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I miss the snow. 10 years ago I was blasting about in my exclusive in the white stuff.

I do quite like the Facebook memories thing. 10 years ago I picked this exclusive up from Edinburgh. It had FK Coilovers, ktec stealth exhaust, loads of history and I paid £1200 for it. It would be worth at least £1300 now.

Did a bit of a deal with my brother for a scene safe VW van. He gets; And I get a Pile of rust and a large welding bill. Plans are to get a mot on it, slam it and put some banded steels on.

It’s a 940 turbo and it says brown on the log book so I couldn’t resist! Currently sat in a travel lodge in Wales as couldn’t face the four and a half hour drive back. Its got some nice bits, egg crate grille, roof rack, and hydra wheels with full size spare. I’ll get some more pictures when...

This one is my garage queen. Had a lot of money spent on it by previous owners and pretty quick for a late 80s car. Just need to find some decent wheels and then potentially bring the rear up as it’s borderline reverse rake. Some pics;

Yes, back in a volvo and another diesel with the 6 cylinder turbo Diesel engine. The paint work is pretty rough. I think I’m gonna have to get the DA out one evening to try get it back. Barely run in at a quarter of a million miles. I also think I probably paid well over the odds for it but I...

Yeah yeah yeah, I know I’ve had one before but that was an auto and this is a manual. The fuel consumption is still comical but what else can I expect from a 6.0 V8. 61k with full history and standard. Might have to get an exhaust but doesn’t sound that bad as standard. Obligatory shell photo.

I wasn’t going to make a thread on this but what the hell. There was nothing wrong with the T5, it was lovely, comfortable, fast, smooth but also only did 20mpg on my commute. I knew they weren’t good on juice but it really did start to get on my nerves the amount of times I was stopping at the...

I picked up my brand new Clio 182 from Renault Leeds. I paid £13400 for the car with both cup packs and metallic paint. My first brand new car. These were taken a few months after when I’d had chance to chav it with a custom exhaust, gaz coilovers and Clio sport sticker.

Picked this up today as a replacement for the volvo 360. It’s blue with a blue leather interior and some beautiful fake wood. It’s a factory manual so getting pretty rare these days. I probably paid too much money for it but you only live once and I’m hoping that these are now creeping up in...

Borrowing my mums mini for a few days. When you drive around in older cars you really forgot how many toys the modern stuff comes with. Anyway, gave it a wash, polish and a wax as payment. Pretty nippy and pops and bangs on the over run - just what my 65yr old mother needs.

So, @craigyt couldnt handle how cool I was with my 360 so thought he’d join the party. I was looking at this car myself when I was on the hunt but ended up buying the red one. This one is quite rare in black and has an awesome retro sound system in it that sounds pretty sweet! Went down to...

Picked up the 940s replacement. 1983 Volvo 360. 52k from new and smashed the 100 odd mile trip home with no issues. She’s old but not in bad nick! I’ll get some better pictures tomorrow after a clean.

Was going through some old pics and found a few of my old saxos. I’ve got none of my first which was a facelift VTR but have managed to find some of the rest. My first vts was this mk1 amazon which I bought for £750. I ‘stripped’ it, stuck some buckets in, a pro comp filter (which I bought off...

My new saxo has been picked up and is on its way from Scotland. I’ve bought it blind from Scotland so fingers crossed it’s not a total shitter! Should be coming tomorrow night so I’ll update when it’s arrived but here’s a picture on the truck. Alas it’s not boosted or on bodies but seems a...

As you know, I like Volvos. This has come up for sale and I can’t make my mind up whether to go for it or not. I’ve wantes a v8 Volvo for a few years - they’re few and far between. This one has the 3.5 litre rover v8 with the addition of boost. It’s running around 300bhp. I’d have to sell my...

So my Audi has died. It’s been with my for 8 years and I’ve done around 150k miles on it - a total of 225k miles on the clock. I put this post on Instagram yesterday after i treated it to a wash. Drove down to Doncaster to get some service parts as I always do the oil every six months as...

Anyone off here?

Sent the banded steels in for a refurb today. I had my heart set on a bright silver but after looking at some of the other colours I found myself drawn to the anthracite colours. I’ve opted for silver but I’ve got until the end of the day to change my mind. I’ve added a pole so cast your vote...

I bought this today. It’s not perfect, it has some rust but is still a tidy looking car for 23 years old. Plans are to turn up the fuel, turn up the boost and make a lot of smoke. Not sure I’ll be going to the extremes I’ve gone to on the other 940 but we will see what happens. It’s not fast...

Here she is. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202222097152

Been smoking around in my brothers navara for a few weeks as he ran out of drive space for it. It’s quite fun to be fair. Don’t think it’ll ever pass another test and it leaks more than the Exxon Valdez but I still like driving it. Decided to jazz is up today with some ‘UN’ decals. It was...

Had the first opportunity to go out in this bad boy last night. Craigyt’s OM606 turbo merc. It’s an absolute beast of a motor! Sounds and goes like a v8 and feels proper muscle. Going in for some tweaking of the timing and fuel today but should be comfortably running in excess of 350bhp when...

Sold the Clio to fund our lasses desire to go to Florida this year so needed something cheaper. I decided to go for a 1995 E34 525 estate as I’ve always liked the shape. Went to look in Manchester and took it out for a test drive. All good and not in bad nick for an old bus. Did the deal and...

My house was owned by some Honda nut. He left the loft full of shite but I did find these little models today. They’re worth f**k all but they do look cool so I took some pictures of them. JDM bro.

I’ve lost count of the number of cliosI’ve owned but I’ve been without for nearly two years. Anyway, big thanks to bashracing for linking me up to this one. It’s definitely an ex forum car as there is a cs wallet and other related shizzle in the paperwork. Spec is as follows: Nearly new BC DR...

Just chatting to a guy re a ph1 I’m interested in. I don’t know if it’s on here or not. Anyway, it’s got some rust in the filler cap - to me it looks like surface which doesn’t bother me as I’d get it painted. Anyone any experience with some rusting here? They’re old cars now so I know it...

I've still got the Megane but I've given up trying to afford fast cars now, the tax, the running costs, the insurance etc. I still like going fast so this year decided to do my bike license as it's something I've always wanted to do. The first bike I bought was be trusty cub. Love it and still...

Some of you may recognise this from a thread I did a few months ago. I've bought this from @craigyt to replace the cupra as it's a bit more spacious for the kids and better for the dog. There's not going to be much on this thread as I'm not planning on doing anything to the car. I do, however...

I haven't seen one on the road in ages and saw one yesterday. What a good looking car they are now! Didn't use to like the front end on them but much prefer them to the 172 now. Only ever had one before which was an exclusive but seeing that one had me heading to the classifieds.