[dxb335d]

Glad to hear you still have the CSL Amar,

Tell me... what ddint you like about the C55?

[Turbo Power]

I didn't like the the way the car handled. For me it felt like it had too much power and unless you are a good driver i felt it was uncontrollable.
It was ridiculously fast in a straight line but utter shite round the bends.
The best thing about it and the thing i miss the most was the sound it made.

[peterg1965]

Originally Posted by amar7274

I didn't like the the way the car handled. For me it felt like it had too much power and unless you are a good driver i felt it was uncontrollable.
It was ridiculously fast in a straight line but utter shite round the bends.
The best thing about it and the thing i miss the most was the sound it made.

Hi Amar, I know what you mean about the AMG V8 sound! Shame your C class didn't handle well, the CLK55 seems to be ok going round corners.

[MEGA]

22. "only" 3 cars in 4 years. I like to go alot further with the modding so tend to hang on to things for a while

[M3-FAST]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

Paul how old r yu?

37 matey

[Steve A]

Originally Posted by peterg1965

Hi Amar, I know what you mean about the AMG V8 sound! Shame your C class didn't handle well, the CLK55 seems to be ok going round corners.

amar cant drive my c55 was a great steer

[dxb335d]

Originally Posted by Steve A

amar cant drive my c55 was a great steer

was that the one you took to snett?

[pjs]

Originally Posted by M3-FAST

1997 Chrysler Neon 2.0 (company car )
1997 Renault Laguna 2.0RT (company car )
1998 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 (company car )
!

Jesus, whoever you worked for really knew how to motivate their staff!

The T-sport however, above 6500 rpm, really flys and sounded great. underated imho

[M3-FAST]

Originally Posted by pjs

Jesus, whoever you worked for really knew how to motivate their staff!

The T-sport however, above 6500 rpm, really flys and sounded great. underated imho

went from one pile of shite to another! Ended up with sales rep's cast offs Left to set up my own business so I can choose my own bloody cars

T-sport was ACE! My first ever brand new car and I loved it. Drove it like I stole it from day one. Only downside was the brakes. If you stood on em at 3 figure mph's you could cook 'em and warp the discs. Had three sets of discs in 2 years fitted under warranty - also thrashed it that much, it was using a litre of oil a week and had to have a new engine fitted!

6000RPM + it screamed! A great car for racing Civic Type R's in as they are so alike in their power delivery

[MEGA]

aight well my last 3 cars lol!!!

Pug 206 running amazing 90 bhp

Nissan 200sx for 2 weeks

And the BM

[biscuits]

My car/bike history since I was 17 (now 34)

Apprentice: 1991
Yamaha TZR125
Yamaha TZR250
Opel Kadett 1.6SR
Job change: 1994
Rover 420GLi (hand-me-down company car)
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6GL (hand-me-down company car)
Ford Sierra 2.0 GLS (hand-me-down company car) bloody loved it, fond fond memories!!!
Honda 1.8 SE (1st new company car)
Audi A4 1.9TDi SE (new company car)
Job change: 1998
SAAB 93 HOT SE (new company car)
Suzuki TL1000S
Audi A3 1.8TQ (company car)
Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Alfa 147 2.0 Selespeed (company car) blew up after 13k miles
Alfa 147 2.0 Lusso (warantee replacement for above)
Job change 2003: (started own company, £1500 car allowance!)
BMW E34 525i
VW Polo 1.4TDi
VW MK4 Golf 1.8T GTi
Subaru Forester 2.0XT
Audi S4 Avant
Ducati 748BP
Porsche 996 C2
BMW 130i MSport (wife's car now)
BMW 535d MSport
BMW M3 Coupe
BMW X6 (current car)

The above list doesn't include a whole load of car's I've had for 1-3 months for various reasons......... Impreza Turbo, Renault Safran 2.2 (gutless bus, but got done on M20 for 119.2mph in it!)...

Memo to self....... STOP CHANGING CARS !!!

[Irnbrukid]

SOme nice bikes there was the TL1000s (twin) the one that needed the steering damper my BIL had on cant believe that was 10 years ago.

[biscuits]

Originally Posted by Irnbrukid

SOme nice bikes there was the TL1000s (twin) the one that needed the steering damper my BIL had on cant believe that was 10 years ago.

Yep, TL1000S was the one they stuck a way too restrictive steering damper on and the rotary rear damper. I swapped the steering for a variable type and the rear for a conventional Ohlins unit... Remus race cans sounded the dogs too

Like this one....



My fave bike I've ridden or owned... if I could find a good one (they are now bl00dy old, like me) I'd snap it up as a weekend toy

[Irnbrukid]

Yeah thats the one.

Did make a nice noise

cant believe it ten years old showing our age now...

[ed335d]

Can't remember dates or engine sizes for a lot, but:

Renault 12
Renault 14
Mini (automatic)
Suzuki Swift
Astra 1.6 (company car)
Renault Laguna (company car)
Saab 93 (company car)
Seat Toledo (Temporary company car)
Jaguar X-type 2.0d (company car)
BMW 520d (company car)
Fiat Punto (waiting for the 335)
BMW 335d

[SiKkBaSs]

Renault Clio 1.2 16v
E90 BMW 325i

[335stepitup]

On average around 1-2 yrs although last 4 were within a year. I usually only do 2-3000km/year on any of em but am hangin on to my current 335 for the long haul I think/hope...if I can spring for an M3/used M5/M6 and still keep it. (if i add add company cars then approx every 3 months/4000km)

[trixman]

Had many company cars that was swapped in for new one's each year so went through plenty of years without my own car, but in summary:

Started with scooters and cross bikes...
Escort RS Turbo
Audi 80 Cabrio
BMW 320d (company car) x 5
Ducati 749
BMW Mini cooper
Kawazaki zx6r
Range rover sport S/C
One year with mix of 120d/X3 20d
BMW 520d (company car)
BMW 335i

Still think the 320d was a great car for everyday use though, all the ones I had never broke down or had any issues at all.

[beemerbird]

Paul (Biscuits) as had a few motors lol - nice ones though!

Suzuki AP50 (fell off it)
Rover 2000 TC (taken from Grandpa so he couldn't drive lol)
Kawasaki KE 125
Mini Clubman (built in flooding on passenger side!)
Yamaha XS 250
Seat Ibiza (very early one - not great tbh)
Escort 1.3 CVH
Honda 400/4 (re-built from box of bits)
Suzuki GSX 550 ES
Yamaha FZ 750
Escort XR3i
Escort XR3i (130 ps)
Escort GTi
Focus 2.0 zetec ESP (loads of faults unfortunately & crap dealer service)
Vovlo S40 2.0
Volvo S60 2.0T
Volvo S60 T5
BMW E90 330i M sport
BMW E92 335d SE
Porsche Cayman S
Porsche 997 Turbo

[Palmnuts]

Here is my list for the last 13 years. Some good, some not as good...

1. Citroen BX GTi - age 17, mums car, on her insurance. Lovely!

2. Citroen XM 2.0SEi Automatic - as above and also....lovely!

3. Citroen Saxo 1.5D VSX NEW - age 18, my first car with 1 years free insurance. Was cheaper to buy the car on a balloon payment scheme and get the years free insurance than to insure my own car. This car did 65mpg despite the fact that I drove it flat out everywhere just to get somewhere!

4. Citroen Saxo 1.4i VSX NEW - age 19. Bought after the free insurance ran out on the first Saxo and wanted some more power. I got the power and another years free insurance

5. Citroen Saxo VTS NEW - age 19 still, FFS the 1.4 didn't have enough power so I got the ultimate specimen! I was, frankly, dangerous in this car.

That was the end of the Citroen's - all 3 new Saxo's were bought by me whilst at uni and working part time such were the deals to be had on them and the ease of getting them on cheap finance with free insurance...including the VTS!

6. Toyota Celica VVTi 140 NEW - age 21....my first car after getting a proper job and as these had only just come out they looked fantastic. It was crap though...the VTS would have mullered it anywhere and I crashed it and lost my NCB! Fack!

7. Ford Focus 2.0 Zetec NEW - age 22...much better than the Celica to drive but f*cking boring so it only lasted 7 months.

Now it gets better....

8. Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo USED - age 23. To me this was fast as f*ck. Had a 5 speed gearbox but couldn't afford the newer 6 speed ones.

9. Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo Plus USED - age 23. I could afford one now so bought one of the best and last Fiat Coupe's ever made. I kept this car for 14 months and is to this day the longest time I have ever owned one car. I still like these...individual style and a great warbling 5-pot engine!

10. Alfa Romeo 147 GTA NEW - age 24. When these first came out they were the fastest FWD drive car ever, they were lush lush lush inside and it looked fab. It went wrong so many times I got a replacement car....

11. Alfa 155 (Widebody) 1.8 Twin Spark ANCIENT - age 24. Bought to use whilst I waited for the replacement GTA

12. Alfa 146 2.0 Ti USED - Age 24....replaced the above as I couldn't live with the 155's build quality after just 3 weeks.

13. Alfa Romeo 147 GTA NEW - age 25. The replacement for the first one.

14. Alfa 156 2.4 20v JTD USED - age 26. a change of 'circumstance' meant I needed a cheaper to run car. This was actually quite good and remapped to 200bhp was pretty quick. Shite suspension though....the engine weight meant it bottomed out all the time and on one occasion I ripped the sump right of on a bridge!

15. Alfa Romeo 147 GTA USED - age 27.....yep, my 3rd one straight after my circumstances changed again!

Now it gets better again....

16. BMW 335i NEW - age 28... awesome car and still probably the best 'buy' of all my cars except the M6.

17. BMW M3 V8 NEW - age 29... well, you all know about this one.

18. BMW M6 USED - age 30.... a bloody bargain...place your bets on how long this one will last!

Thank you for reading

[Palmnuts]

Originally Posted by beemerbird

Focus 2.0 zetec ESP (loads of faults unfortunately & crap dealer service)

We have this in common - I think it was the first mainstream car with ESP on it!!

[matty231]

I've only been through to, but i've only had my license for 2 years.

1. 99 Subaru Legacy (Liberty in the US)
2. 07' E92 320i