My cars - The early years.

[LeeH]

Always fancied a VR6 Corrado.
Will there be a relaunch of the Corrado considering the recent Sirocco, I wonder?
Considering the the huge jump in styling from the Sirocco to the Corrado I bet a modern day version would be awesome.

I was going to change my 1.8 16v Corrado for a VR6, but when I looked into purchase costs and insurance, it was cheaper to buy and insure
the 944 Turbo than the Corrado!!! And that was with a 300 to 320bhp conversion and lots of other tweaks to the Porker...I do miss the 944 it
had such brilliant handling...

 

[Andyk]

Drove a 944 S2 back when they were new...What a car back then...Really well balanced...Also drove the convertable and loved that as well.

 

[marcos]

Great to see some of these pictures, a lot of the cars were from when I was at school!

My car history is relatively unchequered compared to some, first car was a Honda Integra Type-R, brand new and fresh off the boat from Japan in Championship white, one of the original 400. Wonderful car but I was so young I have no idea how I didn't kill myself

Always had a love affair with Sciroccos as well, had 3. Wish I took photos of them all now. Best shed was a SAAB 900 from 1980, I lived in it for a while during one of my 'phases'... happy days surfing, cold nights alone!

 

[GransportFan1]

Honda Integra Type R as your first car, you lucky boy, you must have worked hard to get that, always had a soft spot for one of those, sound great when the V Tech kicks in. Also have a strange soft spot for the Clio V6 in liquid yellow, i think i shall get my coat now.

 

[Andyk]

Lewis, remember being invited to the launch of the TYpe R...Thought it looked great and then they took me out in one...It revved like a b@st@ard......great little ca and those seats...

 

[GransportFan1]

I have been in the more recent Integra Type R sounded awesome and Andy like you say, those seats, so yummy, my best mates brother had one for a bit, got an EVO 8 FQ 400 now, Jesus Christ, that EVO is seriously fast.

 

[sibradbury]

Just spotted your list of cars Lewis - you have more in your current fleet than I have previously owned! You can't drive them all at the same time now can you?

I had a Saab 900 turbo as my first car - very quick in a straight line - bit wobbly in the corners. Nearly wiped out a bunch of ramblers on a country road as I was chasing my friends TVR over the Snakes Pass. Great car, until the semi-auto gear box died!

 

[Andyk]

Lewis can not drive them all at once no but he has one for each day of the week...

 

[marcos]

Honda Integra Type R as your first car, you lucky boy, you must have worked hard to get that, always had a soft spot for one of those, sound great when the V Tech kicks in.

Spent a year in Colombia to get that back in 1998... scary time but worth it to get my prize. Ahh, the red Recaros and the titanium gearknob, 8700rpm change up with the VTEC changeover at 6500rpm if I remember rightly. S118 CTA, if I ever see it again it's mine!

 

[dem maser]

spent a year in columbia to get the car?? sure you could have bought a lambo as a 1st car hahahaha

 

[GransportFan1]

Spent a year in Colombia to get that back in 1998... scary time but worth it to get my prize. Ahh, the red Recaros and the titanium gearknob, 8700rpm change up with the VTEC changeover at 6500rpm if I remember rightly. S118 CTA, if I ever see it again it's mine!

That's it Lewis, the noise is awesome, you just dont want to change up.

 

[Andyk]

The UK original is still my fav....Th0se two little round lights suited the car.....You had to work that engine to get the most from it though but when you did it was a flyer.

 

[GransportFan1]

i didn't like the facelift model on the original Integra, had lights off a Nissan Silvia, i prefer the newer Integra personally, would make a good track car and they probably dont cost much to run.

 

[ENZ525]

Just found this on my laptop...will post the really early year ones as soon as I can get my hands on the polaroids

 

[dem maser]

you bought a tt enz??

 

[Parisien]

you bought a tt enz??

.....lucky I was sitting down when that was posted....


P

 

[dem maser]

my mrs wanted one not long ago i talked her into an mx5.....

 

[GransportFan1]

oh god not an MX5 Dem, dont get me started on those things, i hate them so much, especially the sh!tty old ones where the owners think they are mint yet they are worthless junk.

 

[dem maser]

i got her a newish one with hard top convertible.....i like it.....i prefer it to the older tt she wanted

 

[GransportFan1]

the new one i quite like the look of actually, looks o.k.