I joined here just over a year ago and I was thinking today, I don't think I've been on a one model forum that has such a widespread membership! The ones I've been on all seemed to have members of broadly similar ages and dare I say it, interests! BMW E36 anyone? Urgh! We seem to be a very diverse bunch on here which makes it all the better. I know there's the Intro thread but it generally just says a name and the exact car we've bought but who are we all? For instance I'm 38 and I'm a secondary school teacher. Now I've got to thinking I don't think I ever put my name in the Intro thread so I'm Gavin too!
I thought the same you know, i'm just going to dive in and introduce myself as well s:) :) s:)
Tom, 21, work in banking. First 'proper' car, after working my way through all of the french crap, i didn't get stung too badly on insurance either!
Agreed
Ashley, 22, s*** job, best car iv ever owned in past had 07 fiesta, 07 corsa, 96 glanza V, 94 impreza WRX and the pride and joy.. Iv never had more of a smile in a car s:D :D s:D hoping alot of the new/quiet members come to Santa pod s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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Good thread idea
Danny, 24, work in operations for eddie stobart
Past cars include,
Renault magane coupe
206gti
206 quicksilver
Saxo vtr
Honda integra dc5
Peugeot 307
Skoda octavia vrs
Audi a2
Bmw e36 (just bought this back today lol)
Another Peugeot 307
Crx del sol (still own)
Bmw e39 (still own)
Mr2 (always owned the mr2 as a 2nd car)
Aye I've always noticed there's such a variety of members and it's cool to see how the cars get modded in different ways
Kriss, 25 and a firefighter.
on my second MR2 now, had a 350z, rx-8, and a few other bits of crap! s:) :) s:)
This is my second MR2, first was a MK2, I've had 35 cars at last count including a diesel but I only kept it 4 hours I hated it so much!
Lol 4hrs that's brilliant lol
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Quote from: "Pavett1990"Lol 4hrs that's brilliant lol
I made money on it too!
Lol effort that's the way to flip it s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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It does seem like a wide ranging mix of members s:) :) s:)
My name is Andy (do I get a prize for unoriginal username? s:wink: :wink: s:wink: ). I'm 31 and head up the digital team of a specialised(ish) marketing agency.
My car history features a fair chunk of rubbish, but my favourite drives are:
- 1993 Mini Cooper
- 2001 Honda Civic Type-R EP3
- 2003 Sable MR2 (recent addition s:mrgreen: :mrgreen: s:mrgreen: )
Interest wise I'm into motorsport, cycling, films, posh food/drink and a bit of xbox when I can fit it in.
Stu, 27 (been around here since I was 22) and I'm a Senior eCommerce web site developer.
Previous cars were, MR-S Turbo, Honda Civic 1.5 LSi and a Micra 1.0 which my dad gave me when I passed my test at 17 s:) :) s:)
Andrew (51), test laboratory manager. Got a rather short list of cars for 33 years driving...
Herald 13/60 DHC (drop head coupe - i.e. convertible) but with many performance mods over best part of 20 years
Renault 17 Savanha 7-seater and Mitsubishi 7-seater (4 off children!)
3 off company cars
Rover 418 turbo intercooler diesel:- 5 years + 180k miles
Rover 620 turbo intercooler diesel:- 7 years + 230k miles
Mondeo MkII turbo diesel estate - still going @ 150k miles
MR2 - 2 years and aiming for 20 as per the Herald.
May also want to check out this thread for people + ages etc.:
l viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37483 (http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37483) l
" by Zonda_ » Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:59 pm
This is my second MR2, first was a MK2, I've had 35 cars at last count including a diesel but I only kept it 4 hours I hated it so much! "
Must say I like the torque of the turbo diesel, it makes for instant thrust at any revs and any legal speed - very lazy driving. I also like +6k revs in the MR2 but it can be a bit manic at times s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
David, am 35. Project Manager/SAP consultant.
Always been a ford fan and petrol head, never ever owned a diseasel....
Escort Mk 4 1.4L E reg - no cat and 4 star petrol - it flew
Escort Mk 6 1.6L S reg - my first K&N cone filter whooooaaaaaahhh
Focus 2.0L - first car I every really really modified, so much fun, as are the guys on FFOC.
Focus ST170 - great until some stupid woman crashed into it a week after I bought it s:cry: :cry: s:cry:
Focus ST (260bhp petrol turbo) #1 - Fun until the remap snapped the drive shafts and destroyed the clutch.
Focus ST (225bhp petrol turbo) #2 - Company car - free fuel and tyres - yippee
Focus ST (225bhp petrol turbo) #3 - Didn't keep it long, 19mpg when your paying for the fuel got annoying quickly.
And in the non ford cars I've owned...
1.2L renault clio - never ever ever ever again - don't even get me started what a heap of ****
Nissan Micra - Cost £1000 and quite literally fell apart on me, but I did abuse it.
"the loner" - rusty old Fez for £500 to keep my no claims during FST #2 period :-) :-) :-)
Honda Civic in champagne colour (aka old mans car) lovely car but made me want to comit suicide.
And of course....
Silver MR2 Mk3 - was kinda forced to get rid by my better half after a little, ahem, incident.
Blue MR2 Mk3 - current car - I'm a good boy now - honest s:mrgreen: :mrgreen: s:mrgreen:
Chris, 40, Print Sales Rep
'78 mk2 escort, Ghia no less, with a vinyl roof s:lol: :lol: s:lol: (automatic choke, automatic flooding device more like!)
'84 mk1 Astra GTE (best car I ever owned, present company excepted)
'87 Vauxhall Cavelier (got me where I needed to go and that's all I expected of it)
'88 Yamaha DT125 (we've all got to start somewhere and a DT is as good as any place)
'86 Escort XR3i (tidy on the surface, rotten underneath)
'94 Kawasaki ZXR400 (lovely pocket rocket, till someone stole it!)
'96 Kawasaki ZX6R (the start of a long relationship)
'99 Focus TDCi (Fords cheap on parts? Yeah right!)
'00 Kawasaki ZX6R (great all rounder, as good at touring as it was scratching)
'03 Kawasaki ZX6R (told you it was a long relationship, absolute focused track weapon)
'05 Peugeot 307 1.6s (dodgy electrics and mostly made from plastic and papier mache, that and the dodgy passenger footwell braking system)
'07 Kawasaki Z1000 (time to give up the super sport tomfoolery for fear of loosing licence, life and bankruptcy, those track days get expensive)
Current vehicles
'11 Hyundai i30 diesel company car (we'll all be driving Korean cars one day)
'03 MR2 roadster (don't think I need to go into details on here)
'10 Kawasaki Z1000 (you could say I like Kawasaki's, absolute missile, pulls from nothing to way up there effortlessly)
Simon just turned 30 last week
Panel beater and spray painter(currently work for dennison trailers Naas Ireland)
Have had a lot of crap cars in the past and even tho the mk3 was a money pit I loved it and hope to back in one soon as my gsr lancer 1.8turbo 4wd bus is only doing 17mpg which is crippling me haha...
Dave, 43, Software Developer and Test Analyst.
78 Mini 1275GT (Fun but spend more time on bricks than wheels)
79 Ford Capri 1.6GL (Nice drive)
86 Renault 5 GTL (Work horse)
89 Renault 5 GT Turbo (Fast, go kart handling. After market turbo allowed me to wheel spin in second s:P :P s:P )
86 Honda Prelude 2.0i 16v 4WS (Excellent quality, nippy. Scary if the 4WS changed direction halfway through a corner s:shock: :shock: s:shock: )
93 Kawasaki ZXR400L2 (Fantastic fun, beautiful)
79 Porsche 911SC (Nippy, loud, great to show off in ... 15 mpg s:? :? s:? )
77 Austin Maestro (£100 transport whilst waiting for MR2 to be delivered from Holland. Had voice synthesis s:P :P s:P but never said a word to me s:( :( s:( )
00 Toyota MR2 ...
Andrew, 46, background was IT but seemed to have deviated a little - spent 25 years plus travelling the world as an design engineer/project manager for large corp designing/building/installing/running military flight simulators. 3 youngish daughters, 2 donkeys, chicken, wife and 4 cars. Ranging from my daily - 12 year old knackered but never let me down Scenic to a very expensive Discovery 'family car' and the wife's Freelander.
The 2 is my mid-life crisis (2003 sable with TTE bits) – had several 2s in my youth including an interesting couple of years with an rx7, that got me the women that I married then had to sell for the deposit on our 1st house s:D :D s:D
Love this website - got a lot of useful info and made ownership of the 2 more pleasurable than it would without it s:bowdown: :bowdown: s:bowdown:
Tim, 38, IT Development Manager.
Car history is very short - for car's I've owned (rest have been company cars)
1st car: 1971 TR6 with full chrome, wire wheels, leather, walnut etc. Awesome car - updated suspension, fuel injection, steering... quite a lot of track action as well as classic car rally's
2nd car: MR2 MK3 (crashed s:( :( s:( )
3rd car: MR2 MK3 - current s:) :) s:)
Tom- 21 so short list:
1.2 corsa had it for nearly 3 years fantastic first car.
And now of course my 04 blue MR2.
I work for A large defense company as planning apprentice.
Quote from: "stargazer30"David, am 35. Project Manager/SAP consultant.:
SAP ey surely you should be driving a lambo or something (money bags).
Names Dave 50 something MET Technition in a large bodyshop. Own a MK1 Golf cabriolet Mki.2 mr2 and my 2001 red mk3.
Have had loads of cars in the past mk1 escort sports rs2000's lotus 7 lotus europa beetles couple of Porsches couple of mk2 mr2's and lots of others including lots of Bikes.