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Jan 28th, 2021, 16:32 | #51 |
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215bhp from a Redtop... what was the spec on that?
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Jan 28th, 2021, 16:41 | #52 |
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Feb 1st, 2021, 13:32 | #53 |
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Being an old sod, I'll have to dredge my memory banks. Cars listed in terms of age rather than the sequence in which I owned them.
1960 Mk1 Mini 850 - 38bhp 1963 Ford Corsair 1500 - 59bhp 1966 Ford Cortina Mk 1 GT 1500 - 78 bhp 1967 Ford Cortina Mk 2 GT 1500 - 100 bhp rallied by me 1967 Mk1 Austin Mini Cooper "S" 1340 Longman - 101bhp rallied by me 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk 3 1300 - 75bhp 1972 Ford Escort RS1600 Mk 1 1700cc Mounttune - 150bhp rallied by me 1982 Escort RS1600i Mk 3 - 115bhp 1984 Ford Capri 2.8i Special Mk3 - 160bhp 1985 Ford Escort Turbo Mk3 - 132bhp 1986 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 - 225bhp 1986 Ford Fiesta XR2 Mk1 - 96bhp 1987 MG Maestro - 115bhp 1987 MG Metro - 72BHP 1988 MG Metro Turbo - 93bhp 1989 TVR 450Se - 317bhp 1991 Rover 827Sli - 168bhp 1992 Rover 820 Si - 140bhp 1993 Rover 820Se - 120bhp 1994 TVR Griffith 500 - 320bhp 1994 Volvo 855 T-5R Gul - 240bhp currently owned 1995 Volvo 855 T5 - 225bhp 1996 TVR Cerbera 4.2 - 360bhp 1997 Volvo C70 T5GT - 240bhp owned this from new and everyday car for 18 years, 370,000 miles 1997 TVR Cerbera 4.5 RedRose - 440bhp 2001 BMW 316SE Compact - 115 bhp 2004 C70 Convertible GT - 250bhp 2008 C30 R Design SE Sport T5 Polestar - 250bhp still owned everyday car 2011 C70 Convertible Polestar Solstice Edition - 250 bhp still owned everyday car. Total BHP - 5044 I think I'm sure I must have forgotten some along the way. If I still owned some of these in pristine nick, I'd be a millionaire!! John
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Feb 1st, 2021, 16:06 | #54 |
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If you still owned some of those in pristine John, you'd be broke!
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Feb 1st, 2021, 16:19 | #55 |
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I'd certainly be cash poor........ but asset rich. Who needs food anyway lol.
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Feb 24th, 2021, 22:17 | #56 |
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Another excellent work-avoidance opportunity here! Since 1996, I've had:
1989 Land Rover 90 Diesel Turbo - 85bhp when they weren't escaping through a blown exhaust or being TWOCed. First car, had it for 6 weeks 1992 Golf CL auto - 75bhp - boring but dependable. Even took a glider to Scotland with it. 1993 Mercedes 320E auto - 220bhp. Went like stink in a straight line and seemed to do 25mpg no matter how you drove it, so I tended to drive it like stink. Didn't really do corners though, and was fond of visits to the garage. (Even 80s Mercs will end up as bangers if previous owners haven't looked after them.) 2002 Passat V6 TDI - 150bhp. Lovely engine, I went for the V6 partly to have something a bit different and partly so I wasn't going to spend months trawling the pages and pages of 4-bangers. 2011 BMW 330d - 245bhp. "Ah, this what a car that doesn't understeer feels like," I said on the test drive as I rapidly retrained myself not to aim for 2 feet inside the apex of the corner. After my now-ex-wife and I decided to get rid of the disaster of our 2016 S-Max, we replaced it with a 2015 V70 D5. I found that if both cars were in the drive, I'd often choose to take the Volvo. Which meant that when we split up and I decided it was time for a change, away went the BMW and in came the ... 2019 V90 T5 - 250bhp And despite some recent niggles and annoyances, I don't think the V90 will be leaving any time soon.
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Feb 25th, 2021, 13:53 | #57 |
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Mini with Austin Allegro engine swap - 62bhp
1978 Ford Cortina 1.6L - 65bhp Fiat Punto - 75bhp 1997 Ford Escort 1.6 Zetec - 90bhp 1998 Ford Mondeo ST200 - 200bhp 2005 Ford Mondeo ST TDCi - 155bhp 2002 BMW E46 330D - 186bhp 2011 Mercedes Benz E350 CDI - 265bhp 2006 Porsche 911 4S - 350bhp 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 - 185bhp 2012 Land Rover Range Rover - 313bhp 2013 Land Rover Evoque - 150bhp 2014 Porsche Macan S - 286bhp Incoming - 2017 Volvo XC60 T8 - 407bhp |
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Mar 27th, 2021, 13:44 | #59 |
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This task would take me forever, I have a list of over 200 cars from 29bhp Dyane, 34hp Beetle to 300hp plus m3 and porsche 928...
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