Cars from the 80s and 90s....what would you have?

[rob190364 2,593]

excluding the likes of ferrari/lambo/porsche etc. what car would you have from the 80s or 90s if you could find and afford a minter?

 

I've always fancied a Renault 5 GT turbo but never ended up getting one although I came close a couple of years ago, found a 1990 one with mint bodywork but mechanically it was bolloxed and underneath was rusted to shit, he wanted £800 for it but would have cost over £2k to get it sorted.

 

saw one of these bad boys in Wrexham a couple of months ago aswell, absolute minter it was....would have had it in a heartbeat if it was for sale!

[buster gonads 862]

Renault 4, had one for a couple of years and used it to run my dogs around in, good times, i broke the chassis while [ borrowing] railway sleepers during the miners strike, believe it or not i once had nine grown men in it , dont see them on the road anymore unless iam abroad.

[The Seeker 3,048]

Escort R.S Cosworth.

[BunnyBolter 16]

I would like a ford escort Mk2 rs2000 , theres a pair of them my way a red and a white one and they are mint and sound bloody imense

[BunnyBolter 16]

Escort R.S Cosworth.

beat me to it

[rob190364 2,593]

I would like a ford escort Mk2 rs2000 , theres a pair of them my way a red and a white one and they are mint and sound bloody imense

now that's a motor!

[rob190364 2,593]

how about this powerhouse...

[smithie 2,429]

i used to own a sierra xr 4x4 and i lovet it, i also had this

 

 

but never had insurance :icon_redface: still i never got stoped when i did go out

 

also had a mk2 xr2

 

but what i did want was a lotus carlton or even lotus sunbeam at a push but i never had any money.... nothings changed

[rob190364 2,593]

i used to own a sierra xr 4x4 and i lovet it, i also had this

 

 

but never had insurance :icon_redface: still i never got stoped when i did go out

 

but what i did want was a lotus carlton or even lotus sunbeam at a push but i never had any money.... nothings changed

lotus carlton, now that was a machine! the horse power figure seemed enormous at the time!!! not that big now (although still pretty impressive!), suppose cars were a lot lighter then though.

[gnasher16 29,674]

I would like a ford escort Mk2 rs2000 , theres a pair of them my way a red and a white one and they are mint and sound bloody imense

 

I had a mk 1 rs2000 in the early ,s......sat in my garage for years ended up selling it to a fella for a grand.....................only to find out he restored it and got 18 grand for it a few years later..................going for good money now them old escorts,saw a pucker mk 1 avo fetch 40 grand a while back.

 

The Cosworth rs500 was the dream car for me back then..

[long dogs 580]

id have these

[rob190364 2,593]

I test drove a TVR Griffith a few years back but delayed because I was buying a house and then couldn't find a decent one when I started looking again.

 

On the test drive I took it onto a dual carriageway hit third at about 50 or 60 mph and was REALLY disappointed with the kick............then the salesman informs me that it wasn't kicking cos the wheels were spinning . Tried again without being so heavy footed and jesus christ alfucking mighty did that thing shift!!!! I had a ZX7R at the time and it felt on par with that.......like a f'ckin rocket with wheels!!!

 

Would love one of them now!

[the_stig 6,614]

i had a triumph dolomite sprint --- and an mgb gt ..

Edited November 4, 2011 by the_stig

[BunnyBolter 16]

I would like a ford escort Mk2 rs2000 , theres a pair of them my way a red and a white one and they are mint and sound bloody imense

 

I had a mk 1 rs2000 in the early ,s......sat in my garage for years ended up selling it to a fella for a grand.....................only to find out he restored it and got 18 grand for it a few years later..................going for good money now them old escorts,saw a pucker mk 1 avo fetch 40 grand a while back.

 

The Cosworth rs500 was the dream car for me back then..

Theyre making around 7 to 9 grand the mk2's , definately gunna be a car i save for when im a bit older

[andy s410c 59]

For me Ford had the 80's sown up for"performance" cars...My favourite was the Sierra 4x4 28i(moonstone blue) & the very rare RS 1600i Escort,i think these were on produced on a X-A plate??Only ever seen 1 of these in the N/E.

I was tempted to buy a Sierra 4x4(2.9i) about 8 year ago but the running costs were still a bit high for my liking,see the occasional RS Turbo but not many are original cars there's a white F reg XR3i in excellent nick i see around now & again,original car but with the horrible white wheel trims on