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[Misc] What was your favourite car



wunt be druv

wunt be druv

Oh bugger..!
Jun 17, 2011
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I have been lucky in pre-mortgage/family years to have a Lancia Delta Integrale EVO2 but always loved the Ford Escort MK.1 Mexico and am green with envy whenever I am lucky enough to glimpse one at these car run/shows.
 






SIMMO SAYS

SIMMO SAYS

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Jul 31, 2012
11,720
Incommunicado
wunt be druv said:
I have been lucky in pre-mortgage/family years to have a Lancia Delta Integrale EVO2 but always loved the Ford Escort MK.1 Mexico and am green with envy whenever I am lucky enough to glimpse one at these car run/shows.
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My Dad owned a 1973 Yellow Ford Mexico. It was his pride and joy.
So much so when I was learning to drive I had to use his old Escort van instead :moo:
 




Triggaaar

Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
50,225
Goldstone
boik said:
Golf ahead of the Citroen DS? Don't think so. Hard to think of anything the golf brought to the party that hadn't been done before.
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The mk1 Golf GTi was bloody brilliant. I don't remember an ordinary car ever being so stupidly fast.
 




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boik

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Sep 3, 2011
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Between Happiness and Heartache
Triggaaar said:
The mk1 Golf GTi was bloody brilliant. I don't remember an ordinary car ever being so stupidly fast.
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Yes, but you covered it by calling it an ordinary car, which is what it was. Well made, extremely popular, but didn't push motoring forward in any real way. The Quattro on the other hand, was a huge step forward in making 4-wheel drive efficient and reliable compared what had gone before. It was a quantum leap (even though I know a quantum is miniscule!). Don't think I saw the Quattro on the list which is ridiculous.
 


Triggaaar

Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
50,225
Goldstone
boik said:
Yes, but you covered it by calling it an ordinary car, which is what it was. Well made, extremely popular, but didn't push motoring forward in any real way.
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I disagree. There were fast expensive cars before, but never something so cheap and innocent looking, that went so rapidly. It was the birth of the hot-hatch, which certainly did push motoring forward.

The Quattro on the other hand, was a huge step forward in making 4-wheel drive efficient and reliable compared what had gone before. It was a quantum leap (even though I know a quantum is miniscule!). Don't think I saw the Quattro on the list which is ridiculous.
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Yes it was, quite rightly, on the list. Amazing car.
 






nicko31

nicko31

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Jan 7, 2010
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Triggaaar said:
The mk1 Golf GTi was bloody brilliant. I don't remember an ordinary car ever being so stupidly fast.
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Bloody iconic machine, good ones worth a bomb these days. So many got thrashed
 








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GREASED WEASEL

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Dec 10, 2017
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I had a Mk 1 and it handled brilliantly

But preferred my Mk 1 Scirocco because it looked like of was doing 100mph just by standing there,the Golf looked basic
 


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