First Car for a n00b

[Cyfr]

Haha nice suspention

 

[Trem]

*Trem and Darthy sitting in a tree...*

:touch:

 

[Darthshearer]

:touch:

*bums Trem*

Thanks for the advice all

I have set my heat on a mini

Darthy & Trem at the Top of the windscreen *dreams*

 

[Gumbo]

My second car was a Mini, the first was a pickup. I learned an awful lot about cars with my mini, which in a roundabout way has led me to my current career 10 years later. I did all the stuff Willier mentioned to mine, and I loved it so dearly that I still have it and one day, time permitting, it will make a comeback.

I would heartily recommend one as a first car, but it will break down, so get yourself a friendly mechanic dood who will help you out when you try and fix it yourself.. Do fix it yourself too, you will learn loads it's great. Oh and buy your bits from a local factor, dodn't get ripped off in high street car shops, or Halfords.

My list of cars goes :-
Hyundai pickup (brilliant fun, wrapped it round a tree)
Mini (See above)
Fiesta XR2 (lots of fun, but fell apart at regular intervals)
Escort RS Turbo (200Bhp, barely controllable, chavmobile, but damn quick)
1.8 Zetec Escort (Nice Solid easy driving commuter-mobile)
Citroen Xsara Diesel (bought cheap off my company, slow, horribly slow, slowest car I have ever driven let-alone owned, but very economical)
Lotus Elise (ok, not yet, but I am aiming for about December/January time if all goes well)

 

[.Wilier.]

Are we listing cars?

OK, so Ive made some disasterous purchases, but hey, you live and learn.

Mini Cooper
MG Metro (OMFG what a pile of shit)
Civic 1.5 GTI 12v (Little rocket ship, shouldnt have sold the bitch)
Metro GTI (OMFG what a pile of shit)
BMW 318i and a Rover 220 Diesel
BMW 325i and a Volkswagon Sharan 2.3
BMW 323 Coupe and a Peugeot 205XS and a Renault Megane Scenic
Renault Clio and the megane still.
Audi TT (and the above still)

TT is a fantastic piece of kit, lovely to drive in every sense of the word. Truely soooper.

 

[Gengi]

Darth what did you decide with regard to lessons ? The wife wants me to learn to drive, I was thinking of the crash course week thing, but some of the replies to your previous post on the subject put me off.
The wife has a Vectra 1600 cc I think , would that in the opinion of the motoring fraternity/sorority be a bit much to learn on ? the last time I had lessons, a couple of years ago, the instructor had a much smaller car and I was shite at driving that, is a bigger one easier, thinking power steering and posh brakes ?
Any advice would be very much Appreciated.

Later

 

[DaGaffer]

Ooh, lists, great:

Triumph Spitfire 1500 (hoot and very easy to work on - cool first car if you can find one).
Fiat X1/9 (no hairdresser's jokes please)
Citroen Dayane (£50 - shared with a mate - best laugh EVA)
Escort MK1 (student car)
Rover 216 (first company car)
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8 (company car - POS)
Renault Clio 16v
Alfa 145 Cloverleaf (actually the missus' car)
Alfa GTV Twin Spark
Alfa 156 Selespeed (most unreliable car I've ever had)
BMW 330Ci
Nissan 350Z (arrives August )

 

[DaGaffer]

Darth what did you decide with regard to lessons ? The wife wants me to learn to drive, I was thinking of the crash course week thing, but some of the replies to your previous post on the subject put me off.
The wife has a Vectra 1600 cc I think , would that in the opinion of the motoring fraternity/sorority be a bit much to learn on ? the last time I had lessons, a couple of years ago, the instructor had a much smaller car and I was shite at driving that, is a bigger one easier, thinking power steering and posh brakes ?
Any advice would be very much Appreciated.

Later

Nothing wrong with learning in a 'big' car - if you can do your three point turns and all that in a larger car, you'll have no problems if you took your test in smaller one. You should get professional lessons though; learning with family members or friends is the road to hell (pardon the pun).

 

[.Wilier.]

Nissan 350Z (arrives August )

*hates DeGaffer*

 

[DaGaffer]

*hates DeGaffer*

Mmmm...

 

[~Yuckfou~]

VW Beetle
VW Passatt
Mini Clubman estate
Ford Escort Popular (Mk2)
Austin Allegro Equipe
Ford Escort Van
Vauxhall Cavalier estate
Nissan Bluebird
Vauxhall Nova
Vauxhall Astra
VW Scirroco
Matra somethingorother
Ford Fiesta
Suzuki GP100
Yamaha RD250LC
Kawasaki ZXR400
Kawasaki ZX600R
Toyota Celica GTR
BMW 323
Mercedes Benz 230 SLK
Mercedes Benz 320 SLK


I'm sure there are others but I can't remember what.....

 

[Trem]

Oooooh car lists!

Yamaha DT 50
Yamaha RD 125
Escort Mark 2
Yamaha TZR 125
Kawasaki KMX 125
Cavalier 1.6
Yamaha RD 250
Cavalier SRI
Escort Mark 3
Astra 1.3
Astra 1.6
Escort RS Turbo
Metro GTi
Alfa 33
Golf GTi 16 valve
Saab 9000 Turbo
Lancia Delta Intergrale
Toyota Camry 3.0
Celica GT4
Colt Cyborg(best fun ever).
Saab 9000 Turbo
Subaru Impreza STi(Jap)
Present car is another Impreza Turbo(UK model).


I want an Audi or BMW next as I have never owned one.

 

[Lazarus]

Ford Fiesta 997cc
Vauxhall Astra 1200cc
Vauxhall Nova 1.3 SR
Rover Metro 1.4i
Ford Escort Eclipse 1.3
Volvo 440 1.9
Ford Escort Ghia 1.6
Honda Civic 1.4i
Citroen Saxo 1.4 SXi
Mitsubishi Spacewagon Ghia 2.0i

l33t cars or wot!!!!

 

[.Wilier.]

Didnt realise we were adding bikes

Yamaha FS1e
Yamaha RD50 MX2
Yamaha RD125 DX twin
Yamaha RD125 LC
Yamaha RD250 DX Twin
Yamaha RD350 LC
Honda NSR250.

Oh, and a Honda Joe 90 when I was about 12

 

[.Wilier.]

Mmmm...

Is that the Grimsby Nissan place down the A180?

*scratches*

 

[Darthshearer]

Darth what did you decide with regard to lessons ? The wife wants me to learn to drive, I was thinking of the crash course week thing, but some of the replies to your previous post on the subject put me off.
The wife has a Vectra 1600 cc I think , would that in the opinion of the motoring fraternity/sorority be a bit much to learn on ? the last time I had lessons, a couple of years ago, the instructor had a much smaller car and I was shite at driving that, is a bigger one easier, thinking power steering and posh brakes ?
Any advice would be very much Appreciated.

Later

I was gonna do a week course, my bros mates old fella is an instructor so he is gonna do it for me cheap (lessons that is Trem)

 

[Wij]

I think its my Hotmail thingy, erm.

switzerjohn@hotmail.com I think lover.

No it ain't