Slightly odd perhaps for a Porsche forum, but many of us started out in the sort of vehicles that are likely to be at this festival. Has anyone been?
https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/even ... july-2022/
Festival of the Unexceptional
Not been but started out in a totally unexceptional car.
1961 Hillman Husky in the same colours as this image.
Please guys never moan about your mpg, I was lucky if I got in the high teens in this with 17mpg typical.
1961 Hillman Husky in the same colours as this image.
Please guys never moan about your mpg, I was lucky if I got in the high teens in this with 17mpg typical.
Col
Macan Turbo
Air, 20” wheels, ACC, Pano, SurCam, 14w, LEDs, PS+, Int Light Pack, Heated seats and Steering, spare wheel, SC, Privacy glass, PDK gear, SD mirrors, Met Black, rear airbags
Macan Turbo
Air, 20” wheels, ACC, Pano, SurCam, 14w, LEDs, PS+, Int Light Pack, Heated seats and Steering, spare wheel, SC, Privacy glass, PDK gear, SD mirrors, Met Black, rear airbags
My first car !
It was mums and they gave it to me when dad bought her a new bmw
Not cool but quick being a 2.0
Insurance was over a grand for a 17 year old
Kept it about a year
Actual pic - dad liked photography
It was mums and they gave it to me when dad bought her a new bmw
Not cool but quick being a 2.0
Insurance was over a grand for a 17 year old
Kept it about a year
Actual pic - dad liked photography
On order
GT4 RS
Current
992 S
Macan.2 S
928S4
Modified Lotus Exige V6
Seat Ibiza 1.0 (115ps) DSG Excellence Lux(dog’s!)
Jag Mk2 3.4
Ex
981 Boxster S
GT4 RS
Current
992 S
Macan.2 S
928S4
Modified Lotus Exige V6
Seat Ibiza 1.0 (115ps) DSG Excellence Lux(dog’s!)
Jag Mk2 3.4
Ex
981 Boxster S
This was my first car (although not this actual one). Datsun 120Y in a mixture of white and rust. The sills under the doors had pretty much disintegrated and we had to use a wire mesh to try close the gaps. Cost £150 if I recall. Ran pretty well to be fair and was far more reliable than my subsequent Talbot Horizon.
Porsche Cayenne GTS, Quarzite Grey) (Nov 21) (Mine )
E-Mini (Oct 21) (Hers)
VW ID3 (May 23 local runaround) (Ours)
Porsche Macan GTS, Sapphire Blue, 2018 (sold )
E-Mini (Oct 21) (Hers)
VW ID3 (May 23 local runaround) (Ours)
Porsche Macan GTS, Sapphire Blue, 2018 (sold )
This was my first car as a 17 year old. Bought at a building materials auction that I attended with my father some 50+ years ago. Dad paid £750 for a mixed lot of materials / wood including the car. A Ford Bowden Special with an E93A Ford [Prefect] side-valve engine driving an in-tube propshaft. A kit car that was already 30 years old when I aquired it.
The propshaft snapped after a spirited drive along the Exe valley B-road about 9 months later. Great fun as a first car and real taught me how to drive - oversteer / understeer / traction / braking etc after I'd taken my test. No safety kit at all and no wipers / doors / hood etc. It also gave me a real taste for the joys of open air motoring, which I have continued with other cars over the years....obviously I so wish I'd kept it forever.
The propshaft snapped after a spirited drive along the Exe valley B-road about 9 months later. Great fun as a first car and real taught me how to drive - oversteer / understeer / traction / braking etc after I'd taken my test. No safety kit at all and no wipers / doors / hood etc. It also gave me a real taste for the joys of open air motoring, which I have continued with other cars over the years....obviously I so wish I'd kept it forever.
Steve
2020 GTS in Sapphire Blue
(sold) 2017 SD in Rhodium Silver
2020 GTS in Sapphire Blue
(sold) 2017 SD in Rhodium Silver
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Here is the 1959 Reliant Regal Mark V. I passed my test in on my 16th birthday having a Dad who taught me to drive when I was 12.
I'm pretty certain mine had wipers but they could have been an optional extra as 3 wheelers were taxed as motorcycles!
I'm pretty certain mine had wipers but they could have been an optional extra as 3 wheelers were taxed as motorcycles!
Currently
S|Leather|Air Susp|Chrono |Surround Camera|BOSE|14 way | AILPG |
http://www.porsche-code.com/PPSV6RD5
Next Project 4 March 2025
https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PR6MH479
S|Leather|Air Susp|Chrono |Surround Camera|BOSE|14 way | AILPG |
http://www.porsche-code.com/PPSV6RD5
Next Project 4 March 2025
https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PR6MH479
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The first car I owned. This one is in much better condition than the one I had. The driver’s door had been dinged so I had to get in and out via the passenger door! But I needed a cheap pickup to transport my motocross bike.
Nick
Defender 90 V8
991.2 C2 GTS
Macan Turbo - sold
BMW K1300S, BMW R1250 GSA
Defender 90 V8
991.2 C2 GTS
Macan Turbo - sold
BMW K1300S, BMW R1250 GSA
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This was my first car, sadly the only picture of it.
Cost £3500 to buy, and first years insurance was £1700. I was initially looking for a 1.4 Astra but the insurance was going to be £1500, man maths told me a Limited edition Pug 205gti for an extra £200 on insurance was the way to go.
The money I spent on that car was crazy, it was possibly the most fun car I've ever had.
Had many firsts in that car.
Cost £3500 to buy, and first years insurance was £1700. I was initially looking for a 1.4 Astra but the insurance was going to be £1500, man maths told me a Limited edition Pug 205gti for an extra £200 on insurance was the way to go.
The money I spent on that car was crazy, it was possibly the most fun car I've ever had.
Had many firsts in that car.
Ex -
Macan Turbo (Mamba Green)
Audi RS6 (Misano Red)
Audi S4 (Silver)
Audi S3 (Imola Yellow)
Peugeot 309 goodwood (Green)
Peugeot 306 gti-6 (Silver)
Peugeot 205 gti (Ltd edition Sorento Green)
Macan Turbo (Mamba Green)
Audi RS6 (Misano Red)
Audi S4 (Silver)
Audi S3 (Imola Yellow)
Peugeot 309 goodwood (Green)
Peugeot 306 gti-6 (Silver)
Peugeot 205 gti (Ltd edition Sorento Green)
That might be the winner!Rarecolour wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:15 am This was my first car, sadly the only picture of it.
IMG-20200517-WA0003.jpg
Cost £3500 to buy, and first years insurance was £1700. I was initially looking for a 1.4 Astra but the insurance was going to be £1500, man maths told me a Limited edition Pug 205gti for an extra £200 on insurance was the way to go.
The money I spent on that car was crazy, it was possibly the most fun car I've ever had.
Had many firsts in that car.
Certainly beats my £140 Toyota Corolla
718 Boxster - lava orange (2019)
992 C2 racing yellow (2020)
https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PRIMAJB4
Ex - Macan S - Carmine (2022)
http://www.porsche-code.com/PNZVYTE0
992 C2 racing yellow (2020)
https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PRIMAJB4
Ex - Macan S - Carmine (2022)
http://www.porsche-code.com/PNZVYTE0
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