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By LRW
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When I was a lad, I loved the following car. It was in the centre piece of my posters, alongside the 911 and the Countach.

Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth
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I remember one day my dad waking me up for school and telling me he'd bought a new car, and he was picking it up today. When I asked what it was, he pointed to the poster of my Sapphire Cosworth and said "that". I nearly pooped my pants. I was so excited all day at school.

So imagine my disappointment when I come home to find a red Sierra Sapphire LX sat in front of the house. (It was still an upgrade on our old Orange Talbot Horizon

Anyway, what were your boyhood / girlhood dream cars?
#404308
A while back I had to write a bio for my PCA club, so just copied and pasted the relevant parts for here. it really is a nice feeling to drive the car I lusted after for so long.
I remember picking up a magazine with tons of pictures of the 1974 IROC series, and I instantly fell in love with the 911. I wasn't even speaking English yet, but I knew those cars were special. Later on, my love for Porsche was further cemented watching F1 and the McLaren TAG Porsche engine cars of the mid 80s. By that time I was driving, and the closest thing I got to German engineering was my VW Scirocco. After a lot of years and a lot of reasons not to buy one, two years ago, I got a scraggly 1986 911 coupe that's been put together solely to drive hard.


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By geetface9
#404327
I've NEVER been a truck person, although when I was a kid I wanted a Chevy s10 :shrug: Idk why but it may be because my dad had a GMC truck that looked almost identical and I probably just wanted to drive his

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Aside from that, I do remember the first car that I lusted after. I was never a car kid either....wow...as a kid I honestly didn't give two $#@!$ about road vehicles. I didn't watch racing or look at car magazines or anything like that. I liked legos and construction vehicles, which now makes me believe I should have gone to school for engineering, on top of the fact that I've fallen in love with formula 1. Anyway, bad tangent. The first car I ever looked at and went, "I have to have one..." was a subaru WRX, probably an early 2000s model like the 2003.

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#404368
For some reason, I liked hatchback cars as a child (1990s - early 2000s). Ford Fiesta, Ford Escort, Mini, Volkswagen Polo, Golf etc...

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By myownalias
#404376
When I was a teenager I either wanted a Subura Impreza 22B or a Nissan Skyline GTR (R33).

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By stonemonkey
#404383
I blame Gran Turismo for so many people's love of the Skyline lol.



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GT put me off them, can't remember which game in the series but every 2nd prize car was a skyline.

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By myownalias
#404384
I blame Gran Turismo for so many people's love of the Skyline lol.

I liked the Skyline from the R32 before GT was ever released; admittedly it's tuneability in GT to almost 100bhp added to it's appeal...
#404385
I blame Gran Turismo for so many people's love of the Skyline lol.

I liked the Skyline from the R32 before GT was ever released; admittedly it's tuneability in GT to almost 100bhp added to it's appeal...

with 100 bhp, the top speed on that thing must have been insane, like what 112 Mph?
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By sagi58
#404386
When I was in high school, I first saw one of these; but, never got a shot at one:

1956 VW Karmann Ghia
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This 1968 version is just as gorgeous:
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Today, if I had to choose a truck, this would be it, the 2014 Honda Ridgeline:
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By myownalias
#404388
with 100 bhp, the top speed on that thing must have been insane, like what 112 Mph?

Sorry, I meant 10bhp... damn typos!
By LRW
#404389
My opening post was when I was around 10 years old I'd say.

But as I got ro my mid teens and thoughts of my first car came around I become more realistic. I bought my then dream car as my first car, for £500...

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Now THAT was a fun car to drive. And surprisingly roomy in the back. :twisted:
#404390
And surprisingly roomy in the back. :twisted:

I thought it's was only pets that resembled their owners.
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By Jabberwocky
#404454
with 100 bhp, the top speed on that thing must have been insane, like what 112 Mph?

Arnt all Japanese cars restricted to that anyway?

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By Hammer278
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When I was in primary school:

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When I was in secondary school:

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When I was in high school:

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When I was car hunting in university 2nd year (for first car):

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What I ended up getting as my first car (pretty decent, but dad's choice):

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When it got stolen, and I chose my 2nd love (dad was in another country so...it was all me):

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Still have her, and still in love. :cloud9:

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