A long list! Lots of modified cars over the years. Some of the more interesting ones: 850 T-5 Orion 1600E 2x MK6 Escort 2.0 Zetec Civic SR 2x MK6 Escort RS2000 Mondeo ST220 Clio 172 Cup (still own) MK5 Escort RS2000 stage rally car (still own) MK6 Escort F2 Kit Car rally car (still own) MK7 Golf R (daily before the Megane) Megane 265 (current daily)
2 mk1 ford escort Rs Turbos. 309 gti 106 xs 2 106 pug gti`s integra type r dc2 impreza classic PPP and loads of dross. We should do a worst ever car thread. i had a string of 1 year disposable metros for works cars for building sites. used to drive them for a yaer,then just leave it somewhere as you knew it had no hope of passing the MOT! Worst of the lot was a metallic blue one..total nail,more rust than car..used to snap oversteer for no apparent reason, at any speed!
Ef civic sir Focus st170 B7 Audi a4 s line E92 330d E46 m3 F30 320d msport Mk7 fiesta st (still have, stripped out widebody 300hp fun slag) Volkswagen cc Mk3 focus st tuned to 300hp Mk7 golf r manual tuned to 373hp best allrounder ever. Miss it Megane 275 trophy
Ford Fiesta 1.1 Saxo VTR Clio 172 Cup Megane 225 Cup inferno Clio 182 x 2 Clio 172 Megane 225 5 door black Subaru Impreza newage blobeye PPP Megane R26 (current)
Maestro 1.3L - shit Sierra sapphire 2.0 L ghia - rwd and great fun Succession of Puntos - all shit (wife's choice as I was road riding so didn't need a car). Focus mk1 1.6L - brilliant car, never missed a beat. Zafira - worst car I've ever owned. Cost 10p to put together and felt it. Clio 172 Cup - first time I could afford a toy car after a job change. Awesome car, miss it. Ford Galaxy zetec - family wagon, great car for many reasons. Kids, tip runs, diy shopping. Megane 225 ph1 - first petrol turbo car. Love it, current.
Datsun Cherry (learned to drive in this so have to mention) Alfa Romeo 75 Cloverleaf V6 2.5 Astra 1.8 Sport (company motor) Saab 93 1.9 Tdi (company motor) Alfa Romeo 156 Selespeed (yes another Alfa... I should have known better as had to go back to company cars when it exploded...) Audi A4 1.9 Tdi (company motor) Saab Aero 2.0 T estate E61 BMW 535d (mapped to 330 bhp 485 lb ft) - loved this car W203 Merc C350 (mapped to 310 bhp 460 lb ft) At this point kids were a bit older :-) bought a slow, practical estate and Mini R53 JCW (with track tweaks) Megane R26 (as above, current) and some dross in between including a Skoda 130 and a Volvo 340, plus a bunch of Transit vans
B5 RS4, E46 M3, 987 Boxster (briefly), B6 S4, B7 RS4 (saloon x2), B7 RS4 Avant, E36 328i sport track car (x2), W176 CLA45, Mk2 RS175.
Citroen C2 1.1 Clio 172 Ph1 - Yellow Clio 182 - Black Clio 182 Trophy Fabia vRS Clio 182 - Racing Blue Megane R26 - Red Lotus Elise Volvo C30 Clio Trophy Megane R26 - White (current)
Mk2 vw golf 1.2 Peugeot 306 GTI Alfa 147 2.0 Mk5 golf GTI (should never have sold it !!) Ford Focus ST 2.5 Scirocco 2.0T Mk6 golf R (heavily modified) Fiesta ST 180 Megane RS 275 Trophy
Had a good few starlets (gt turbos and glanzas). A bmw 330ci and the car before the megane was a clio 182 turbo Megane r26 is my favorite car out of these.
Peugeot 106 1.1 8v Zest2 5 door! Clio mk3 1.2 16v Hyundai coupe mk3 2.7 v6 Mazda 3 MPS MK1 (tuned to the nuts) BMW e92 335i (hybrid turbos and M3 subframes) Focus RS mk2 (revo stage 2) and here we are today... Megane rs250 cup.... Amazing how different it is to drive compared to the Mazda, despite being fwd LSD 300bhp+ cars - we've come on a lot!
Corsa C 1.0 3 pot. First car Corsa D 1.7cdti mapped to 155bhp Albi blue 197 BG 182 Audi TT 225 Nimbus 197 BMW 320d Autovogue Mk4 clio Trophy 220 Megane R26 current Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've only owned 4 cars since passing my test at 18, I'm now 29. Mk1 Saxo 1.1 (first car) Corsa C 1.2 Astra H Sports hatch 2.0T Megane R26 (current)
Not had many been driving 11 years too ha!! Lupo 1.4 sport 16v Clio 182 Trophy Megane 250 (current daily has been for 6 years!) Clio 197 (current track toy)
Similar 1.2 8v punto, think it was 60bhp. Enough said! 1.4 16v sporting punto, 95bhp had up to 125bhp. Loved it. Clio 182 Megane R26 265 current
Mk1 cavalier 2.0 Sierra Sierra xr4x4 ( had a turbo technics conversion done) https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=812284 E36 m3 3.0 coupe (written off) E36 328i (loved that car, owned it 9 years) Bmw 130i m sport (great engine, suspension flawed) Clio 182 Megane R26
This looks awesome buddy. Hats off to you. Did you prefer the 328i to the 3.0 M3 then it just didn’t get enough time with the 3.0?
The 328i felt more responsive below 4000rpm. The M3 was quicker eventually but you often seemed to be waiting for the power to arrive. I only had the M3 for a year, I wrote it off ( tankslapper into a parked car - truly gutted) I bought the 328i as insurance had gone up dramatically after the crash. Owned it for a lot longer than the M3 so had more time to modify / personalise it. Loved that car and actually preferred it to the 130i - still ended up looking like an M3 though..
Ouch! The 328i looks stunning in that colour. Always quite liked the saloons too. Did you add the M50 manifold or leave it as stock? I put the 3.0 LSD in mine which made a great difference to acceleration as well as obvious handling. Great cars and totally underestimated, much as the Megane’s are actually too.
I didn't fit the manifold , looking at a dyno graph you tend to lose a bit in the midrange. I had it remapped and it produced 207hp/ 221lb ft so it felt quite lively. The chassis was the best bit. Eibach springs/ bilstein shocks and an M3 rear arb meant flat cornering and a good ride. Felt better resolved than the 130i which bounced up and down at the rear!
One more thing about the 328i. The photos above were taken just before I sold the car - my pride & joy etc. Within two weeks of selling it parts started appearing in my Ebay saved searches... The guy stripped it for parts.
Alfa Romeo GT 3.2 V6 Astra sportive Se van 1.9cdti Porsche Boxster 987 2.7 Porsche Cayman S 987 3.4 Now Renaultsport RS265.
Here's most of mine over the past 30 years (i've been doing this a long time), all were modified, some became track only cars, some were show cars, some were featured heavily in the print media, some were/are highly collectable & I wish I still had them all... 15 MEGANE RS275 TROPHY-R 14 CLIO RS200-T CUP 10 CLIO RS200 10TH ANNIV 08 HOLDEN SS UTE 07 CIVIC TYPE-R 04 MINI COOPER S JCW 99 STI VERSION 5 COUPE 99 WRX CLUB SPEC 3 98 WRX CLUB SPEC 2 82 FORD FALCON ESP 73 FORD FALCON GT 71 HOLDEN MONARO GTS 64 HOLDEN UTE 74 HOLDEN TORANA SLR5000 73 HOLDEN TORANA GTR-XU1 81 HOLDEN GEMINI
I'd love a Holden / Vauxhall VXR8. The Australia V8 supercars championship is my favourite motorsport series by a mile.
Don't confuse the Holden/Ford road cars with the cars raced in the V8 Supercars championship, they bear absolutely zero (& I mean zero) in common with each other, its silhouette racing & basically Australias version of Nascar (complete with the hillbilly redneck fanbase) lol.
2015 KIA RIO 1.25 AKA JEFFREY 65 PLATE KIA RIO STAGE 2 APR SEAT IBIZA BOCANEGRA (FINANCIAL MISTAKE) MEGANE RS265 CUP NOT BAD FOR BE 19
baby blue H reg 1.4 fiesta 2 x 1.8 Mk1 ford focus ( first one was a rear end shunt write off within 3 months of owning it) 3 x citroen berlingo vans (the joys of work vehicles) 1.5 Renault clio VW Scirocco (manual 170TDi, mapped to 210bhp) Currently the Renault Megane 265. Chalk and cheese going from diesel to Petrol but I love it. Would consider another rocco but would have to be the 'R' with a few select options. Seen a few but went with the Megane. a lot of car for decent money when compared to the Rocco 'R'
Honda Prelude 2.3 Honda Prelude 2.0 Honda Prelude 2.2 vtec Honda Civic Type R EP3 Subaru Impreza Wrx Skoda Octavia vRS diesel Skoda Octavia vRS petrol Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti Clio 182 Nissan X Trail Hyundai Santa Fe Subaru Forester 2.5 XT Renaultsport Clio 200 Ford SMax 2.5t - current Renaultsport Megane 265 - current.
Haha, you’d think wouldn’t you. They were second cars thankfully. I still had the petrol vRS at that point which was heavily modified and the best all round car I’ve owned. The 2.3 Prelude was a cracking first car. My mates were all in 1.0 litre Fiestas. I had just joined the army and persuaded my mum to get a loan for me and paid her back. Some of the insurance quotes were almost double what I paid for the car!! Lots of gods drivers cars there, I have to say the 265 is on another level.
Same for me really, my mates had capri's 1.3, 1.6, escort MK2 1.3, Datsun 100a, Fiesta 1.1 L etc my fist car was a Hillman Avenger estate given to me for free, a month after passing my test i was driving around in a Rover SD1 3.5 V8 Manual, had so much fun in that car. Went down hill from there when girl friends came along
That's really sad, the car looks stunning. I started with Metro! - last 2 days and wrote off, faulty steering rack but me in a duel carriage way barrier Metro no.2, - utter piece of crap but i had no money, only lasted 2 weeks, everything that could go wrong did, gave to scrappy. Mk5 Escort 1.3(or 1.4 can't remember) - had for 1.5 years, engine seized but was replaced, written off by another Mk5 escort going into the back of me at a junction. Peugeot 106 Gti - Loved this car, finally a near brand new car when i was 20, bought as ex-demo, had for 9 years! went through exhausts like crazy Pic with it's eventual replacement https://i.imgur.com/sAuYTTk.jpg Mazda RX-7, owned for a couple of years whilst i also had the 106 above. https://i.imgur.com/nMS8Jlg.jpg BMW Mini cooper S, as seen above, loved it when i got it but it was an older one with a couple of issues but still used daily for 3.5 years, hated the hard as rock seats and the centre speedo. Mk5 Golf GTI, Probably the best car to date (sorry meg ), car was rock solid for the 4.5 years i drove it, bought with Revo tune and R32 brakes. At 8 years old it honestly still felt more 'solid' than then meg when i picked it up at 3 years old. (but not to much). Megane RS250 full fat, current car with the basic remap and mid box chop @ 304bhp. Great car and also so far reliable although i had to have the gearbox replaced within the first 2 weeks of ownership but not payed for by me. Pic, old car with new the day i picked up the 250 in 2015, wheels are now gloss black and the paint detailed but otherwise the same (bar remap).
