What was your previous ride??

**zei20t** · 18-02-2013, 10:35 AM

lucas, I think we have met

youre friends with jess (S15) right? before she moved to Sydney.

code618: turbo WILL die on the turbo models. around the 100k mark. check for rust in the seams under the car. don't touch if there is any under there.

panels are common now, i know people with wrecks that don't charge wrecker prices. castor arm bushes die, only a few hundred for poly replacements. gearbox needs a valve body upgrade as changes are sloppy as!

**Lucas_R** · 18-02-2013, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by zei20t

lucas, I think we have met, youre friends with jess (S15) right? before she moved to Sydney.

Hmmm im not sure. I have the worst memory in the world with peoples names. I remember faces and cars, but im useless with names.

**zei20t** · 18-02-2013, 12:19 PM

blonde girl, silver S15 with vertex kit. ummm I think she has sold it now!

**bobski** · 18-02-2013, 12:38 PM

'77 Datsun 180B
'86 Corolla Twin Cam
'02 Nissan X-Trail Ti
'04 Mazda 3 SP23
'04 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo
'06 Ford Fiesta Zetec
'08 Toyota Aurion

**code618** · 18-02-2013, 10:39 PM

Thanks zei20t
Had read the turbos pack it in. The axis autech versions look awesome though. Pretty plush interior, loads of space. Never driven one though...

Interesting to see plenty of s14 and s15 fans here too.

**Damo105** · 19-02-2013, 02:16 AM

THEN:

1970 HG Holden Kingswood - first car. Poo brown with a white roof. No idea why I loved it. The engine fell out, literally.
1978 XC Ford Falcon. Horrible car.
1984 Holden VK Commodore wagon - company car, pretty ordinary.
1988 Holden VL Commodore wagon - company car. Thought it was the duck's guts back then. Very capable bush-basher, and would tow my camper trailer at 140kph! (I was an idiot back then).
1982 VW Rabbit (Golf) diesel - bought it for $1200 from a dodgy car yard in Rhode Island USA. Did a lap of Canada/USA in it, and it never missed a beat. Slow as hell but frugal! A mate crashed it into a tree in Boston, but it didn't stop it. Left it in the VIP parking at JFK airport in New York in 1991. If it's still there, the keys are in the glovebox!
1987 Vauxhall Cavalier (think Holden Camira) diesel. My mini-cab that I drove in London for a year. Served me well, but ordinary car!
1974 Datsun 120Y - freebie hand-me-down from my brother when I was skint after travelling. Made the Vauxhall seem good.
1982 Toyota Celica - bought from a granny with ultra low kms. Reliable but boring, a 2-door Corona basically.
1988 Honda Integra - not a bad little unit.
1994 Ford Telstar TX5 V6. Quite a good car, but the tranny exploded at 90,000kms.
1994 Peugeot 306 S16 - awesome little unit. best handling car I've driven. It scared me with its corner speeds.
1999 Seat Cordoba SXE - surprised me with how good a little unit it was.
2008 Peugeot 207GT - not as good as the 306.
2011 Skoda Octavia RS TSI manual wagon - best car I've owned. Hard to fault it.

NOW:

2008 Skoda Octavia RS TSI hatch manual - tuned to 185kw. Goes like stink and handles better than the wagon.
1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 - no car has ever made me smile like this does.
1970 Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina - project car. Gonna be a beast if I can ever get it finished!

**The Speedfighter** · 19-02-2013, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by Damo105

Now that's what you call p*rn on wheels. What a stunning car!!!!!

**zei20t** · 19-02-2013, 08:24 AM

that alfa looks fantastic!

my father in law has a 1750 of similar age. great looking car.

**Damo105** · 19-02-2013, 11:50 AM

Thanks for the compliments guys. I do love my Alfa. Have had it for 7 years, and much time, effort and money (sigh) has gone into it. Had the engine rebuilt including some mild performance mods, so it's now about 150HP at the flywheel (dyno'd at 110HP at the wheels). The suspension was developed by a UK company run by crazy Alfa nuts who test all their stuff on the Nurburgring.

By modern standards it's not that fast, but it has enough poke to have shedloads of fun. And for a 40yo car the handling is sensational. In the twisty stuff you can just point the front in and steer with the throttle. For me, these old rear wheel drive Italian cars are what driving is all about. You can feel everything the car is doing, and you drive by the seat of your pants. Can only imagine how much fun the V12 Ferraris of the same vintage are!

Alfa is tentatively for sale btw!