Scirocco Central

mrbojangles wrote:3. VW Scirocco 1.6 TSI – some of you may have heard of this

nope they don't do one of those

My car hisotry is a little bit, err, checkered...

I'll include the cars I have bought for my wife as well...

Diahatsu hi jet van
fiesta mkIII in blue
fiesta mkIII in Red
Westfield 7
2.0 ford cortina
triumph toledo
mkII fiesta
Datsun cherry turbo
mkI golf Gti - I Still have this one. 1.9ltr engine fitted with big valve head an dlairy cam
MKII golf Gti - Fitted this with a 2 litre tall block, big vlave head and lair cam, lowered on the deck running 16"s
MkIII Golf VR6
VW corrado G60 - this had it's supercharger rebuilt and was remapped by you know who :-)
VW Scirocco GTX
Citroen AX
Citroen Saxo VTR
VW golf Gti mkIV 1.8T, lowered 18"s, reamppyed, exhaust full steror system fitted
Mini Cooper S - the worst car I have ever owned and sold ASAP.
MX5 - wifes car
Toyota Mr2 convertable - wifes Car
VW golf MKIV R32 - lowered on coilovers, remapped, exhaust and intake fitted along with BBS CH
Audi A3 S-line DSG 2.0Tdi - lowered, rs4 allots and remapped
Mercedes B-class - wifes car
BMW z4 coupe sport - exhaust, gruppem intake and BBS CH's fitted in 19"s
Mercedes ML 320 cdi sport - wifes car
BMW 3 series coupe 330 Msport - intake, remapped, 6 pot brakes and BBS fitted
VW scirocco 2.0Tsi - look at my sig for modifactions

On order Mercedes E-class 350 sport for delivery in March.

if thats in order I love how the 7 is thrown in there between the festy & the cortina

trix wrote:

mrbojangles wrote:3. VW Scirocco 1.6 TSI – some of you may have heard of this

nope they don't do one of those

oh dear. Next I'll be thinking I drive a diesel

trix wrote:if thats in order I love how the 7 is thrown in there between the festy & the cortina

The westy took all my funds so I needed sheds to drive around in :-)

marriedblonde wrote:Mini Cooper S - the worst car I have ever owned and sold ASAP.

just out of interest BMW Mini or old Austin/Rover Mini????

Joloke wrote:

marriedblonde wrote:Mini Cooper S - the worst car I have ever owned and sold ASAP.

just out of interest BMW Mini or old Austin/Rover Mini????

BMW mini. I waited 6 onths for the car to be built/delivered. Hated it pretty much from the minute I drove it off the forecourt. That was after 2 extended test drives... :-(

It was like driving over thousands of mice it squeaked so much and it was supposed to be the better revised model. It looked good. But to drive it down a bumpy b-raod was funny the frist time. bits of trim fell off and ended up in the footwells. Liked a drink as well averaging early 20's to the gallon on my daily commute to work. The R32 that replaced it was better on fuel!

I had an 01' Fiat punto, 1.2 litre beast! Was my first car, then a 2005 honda civic sport, done a few mods to both so i will drop up a few pics.
Roc is next in line

Red Suzuki swift gls, red rover coupe 216, metallic blue rover coupe 220 turbo ( which was a bit of a handful), Silver MG ZR 1.8 ( awful car which rusted to death),Red Peugeot 206 hdi, Lime green Honda jazz ( how embarrassing) and then the scirocco.

Despite having a lot of years under my belt I haven't had many cars.

I started off with an MG metro that I bought off my brother for £500. X-reg. One of the first ones out.



That only lived for about 8 months before terminally dying. In hindsight it was rubbish but at the time I really liked it so I got another! The bank of mum and dad helped me out and I got one at the other end of the metro timeline and got a G-reg for something like £4000.



I had that for about 7 years and chopped it in for the second best car I've ever had, a '92 Peugeot 106 XSi in diablo red. Ex-demo and about 5k. It was like a gokart with doors! The handling was great and the performance was a league up on the metro as it had about 30bhp more. It went through front tyres like crazy though. The Pirelli P-zero's were lucky to get to 10k on the front wheels!



I kept that until '99 when I splashed out on my first brand new car. A Ford Puma 1.7 in silver.



Very good, again a performance step on the pug but not quite as tight to drive and a bit cramped. Great car though.

I kept that until last yeah when I got my rising blue Scirocco.
To say that was a step up in performance would be an understatement
Easily the best car I've owned.
I'll probably keep it until the MkIV comes out and get one of those. It does everything I want.

well im only 22 but heres my list so far...

my first car shared with my mum



my second car part bought with my mother aswell



my current car, and was the love of my life. it still puts a smile on my face

I'm boring ! just VWs, solid and reliable
MK2 golf eventually died one night on M77
MK4 golf
MK5 golf GT (major jump forward - I had money!)
Scirrocco!!

Who got clamped? (pic above with civic, look at rear - Astra)

I had a 123d M Sport (never again - you can read all about that one on the BMWLAND forum with everyone else who has issues with it).

Prior to that I had a Honda Accord TDi, and before that I didn't bother to learn to drive as you can't park anywhere in London, thankfully I don't live in London any longer.

I want my fathers Mercedes to tinker with and drive around at weekends, it is a rare W123 Mercedes in a 300d engine, but needs a lot of work on it and alas I don't have anywhere I can put it to work on.

I've only had two cars.

The Scirocco I have now, and before that, Fiesta ST.

1968 Fiat 500
1973 Daf 66 Marathon (Gp 2 Rally spec)
1980 Lotus Sunbeam (Gp 4 Rally Spec)
1981 Opel Ascona 1.9 SR (Gp 1 Rally spec)
1984 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1986 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1987 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1990 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1988 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1989 Pug 309 GTi 1.9
1991 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1991 Pug 309 GTi 1.9
1990 Pug 205 GTi 1.6
1991 Citroen ZX Volcane 1.9
1992 Citroen ZX Volcane 2.0
1992 Citroen ZX 16v
1991 Citroen ZX Volcane 1.9
1994 Subaru Impreza 2.0 Turbo AWD
1996 Subaru Impreza 2.0 Turbo AWD
1998 Subaru Impreza 2.0 Turbo AWD Prodrive
2000 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec
2001 Seat Leon Cupra 20V Turbo
2000 Renault Clio 16V
2001 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0 Turbo AWD Prodrive
2003 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0 Turbo AWD Prodrive
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX 2.0 Turbo AWD
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2.0 Turbo AWD Prodrive
2006 Honda Accord Tourer Sport 2.2 TDi
2006 Honda Civic Sport 2.2 TDi
2007 BMW 120D M Sport
2004 Hyundai Coupe 2.0

Renault 5 - 850 cc 3 or 4 cylinders. dependent on sun spots and climatic conditions!
Opel Manta 1.9 SR (ended up keeping for years - final state 400 bodykit, twin 40's, big cam, BVH decent exhaust, 5 Speed conversion)
Nova SR
Nova GTE
Ford essie Mk2 RS2000
Another Manta as a toy to rip about in various road rallies. (put the old one on its side!)
Then me and a mate built a RWD Mk3 Escort - amazing car, we wrote it off eventually, Wrong bend read on the map!
Lotus Sunbeam bought to sort - Skip Brown was 15 miles away...........
Mk2 Golf Gti 16V
Mk2 Golf 8V
Pug 205 Gti 1.9 - loved that car.......
Pug 306 S16 - worst car ever - 1.9 was a far better car!
4wd Shogun thingy.
Toyota MR2 - bought for £8k, used for 3 years and 25K, sold for £7.9K..........
Golf Mk3 Gti - Capt failboat arrived!
Mk4 Golf 1.8T
Mk2 Seat Leon FR 170 Tdi - Failboat called again!
Ed 30
Cayman S - would still have it, if my back could stand being sat cock-eyed for more than an hour!
Rocco R

Various bikes, including a Kawka- ZX 7RR, R1, Ducati 748 SPS (genuine model), Triumph Daytona 675, Ducati Monster, and various traillies.

Time to stretch the old grey matter....

1985 - Parents white XR3i, then my own 998cc Mini Clubman Estate (in banana yellow with brown trim)
1988 ish - Red 998cc Mini Chelsea in red with straight through exhaust (might have been a bit of scaffold tube actually)
1991 - Racing Green 998cc Mini Racing hence my avatar
1997 - Took over the wife's 1.1 Rover 100 (yawn) while she got a brand new Polo 1.6. My Mini was about to have something expensive fall off.
1999 - Ha ! P-x the Rover for a MkIV Golf GTi 1.8T - much better, but mysteriously could only keep up with the Polo on two-way roads. I blame me for running it in too carefully
[2002 - wife swaps her Polo for a Beetle 1.8T - she runs this in properly and it feels more like 180PS rather than factory 150PS]
2007 - Sell the Golf for a Touran 140PS diesel - family demands there. Didn't run it in too gently and therefore can surprise tourists in their sports cars. Favourite moment was overtaking an AMG 55 Merc on a twisty bit and him not being able to catch up......
2010 - Get the Scirocco GT 170 diesel. Not a gentle running here either, but getting good mpg when I feel like it, and plenty of mph when I don't.

Definitely like the bruise-coloured cars in my life. Also, the four seaters have been much more fun than the five seaters. Would love to have the time and money to track down and restore the G-reg Racing Green but it would be a hobby not a regularly-used car. I would heartily agree with comments that structural strength is not their best feature.

C REG 1.4 Fiesta popular (First car)
E REG 1.4 Fiesta ghia
V REG 1.4 Fiesta zetec
51 REG 1.6 Fiesta zetec-s
05 REG 2.0 Fiesta ST
56 REG 2.0 Fiesta ST
07 REG 2.5 Focus ST
59 REG 2.0 VW scirocco

i did like my fiestas lol, and although the focus st was lovely the running costs were hugeeeeeee which i just couldnt justify anymore.

1989 G 1.0LX Nissan Micra First car.
L 1.3LS Nisan Micra felt so fast and solid compared to the first one.
Y 1.6 Zetec Ford Focus Loved it.
2002 1.8 Nissan Primera. Could go round roundabouts and corners sideways at any speed in any conditions. Less said the better.
2004 2.0 Golf GT TDi. First VW of my own drove a few of my dads learned in a 2.0 Passatt.
2009 59 plate Scirocco GT. First brand new car and the best by far.

My first post on the forum, Hello, hello, hello.

Cars that I've owned before my Scirocco,

Citroen Saxo 1.1L Desire.
MK4 VW Golf GTI
Honda Civic Type R
Vauxhall Astra VXR Nurburgring
E46 BMW 330CI
MK4 VW Golf R32
and finally my VW Scirocco.

Out of them all, easily my Citroen Saxo was my favourite Haha, seriously though if I could own one it would easily be the Scirocco.