What did you drive before you joined the LEON stable?

Great thread to get you thinking about the money wasted over the years.

Here we go (1984 on)

1. MG Midget
2. Rover P5 2000 TC
3. MG Metro Turbo
4. Rover SD1 2600
5. Fiat X1/9 VS
6. Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia X
7. Renault 5 GT
8. Rover Metro GTA
9. Toyota Carina E 1.6 XLi
10. Range Rover
11. Citroen BX GTi
12. Ford Mondeo 1.6
13. Mitsubishi Pajero 2.5 TD
14. Ford Scorpio 2.3 Ultima
15. Vauxhall Astra 1.7D Merit
16. Seat Ibiza (Mk 2) Cupra Sport 16v
17. Seat Ibiza (Mk 4) 1.2 Referance Sport
18. Seat Leon 2.0 TDi DSG Stylance (BTCC Kit and 18's)

And that's before the bikes owned at the same time.

Before the FR I had....
1983 Cavalier 1.6 GL (what a beast)
1991 Cavalier SRI 130 (pretty nippy in a straight line... slow for the bends by throwing out the anchor)
1990 Batmobile aka Toyota Celica GTI 2.0 Uk spec, black pop-up head lights pretty nippy but oh around the corners it was on rails ... and I don't feel so nibble in the FR as that (It was 18yrs old when I sold it)

Driven/had access to numerous other cars

The FR TFSI petrol is definately the best engine, but would love the handling of the Celica with it... oh and the pop ups...

Vrooom

Austin Maxi 1750 Ha Ha Ha, 1972 Mk1 Escort 1300e (GT engine) an Xr3i eater, 86 plate Cavalier SRi, 1988 Astra Sri stage 1, 1986 Volvo 2.3 gls saloon, 1989 Mini 30 tuned big carb LCB manifold stainless straight Thru system. Yamaha Dragstar Classic 650cc, 94 Escort 1400L, 96 Fiesta 1.1, 04 Hyundai Getz 1.1 whooooo.

08 Fr

Fiat uno 1.1
Escort 1.6
Ford KA
Westfield 1.7 xflow (with twin 40's)
BMW 120 m sport

Seat leon fr tfsi

(Westfield was the most fun, Seat best all roundr)

RX8 230 before the Cupra

and a Mk1 Leon FR TDI before that

(and a few other crappy cars )

Some crackers:

1) 10 year old 1973 Austin 1300GT with no clutch, swiss cheese sub-frame and blown manifold (but surprisingly 12 months MOT);

2) Ford Capri 2.0S JPS in black with Wolfrace alloys and retrofitted electric windows - I looked like a dealer!

3) Triumph Dolomite 1500 (NOT the Sprint), bought from an auction - it lasted 2 hours before the big ends went on the M62;

4) Another Ford Capri, this time a 2.0GL;

5) A brand spanking new, straight from the forecourt....1989 Fiesta 1400S. About as powerful as a motability scooter, with the same street-cred.

6) 1992 Mini Metro 1.4GTi 16v (with multipoint injection, I'll have you know!) 103bhp in something smaller than a rollerskate and the handling to match - it's a wonder I didn't kill myself.

7) 1994 Vauxhall Corsa 1.5TD - well, with fuel at 50p/litre I had to make savings.

8) 1997 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 Sport

9) 2000 Peugeot 306 DTurbo - great handling car with a reasonably pokey engine.

10) 2003 Peugeot 307 DTurbo - underpowered heap of sh1t.

11) 2005 Skoda Fabia vRS - excellent car that could be chucked around B-roads like nobody's business - why oh why did I give it up?

12) 2007 Seat Leon 2.0TFSi FR DSG - Oh, I remember now!

89 Citroen 2CV 0.6 – great fun, owned for about a year then the chassis snapped

95 Pug 405 GLX 1.6 – owned for about 3 years then sold to a *beep* who never paid

92 Pug 405 MI16 – blew up on day 2 of ownership

84 VW Golf mk2 GTi 1.8 8v – fell apart after 6 months of ownership, scrapped.

86 VW Golf mk2 GTi 1.8 8v – blew up after 6 months of ownership at approx 230k

99 Honda Accord Type R 2.2 – sold to buy house

95 Nissan 200SX S13 1.8T – sold as it was making nasty noises

91 Rover 416 Sli 1.6 – modified – sold as it was too old and bumpy

97 Rover 800 Vitesse Coupe 2.0T – sold as it cost a fortune to run, loved it though

91 Pug 405 GL 1.9D – a run around between cars

06 Seat Leon Sport 2.0TDi - current

2001 Peugeot 306 D Turbo Wife sunk the first one

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Literally?

a 1974 mini
then a 1978 mkII 1.6 escort - brilliant car
a cavalier sri - timing belt went so had to do a total engine rebuild
mkIII astra - diabolical
mk IV astra much better but only 84 bhp from the 1.4 16v engine
99 2.0 mondeo -nice to drive on motorway but not much else

Most recently a Leon cupra 150 mk1.
Before that a Ford Mondeo TDCI 130 which I had injector probs with at 60k.
Ford Focus 2.0 zetec.
Mondeo 24v.
Sierra Sapphire 2.0 GLS.
Sierra Sapphire 1.6.

My current FR was my second car - I came from a 1.2, R Reg - Renault Clio!

1st car @ 17 mk4 golf 1.4 - still have - use as runabout
2nd car @ 18 mr2 rev1 turbo - awesome fun but gearbox went
3rd car @ 19 xreg scooby @ 280 bhp - fell to bits
current, 180 cupra leon in yellow

1. 1986 1.6 Cavalier, pushed it home more times than i drove it home
2. 1989 1.3 Metro GTA, written off (didn't stall it though when i crashed lol)
3. 1990 Metro 1.0 with GTA alloys
4. 1994 Escort 1.6
5. 1997 Escort 1.8
6. 1996 Alfa 155 - great sound
7. 1998 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo - awesome car
8. 2000 BMW 330d M Sport Auto - written off at 11 mths old due to head of crash (not my fault but thank god for well built BM's)
9. 2001 BMW 330i M Sport
10. 2002 Focus ST 170
11. 2004 Various Saab's (worked for them so a different one every night!)
12. 2005 Leon Cupra R
13. 2007 BMW 320d M Sport
14. 2009 Leon Cupra K1

Blimey, never thought i'd had so many cars! Just think of the wasted money over the years......... well best not to eh!

Various Lotus (14 in 5.5 years) from Elise S, R, SC and Exige S, all company cars.

Before them Pug 306-Gti6.

17years old i had a 1.0litre 53 plate corsa c
18years old i have a 1.6 57 plate seat leon

VW Golf GT TDI 130.....great car!

Yaris 1.5 t sport, 1.4 100bhp fabia

Phnates said:

Went through a flooded section of the road in a freak storm, 4'deep!!!
I remember her tellin' me on the phone that the car was sinkin'!

LMAO sinkin'!

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You should have said "The Captains meant to go down with the ship"