Dad's Wheels
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My parents aren't really car people, could well be the worst so far. 
Dad: '95 Hyundai Accent 1.3 LSi (a horrible, horrible car, easily worse than my MK5 Escort.
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Mum: '01 Ford Ka 1.3i
Don't mind being seen in the Ka, but the Accent is just nasty.
Dad: '95 Hyundai Accent 1.3 LSi (a horrible, horrible car, easily worse than my MK5 Escort.
)Mum: '01 Ford Ka 1.3i
Don't mind being seen in the Ka, but the Accent is just nasty.
Dad (2004 Subary Legacy 2.0)
Mum (2000 Fiat Seicento 'Sporting' 1.1)
I get to drive the latter when I'm at home, can't afford my own car. Have never driven the Legacy, dad won't let me near it and the insurers don't seem keen on the idea either!
Mum (2000 Fiat Seicento 'Sporting' 1.1)
I get to drive the latter when I'm at home, can't afford my own car. Have never driven the Legacy, dad won't let me near it and the insurers don't seem keen on the idea either!
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Dad drives a 1999 Daihatsu Terios 1.3ltr+. He bought this last year and is the newest car he's ever owned.
I don't mind being seen in this car. His last however was a completely different matter. I walked everywhere rather than let him give me a lift when his 1989 Toyota Liteace 2.0TD was coming to the end of its life. It was a complete rust bucket. The sliding door and back hatch would no longer open so you had to climb through the passenger door and jump over the central concole. I'll never forget the day the sliding door came off at a pick up point at one of the biggest shopping centres here! I was so embarassed I just walked off and left the door trailing on the floor. I was so glad to see the back of it
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I don't mind being seen in this car. His last however was a completely different matter. I walked everywhere rather than let him give me a lift when his 1989 Toyota Liteace 2.0TD was coming to the end of its life. It was a complete rust bucket. The sliding door and back hatch would no longer open so you had to climb through the passenger door and jump over the central concole. I'll never forget the day the sliding door came off at a pick up point at one of the biggest shopping centres here! I was so embarassed I just walked off and left the door trailing on the floor. I was so glad to see the back of it
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My dad drives a '95 Toyota RAV 4
I begged him not to get it but he bought it off his mate for £100 and it was in excellent condition so he didn't really care. It was a cheap 4x4 in his eyes.
Being seen in it is like being caught in bed with another guy (not that I'd know what thats like).
I begged him not to get it but he bought it off his mate for £100 and it was in excellent condition so he didn't really care. It was a cheap 4x4 in his eyes.
Being seen in it is like being caught in bed with another guy (not that I'd know what thats like).
Edwards Family Motors:
Pug 205 rally car - dads' mid life crisis
Audi RS2 - dads' 'daily'
mkIII Golf Estate (two tone - White and Rust) - parts chaser/runaround
mkII Polo breadvan on 15" G60 steel wheels, whitewall flaps and matte black bonnet - gets mum to work and back.
Dad's cars of days gone by:
Escorts (mkI/II) - several.
mkII XR2 with a 1700cc overbored CVH on twin webers.
Porsche 944
mkI Fiesta Popular Plus (brown, 998cc, driven for a week after an Escort got stolen and before the XR2 was bought)
mkII Golf GTi (had £silly amounts£ spent on it and would go past 150. Also had a 6speed quaife sequential box, front spaceframe, twin wishbones and a 2.1 Longblock 16v with a blower.
There's more that I can't remember...
*n
Pug 205 rally car - dads' mid life crisis
Audi RS2 - dads' 'daily'
mkIII Golf Estate (two tone - White and Rust) - parts chaser/runaround
mkII Polo breadvan on 15" G60 steel wheels, whitewall flaps and matte black bonnet - gets mum to work and back.
Dad's cars of days gone by:
Escorts (mkI/II) - several.
mkII XR2 with a 1700cc overbored CVH on twin webers.
Porsche 944
mkI Fiesta Popular Plus (brown, 998cc, driven for a week after an Escort got stolen and before the XR2 was bought)
mkII Golf GTi (had £silly amounts£ spent on it and would go past 150. Also had a 6speed quaife sequential box, front spaceframe, twin wishbones and a 2.1 Longblock 16v with a blower.
There's more that I can't remember...
*n
Mum currently drives a Rover 25 (Soon to be mine I think)
Dad had the run of pretty much anything from the garage he works at, his current is the Citroen C4, in the past he has brought a WRX and an MR2 home. The WRX was just for my brothers birthday to take him out for a meal in.
Dad had the run of pretty much anything from the garage he works at, his current is the Citroen C4, in the past he has brought a WRX and an MR2 home. The WRX was just for my brothers birthday to take him out for a meal in.
Edwards Family Motors:
Pug 205 rally car - dads' mid life crisis
Audi RS2 - dads' 'daily'
mkIII Golf Estate (two tone - White and Rust) - parts chaser/runaround
mkII Polo breadvan on 15" G60 steel wheels, whitewall flaps and matte black bonnet - gets mum to work and back.
Dad's cars of days gone by:
Escorts (mkI/II) - several.
mkII XR2 with a 1700cc overbored CVH on twin webers.
Porsche 944
mkI Fiesta Popular Plus (brown, 998cc, driven for a week after an Escort got stolen and before the XR2 was bought)
mkII Golf GTi (had £silly amounts£ spent on it and would go past 150. Also had a 6speed quaife sequential box, front spaceframe, twin wishbones and a 2.1 Longblock 16v with a blower.
There's more that I can't remember...
As for driving them, I scare the locals in Moby Dick when I visit them.
*n
Pug 205 rally car - dads' mid life crisis
Audi RS2 - dads' 'daily'
mkIII Golf Estate (two tone - White and Rust) - parts chaser/runaround
mkII Polo breadvan on 15" G60 steel wheels, whitewall flaps and matte black bonnet - gets mum to work and back.
Dad's cars of days gone by:
Escorts (mkI/II) - several.
mkII XR2 with a 1700cc overbored CVH on twin webers.
Porsche 944
mkI Fiesta Popular Plus (brown, 998cc, driven for a week after an Escort got stolen and before the XR2 was bought)
mkII Golf GTi (had £silly amounts£ spent on it and would go past 150. Also had a 6speed quaife sequential box, front spaceframe, twin wishbones and a 2.1 Longblock 16v with a blower.
There's more that I can't remember...
As for driving them, I scare the locals in Moby Dick when I visit them.
*n
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Dad's got a Merc C Class 270 Diesel estate & a Yamaha FZR1000, mum's got a Pug 206cc Quiksilver...
My mum's car make's any male driver look like he's batting for the otherside
My mum's car make's any male driver look like he's batting for the otherside
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dads car - 55 plate passat 2.0 tdi
mums car - w reg 1.6 206
im insured to drive both and the 206 is half mine and would love to drive my dads all the time, but seeing as i havent passed my test yet he doesnt trust me to
mums car - w reg 1.6 206
im insured to drive both and the 206 is half mine and would love to drive my dads all the time, but seeing as i havent passed my test yet he doesnt trust me to