My cars current and past!

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:30

Thought i would do a little thread on here as i am into cars as much as i am PCs.
I am 26 currently and have had quite a selection!..

Corrado VR6

Scirocco Zender

Audi a3 pd130 quattro

Audi S3

Corrado 2.0 16v

Mk2 golf 20vt 4wd

Corrado G60

Corrado Vr6

Mk2 golf 16vg60

BMW Z4 M Coupe

Audi A5 3.0 quattro sport

And a time machine...

Current car:

VW polo G40

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:41

Slam62 said:
you need to shut those bonnets

TBF they probably needed them open at the time...

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:54

Scooby_WR1 said:
I have never understood this obsession people have with VW's.

Cheap to buy and fix usually, great resale value, parts easy to find, some fantastic mass produced engines (20vt and vr6 stand out). Just some reasons!

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:55

paradigm said:
Been a while since I saw a tidy G40!

Only a few left on the road in decent condition now. Mines a daily driver and is great fun!

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 18:59

Slam62 said:
to be fair, there's not much else out there.

I like the last black audi and the bmw

p.s.

morris minor
Fiat mirafiori
Vauxhall chevette
TR7
mini metro city
ford escort popular plus
ford escort ghia
Toyota carina
Toyota carina
Toyota avensis
Toyota avensis

the kids are adults now but cars cost too much

The audi and BMW were my brief foray into more modern stuff, the BMW was my favorite car out of the lot but was horrendous to buy parts for.

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 20:12

Maximum Triceratops said:
Nice collection there, I don't get it though... you are 26 and lets assume you bought your first one at 17, this means you have not kept any of them for more than 6-7 months unless you owned more than 1 at a time? or do you get bored easily?

I have actually had over 20 cars total. These are my highlights! It's a bit of both, sometimes I had 2 at a time and I like to try different things to see what they are like.

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 21:21

insane200 said:
pretty much all of those are worth some money now in the right condition, i had a VR6 and loved it for the whole few months i kept it, but that dam engine is just poorly built.

Would like to try a G60 but dont see many now, and the few that do come up are out of my pocket range.

Yeah all the retro VW stuff is going up now. I don't think the VR is a bad lump it's a great package to get that capacity in a smallish block. There are things that go wrong with them but the same can be said for any engine. Plus they sound like nothing else out there!

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 21:23

Joe T said:
Trying different things? Almost all you've had are VW group products!

They are my highlights, I have dabbled in fords, Vauxhalls, mercs and Landrovers as well. Plus I work for Ford...

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 21:26

Andybtsn said:
Are you on any VW forums? I had three G40's, brilliant little cars.

Yep I'm on quite a few, but tend not to post much. Most people on them are scene kids who all scream "lower it Bruv" at each other.

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 22:17

Django x2 said:
Any good cars in the list?

All these were good

The Z4mc was a bit of a unicorn as it was absolutely tuned to the ****** with the s54b32 engine and 30k worth of mods. I have a hard drive full of build pics.

The g40 is probably the most fun on the road though as it is so much quicker than a lot of people assume!

Donjon · 21 Oct 2016 at 23:23

G-MAN2004 said:
Looks like you climbed a mountain, hit the Z4M peak, jumped off and landed somewhere near the bottom again.

It was a great car but very highly strung. I prefer stuff I can work on myself.

Donjon · 22 Oct 2016 at 08:56

grudas said:
Awesome! Lovely g40, those 'raddos are epic! Whats with the time machine tho? Was that your daily/only car?

That was a daily driver that I used throughout winter. It got a few looks. It has a light up flux capacitor and switchable time circuits as well.

tom_nieto said:
Z4M --> Polo =

Is it wrong I prefer ragging the polo around

JOSH86 said:
Lovely looking G40, a friend of mine had one with a Eaton M45 supercharger, was very fast and sounded amazing.

The Eaton gives it a very different character and noise. Mine has a ported G charger and smaller pulley. It's around 150bhp currently which is enough in a car that weighs 750kgs.

Donjon · 22 Oct 2016 at 13:21

Calm down guys! I like pretty much all cars but tend to favour German or VW because it's what I know. If I could have afforded to keep th Z4 and also buy a house I would have done. But needs must and I have no problem at all getting my kicks from a little supercharged polo instead!

Donjon · 22 Oct 2016 at 16:22

More pics of the Z4 as thats what people seem to like the most!

Donjon · 22 Oct 2016 at 17:31

Acme said:
Very nice... Do you have any VIDEOS of the AWD 20VT Golf?

grudas said:
+1

Unfortunately not chaps, i never got round to it!

Bonus Pic of my old zender scirocco that i sold to my brother and he put a 20vt in and basically rebuilt the entire thing in the garage over 4 years.

Donjon · 22 Oct 2016 at 17:43

Diddums said:
I love that Scirocco. It's so 80s tuning scene it hurts. I don't like bodykits and stick on tat but I really have a soft spot for those old Rieger / Zender kits.

Yeah that was his aim to get it looking how they did it in the 80s. Just with a modernish lump and loads of power!

Donjon · 22 Oct 2016 at 19:34

Diddums said:
That's a good question!

OP, you weren't trying to fool people in to thinking it was a Quattro right? Right?

Acme said:
Thar rocco is fantastic. I love it!

Whats with the Audi sticker / badge though?

Its the VAG group parts logo. Auto union rings with the VW emblem inside the ring. And yes he is a big UR quattro fan!

Donjon · 24 Oct 2016 at 18:59

You guys have had some nice cars! It doesn't look like i'm alone in chopping and changing them frequently either.