First powerful road bike I road the rsv..... Although because it was I was so scared I never went past 2k revs lmao straight up to top and never strayed over 70 thanks lmao! The mrs dad owns one and told me I can have it if I MOT it :S but I have heard they are scary shit so declined haha
XR3i or XR2 early 80's
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First powerful road bike I road the rsv..... Although because it was I was so scared I never went past 2k revs lmao straight up to top and never strayed over 70 thanks lmao! The mrs dad owns one and told me I can have it if I MOT it :S but I have heard they are scary shit so declined haha
Jethro
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You only live once. Grab life by the horns and wrap the throttle. You haven't been excited until you have been on the back tire at 200km/h.
Your going to be the death of me! That's what I'm scared of..... I will be the wanker who utters.... Watch this! Followed by a screech and a loud clatter haha!
Jethro
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PM me your email, ill send you that video.
kingy
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I had a mk3 XR2i I really did love that car.
To answer the question I'd have a xr2
To answer the question I'd have a xr2
signalgreen
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Erm, you've missed my point. We're talking about performance saloons and not diesels here - who cares about mpg, I know I don't. The fact that you use it as a comparison means that we're talking a different language - which is fair enough since not everyone has the same criteria when buying a car.
Good info there
Where u suggest best pace to look is??
As for working on?? LOL I know F'All about fixing cars so has to not need any work
The XR owners club forum (as RS posted) would be the first place to start. There will be some lovely examples. They will be top money though as enthusiasts tend to be blinkered and think the values of their cars are more than Joe public. There will also be polished turds! Being in the scene myself you see some cars from popular forum users that everyone rants about that are quite honestly not all that. It's no different to a BB forum in that respect and I'm sure you get that point 100%!
Ebay is always a good window front. Oldskoolfords.co.uk. passionford.com. rsownersclub.co.uk. Turbosport.co.uk. Fiesta club of Gt Britain (don't know the site). Numerous places to hunt them down. Just take someone with you that knows what they are looking for. There will be a registrar on the XR site that will have a database of alot of the more known motors.
RetroRides has been mentioned but that tends to be more of the poverty models for cheap retro hacks. There may be one or two on there though.
If after an Escort the early XR3's are the desirable ones. Pre injection. Hard to find now though.
Sadly the XR's don't have the following that the RS's have. Even that is dying out now as people have less flash cash.
I know I have whored some of my cars before but as RS is after some pics, these are a couple of my rencent ones..
My shed is currently full.. Working on them is part of the fun, you ever need anything doing...
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Great Info there, ha ha you really are a car nut!
If I find one perhaps I better bring you along to give it the once over so to speak, all I know is, if its shiny I like it
Will have a little puruse later!
Some nice motors there, you do track days??
Great Info there, ha ha you really are a car nut!
If I find one perhaps I better bring you along to give it the once over so to speak, all I know is, if its shiny I like it
Will have a little puruse later!
Some nice motors there, you do track days??
Would be more than happy to look at some with you. If I had the money I would buy loads of cars. It's kinda addictive tbh, I like the chase and I'm far to old, fat and ugly to be hunting women or food. The Neandathal in me now chases cars!
I used to be very much into the car scene. Being a dad has meant less money of late to enjoy it like I used to but I am slowly getting that side of things back. The past 4/5 years I have been plodding along with it. I still go to shows but just a few less than before and not in my show cars.
Love track days. Both in my cars and in friends. My boss has a 500+ hp racing cossy and it is spec'd like an 80's touring car. No word of a lie it makes fast road cars appear to be going backwards. Chased down and destroyed many supercars in it. Great fun!!
I have just bought this off a mate to go drifting in:
Try and get some of that fun back in my life.
signalgreen
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Would be more than happy to look at some with you. If I had the money I would buy loads of cars. It's kinda addictive tbh, I like the chase and I'm far to old, fat and ugly to be hunting women or food. The Neandathal in me now chases cars!
I used to be very much into the car scene. Being a dad has meant less money of late to enjoy it like I used to but I am slowly getting that side of things back. The past 4/5 years I have been plodding along with it. I still go to shows but just a few less than before and not in my show cars.
Love track days. Both in my cars and in friends. My boss has a 500+ hp racing cossy and it is spec'd like an 80's touring car. No word of a lie it makes fast road cars appear to be going backwards. Chased down and destroyed many supercars in it. Great fun!!
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I have just bought this off a mate to go drifting in:
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Try and get some of that fun back in my life.
Not really a Ford man but that Cossie looks superb. Nice find with that E36 - are they genuine RD's ?
I think they are Mim's? Not sure of model but rare and desirable, apparently?? The offset on the rear is huge but he's a bodyshop man and has flared the arches.
I have never given much consideration to the E36 before but they are fast becoming alot of car for the money. This one is nice (325 non vanos) with all the bits like coilovers, adjustable top mounts, sports leather, m3 kit etc and was for throw away money. Providing they aren't rotten they are a decent motor.
Benicillin
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Serious man garage you got there @Little Ron! I need one of those in my life!
Just have to build one mate, that's all I did. Mind you, needed a house with the space first. Oh and then fight the urge to turn it into a gym.
blackbeard
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I was discussing the merits of a Jag over an M5 with Njf1988,I wasn't talking to you at all.So your multiple references 'we're talking' in this post are nonsense don't hijack it's, forum etiquette.
signalgreen
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Well I apologise if I've offended you in some way, that wasn't my intention. I just found it amusing that you use better mpg as a merit over the M5 - most petrolheads wouldn't give a monkeys about that. That is all.
Apologies to the OP too for hijacking his thread, I'm off to fill the tank on my M5