80/90's hot hatches....

Yanto · 19-11-2010, 11:54 PM

My era.....I loved these.....

My old motor:

Yanto · 19-11-2010, 11:58 PM

Yanto · 20-11-2010, 12:00 AM

really fancy one of these for a bit of fun...

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/de...?storyId=22793

but a Raider version.......anyone have/had one ?

**AlexGTT** · 20-11-2010, 12:04 AM

Indeed. Ph1 Electric Blue.

Tucked away in my barn.

Yanto · 20-11-2010, 12:25 AM

ace mate

sold my GTi ~5 years ago after having it for ~7 years....people warned me at the time that I was making a mistake and now I wish I had listened to them

bluebro · 20-11-2010, 12:37 AM

My boyhood era too, i ragged about in one of these.

**glendog74** · 20-11-2010, 12:46 AM

This was my old 5GTT - great fun but always fookin breaking!

**RolyGTIR** · 20-11-2010, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluebro

My boyhood era too, i ragged about in one of these.

Snap - was my first car & mine was on a G plate! (must dig out some pics)

cslgirl · 20-11-2010, 08:59 AM

Great pics! I loved that era of my youth.

I was an Astra lover. Started off with an Astra SR (I had sonic the hedgehog decal put on the back lol).. Unfortunately, it ended up at the scrap yard due to someone pulling out to do a u-turn in front of us.

Then had a GTE 16v how I loved that car. My now husband had the cosworth, another 2 friends with renault GT turbos - we used to have a lot of fun. When i put the reg number into that search thing it shows it is no longer on the road

Then from about 1997 to 2003 I had a 1985 8v GTE which only had 35k and one previous owner when I bought it. Sadly this too ended up at the scrap yard when I sold it to a friend, who then crashed it. Was most upset.

Given the chance, I would love to own a Champion Limited Edition GTE.

sailorbaz · 20-11-2010, 09:53 AM

I so wish I had gone through this phase now too. My first car was a Mk3 Golf GLTDi, and then straight into an E36 M3 Evo and another and now the CSL. Am I boring?

Dad's had a mental amount of motors, being in the trade. Alot of Fords and Vauxhalls. The cream of the crop has the be the RS500 Cosworth but we had a rake of XR4x4's, XR3i, XR2's, RS Turbos, Cavalier GSi's, Astra GTE's. Actually, Dad was one of the 1st around our area to put 1.7D engine into a GTE body. Looked the dogs balls but then it fired up, black smoke everywhere. Was a real head turner at the time. And look now, everyone is doing it. haaahaa

More classic photos please!

20-11-2010, 12:00 AM	#3
Yanto CSL Register Uber-poster! Moon Lander Champion! Ragdoll Master Champion! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Docklands, London Posts: 5,931 Casino cash: $40036	really fancy one of these for a bit of fun... http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/de...?storyId=22793 but a Raider version.......anyone have/had one ?

20-11-2010, 12:25 AM	#5
Yanto CSL Register Uber-poster! Moon Lander Champion! Ragdoll Master Champion! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Docklands, London Posts: 5,931 Casino cash: $40036	ace mate sold my GTi ~5 years ago after having it for ~7 years....people warned me at the time that I was making a mistake and now I wish I had listened to them

20-11-2010, 12:37 AM	#6
bluebro S2 - Picking it up Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ayrshire Posts: 59 Casino cash: $903	My boyhood era too, i ragged about in one of these.

20-11-2010, 08:59 AM	#9
cslgirl S6, Sport On, Traction Off Simon Champion! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,500 Casino cash: $33404	Great pics! I loved that era of my youth. I was an Astra lover. Started off with an Astra SR (I had sonic the hedgehog decal put on the back lol).. Unfortunately, it ended up at the scrap yard due to someone pulling out to do a u-turn in front of us. Then had a GTE 16v how I loved that car. My now husband had the cosworth, another 2 friends with renault GT turbos - we used to have a lot of fun. When i put the reg number into that search thing it shows it is no longer on the road Then from about 1997 to 2003 I had a 1985 8v GTE which only had 35k and one previous owner when I bought it. Sadly this too ended up at the scrap yard when I sold it to a friend, who then crashed it. Was most upset. Given the chance, I would love to own a Champion Limited Edition GTE.