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First & current hot hatch



Danith

ClioSport Club Member
  GTi 7.5 pp/Mx5 nd2
Did have a photo of it

And currents
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  A SHED!
First hot hatch was my 205 gti 1.6 which shate a conrod through the engine casing on the a55. Current barge is an old saab 93. Think I've actually gone backwards. 😂
 

John John

ClioSport Club Member
  Clio 182 & Boxster
Hi first hot hatch was a Ford XR3 in 1986
Great fun but an absolute dog
South African import in a strange colour yellow colour
Never broke down on me but had been rear end prior to my purchase
To excited to when buying it to notice the poor repair
Current 182 track car which I love for its rawness
 

Danith

ClioSport Club Member
  GTi 7.5 pp/Mx5 nd2
When I passed my tese my mum had a G reg micra. Within a year I somehow talked her into a 106 xsi. That was great fun, but I got well beaten by a Renault 5 GTT so...

My parents had a J reg Mitsubishi Galant GTi just as I was about to start taking lessons! But a lorry wrote it off a month before I was 17. I was CHOKED!! They replaced it with the 1.3 fiesta
 

massiveCoRbyn

ClioSport Club Member
  Several
First hot hatch was probably this Escort S technically, though it wasn't that hot in reality, as it was just a 1.6 EFI CVH with about 105bhp. It was my third car, as I had a couple of four door saloon Escorts before that. Only a handful of them left now I would have thought. They were pretty unusual when I had this one about 15 years ago. Mine had been fitted with loads of RS2000 bits though, so didn't look very standard. It was a total shed sadly, so was sold and eventually scrapped.

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The first one that would be considered a 'proper' hot hatch would be my first RS2000, back in the day you could buy a running one for about £1k, before they suddenly became worth £5k :ROFLMAO: Think this was about 10 years ago. Had loads of Escorts/Orions around this time, in various states of modification.

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Current hot hatch is a Clio 197. Had loads in between though, including a 2.0-litre Zetec converted Escort, another three RS2000s, an Escort Si, Mondeo ST220, 172 Cup, Golf R and Meg 265

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I am a huge hot hatch fan I must say. They're the perfect all-rounder.
 

Mr Burns

ClioSport Club Member
  Swift Sport
First hot hatch was probably this Escort S technically, though it wasn't that hot in reality, as it was just a 1.6 EFI CVH with about 105bhp. It was my third car, as I had a couple of four door saloon Escorts before that. Only a handful of them left now I would have thought. They were pretty unusual when I had this one about 15 years ago. Mine had been fitted with loads of RS2000 bits though, so didn't look very standard. It was a total shed sadly, so was sold and eventually scrapped.

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The first one that would be considered a 'proper' hot hatch would be my first RS2000, back in the day you could buy a running one for about £1k, before they suddenly became worth £5k :ROFLMAO: Think this was about 10 years ago. Had loads of Escorts/Orions around this time, in various states of modification.

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Current hot hatch is a Clio 197. Had loads in between though, including a 2.0-litre Zetec converted Escort, another three RS2000s, an Escort Si, Mondeo ST220, 172 Cup, Golf R and Meg 265

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I am a huge hot hatch fan I must say. They're the perfect all-rounder.
Me and my brother had sporty Escort's too back in the day. I had a mk6 Escort 1.8 Si which was kinda like the insurance-friendly version. My brother had two RS2000's, one 2wd and one 4x4. His 2wd was in that lovely aubergine colour.
 

imprezaworks

ClioSport Club Member
  Mk5 Golf GTI :)
I remember the reputation. Nail it and into the nearest hedge you go. Most were fine but some had issues with torque steer.
 

Stefan.

ClioSport Club Member
I was looking at buying a mk1 RS around 2008 but the road tax was way out of acceptability for a yorkshireman. Obviously that was before values shot up. Yeah some self flagellation was in order🤣.

Haha

I paid £9,000 for mine on 40k miles iirc, sold it for £10,000 a year later, was self employed. One car I do regret selling.
 

Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
I really like the mk1 focus shape too. Bought a 5 door 1.8 zetec when our daughter arrived and it was amazingly fun to throw about.
 

Sash

ClioSport Club Member
  A Yellow One
First Hot Hatch I actually got to drive
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First Hot Hatch that I wish I could drive. Had this in the family for many years. Restoration project for some time in the future.
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Current Hot Hatch
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Current work horse
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davo172

ClioSport Club Member
  TCR'd 172
First Hot Hatch I actually got to drive
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First Hot Hatch that I wish I could drive. Had this in the family for many years. Restoration project for some time in the future.
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Current Hot Hatch
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Current work horse
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How long you had the 5? You must get it done Sash!!
Always wanted one back in the day, When they were decent I could never afford the insurance when I could afford to insure one they were all shite😫
 

massiveCoRbyn

ClioSport Club Member
  Several
Me and my brother had sporty Escort's too back in the day. I had a mk6 Escort 1.8 Si which was kinda like the insurance-friendly version. My brother had two RS2000's, one 2wd and one 4x4. His 2wd was in that lovely aubergine colour.

I did have an Si Briefly. I was so into Escorts for years, with the MK5 Register, RS2000 club etc. Was looking at MK5/6 Escorts recently. Good ones don't look very common now, and prices are creeping up. Would still love one with a turbo Zetec in it.

I remember the reputation. Nail it and into the nearest hedge you go. Most were fine but some had issues with torque steer.

I'd love to drive one. I bet most of the stuff about torque steer was journalistic crap lol
 
I did have an Si Briefly. I was so into Escorts for years, with the MK5 Register, RS2000 club etc. Was looking at MK5/6 Escorts recently. Good ones don't look very common now, and prices are creeping up. Would still love one with a turbo Zetec in it.



I'd love to drive one. I bet most of the stuff about torque steer was journalistic crap lol

With the RS’s good tyres and a geometry check and makes it loads better apparently.

My all time favourite hot-hatch.
 

Sash

ClioSport Club Member
  A Yellow One
How long you had the 5? You must get it done Sash!!
Always wanted one back in the day, When they were decent I could never afford the insurance when I could afford to insure one they were all shite😫
Far too long...! It’s very far down the list of jobs though I’m afraid.
 
  Land Rover
I am quite old.

Does a Triumph Vitesse MK2 count? That was my first “performance” car.

Although it was 12 years old when l bought it.... l’m not THAT old

RNE 352J
The damn thing is still around somewhere according to the DVLA

Does yours still exist? Both my R5 GT Turbos are dead, as is my MG Metro and my Opel Manta
 

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