my first scoob- 21 with a brand new my00 uk turbo and full decat

girls loved it,randoms would give you the thumbs up on the motorway and very little could keep up wit,does everyh it

best all rounder -a3 2.0 tdi quattro, does everything apart from real driving enjoyment so well its proving impossible to pick a replacement

[Jon B]

Its got to be my my98 uk turbo classic in white

before that it was my my 00 classic sport wagon...

[Wee Jock]

Without a doubt this was my best car MY96 JDM WRX V-Ltd, spent a fortune on this car and wish I never traded it in!

I have had the following cars

1. Ford Escort 1600 sport Mk11

2. Ford Fiesta XR2

3. Renault 5GT Turbo

4. Renault Clio Sport

5. MY95 JDM WRX

6. MY96 JDM WRX V-Ltd

7. Ford Focus RS

8. MY57 WRX STi

There has been a few more but nothing worth a mention.

MY96 WRX V-Ltd

[sti_steve]

[paul555sti]

I have owned various makes and models over the years but the one that makes me smile the most has to be the 555.

I think the fact its a second car means that i enjoy it even more after driving the gutless mondeo.

[bobbyc]

That's a hard one had that many cars over the years being one of the old git's

80's did the Opel thing - Kadette 1.6 SR, then three manta GTE's

90's had a couple of suzuki swift GTI's for commuting from Falkirk to Faslane they went like stink, then BMW M3 & M5,

Then came 1998 after waiting 10 long months took delivery of a new Impreza Turbo 2000 & the grin has never left there was a choice of colour "green or green"

Worst has to be an Austin 1300 estate but we wont go there lol Fred Flintstone never had a look in

Edited January 11, 2010 by bobbyc

[lewisscoob]

Best so far has to be the '00 TypeRA, though my current T2000 will soon be surpassing it!

My worst car so far was a '95 Rover 214 SLi in white with a walnut effect dash. I had it 6months and scrapped it.

Also had a couple of golfs, a '00 V6 4Motion and a Revo remapped GT TDI with 176bhp and 300lb/ft.

[hosstheboss]

Well Being an even older git than bobbyc my much abbreviated list goes a little like this -

1970's - Mini Cooper S (insured as an 850!), MK1 Escort Mexico (wish i'd kept it)

1980's - Vauxhall Firenza Droop Snoot, Open Ascona Berlinetta (the choice of car in Peterhead at that time!), MK3 Cortina GT, 3 Litre Capri Ghia.

1990's - Capri 2ltr S, XR4i, 205 Gti 1.9 (loverly), Rover 216 (met the wife!!) 206 Diesel, Vectra GSi

2000's - Mini 1275, Skoda Octavia TDi (brilliant car), Mercedes 220D (dont ask), BMW 525D M Sport (great car but boring), Mondeo daily runner to and from work, Dodge Nitro 2.8 SXT - got to be one of the best value buys ever, and of course the RB320 - now what can i say, this will never be sold!

Edited January 11, 2010 by hosstheboss

[mystery machine]

Best driver, in almost every respect:

Most reliable: Vectra SRi 150 - great dash, stereo & ergonomics too

Prettiest: Calibra SE4 - pearlescent blue paintwork with cream leather interior

Best value: MkII Astra 1.3L - had 165K miles on the clock when sold and never gave me any major grief

Worst (in every department): Early '80s Nissan Sunny - spent more time in bits than it ever did on the road

[martin_allen]

Hmmmm...

Most fun - Mini 1275GT

Best for pulling - Mitsubishi FTO

Best all rounder - The Scooby

Best memories - could be a number here but i think i have to say my XR3i it was the unloved Mk5 but it was very comfy, had nicely weighted sterrign when it was going, you never saw another one and it was in a loverly Cayman Blue metallic which looked green most of the time except under harsh flu lights (like at a petrol station) when it looked a deep blue. People used to comment on it, don't get that too ofetn with an Escort.

5t.

[sandycam]

sure footed, reliable and went like stink

[colin_ross]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hotdog. We have a weiner.

[lewisscoob]

sure footed, reliable and went like stink

A porker up in Thurso, where the flock did you get it serviced?!

[sandycam]

A porker up in Thurso, where the flock did you get it serviced?!

Aberdeen, only needed once every 10k or every 12 months so not that much of a hardship

[scoobyseller555]

As an oldy as well:-

there has been many but the best by far(37 since 89)

1.Ford Escort RS2000 Signal Yellow with Black Vinyl Roof

2.Toyota Corolla Twin Cam AE86

3.BMW E30 M3 left hooker UK car and one of the last registered in Britain on a 'K' reg

4.Ford Escort Cosworth's x2 both 'P' reg,1 Aubergine and 1 Auralis Blue with Rondells

5.Subaru Impreza,Prodrive everything cost 32k back in 98,my second impreza.

6.Mitsi EVO 5 bought new followed by EVO6 in Icelle blue with 19''BBS CH's(pictures still on Strathy Cruise from the 90's)

7.and now as a family wagon but with the most awesome twin turbo push up the backside BMW X5 Xdrive35d,amazing performance from a heavyweight(and worse economy than an STI)

Gav

[paul555sti]

Aberdeen, only needed once every 10k or every 12 months so not that much of a hardship

Is there not a similar picture with a 22b in it as well?

[sandycam]

Is there not a similar picture with a 22b in it as well?

nothing to do with me, took this on the ulapool to garve road about 3 years ago and never had a 22b unfortunately.

[paul555sti]

nothing to do with me, took this on the ulapool to garve road about 3 years ago and never had a 22b unfortunately.

Ah getting you mixed up with somebody else!

[scooby222]

worse economy than an sti??? remove the lead shoes Gav lol

i remember my dad having a corolla ae86 coupe in maroon red,lovely car

and would your evo6 have been for sale in dicksons dunblane 4/5 years ago,they had a minted one with 19" bbs 's

[scoobyseller555]

yep guilty,guilty and guilty.

reading 19.2MPG in the X5 the now,i have been told it can do 137mph

AE86 was an amazing japanese work of art,bought it from Struans in perth in 88 C'reg in Bright Red.

Yep that was my EVO,even if i say so myself,the best looking evo6 i have ever seen,i sold it in 2001 to Sports Car Services,it was one of Tosh's m8's that had it from Kinross think his surname was Scott.

Gav

Edited January 12, 2010 by scoobyseller555

[dan_jess]

Pics of the cars please Gav. I bet theres a couple you wish you had kept

[GAZ-MAN]

Im stuck with a couple in mind id wish i had kept, ive had 74 cars in 8 yrs so to me they must of meant somethin to still miss them lol

Golf MK4 Turbo 2.1 with KO4 Runnin 315bhp with nos 290 without

Ma UK Scoob had bigger turbo, injectors, just needed re-map but i thought it was fast enough lol

Ma big T5 runnin 280bhp was a flyin machine

And ma old S2 Runnin stage 2

These i miss quite alot but ah well gotta move on lol so jus now im sticking with wat ive got

Ma R32 and UK Scoob

[ciaranrb5]

Im stuck with a couple in mind id wish i had kept, ive had 74 cars in 8 yrs so to me they must of meant somethin to still miss them lol

Ma UK Scoob had bigger turbo, injectors, just needed re-map but i thought it was fast enough lol

Did you buy that from RS Grant on here? was a sweet looking wagon

If so I nearly bought that just wasn't paying 2k for the insurance

[ton246]

The best car i've had so far is the S3 that we have now.

Followed very closely by the scoob.

[colin_ross]

Really like those S3's. Just can't justify the price for the amount of miles I do.