metroman

Been there done that with a really early Mk2 Golf GTI, bought for similar reasons. Got over excited and paid £1500 too much for what turned out to be a car beyond crap. Probably sunk another 2.5k over a year into it to keep it alive. It had been rebuilt with loads of new parts by the previous owner but every part was shit and broke / didn't work. Clutch, gearbox, welding captive bolts for the front subframe, wheel bearings, brakes, springs, shocks, exhaust, every engine sensor, radiator, all hoses... It never lived up to expectations and sold on eBay for £800, I felt really sick until it drove off, then just relief and haven't really looked back. If you can't easily remove the mods is it worth going the other way with it - if it isn't fun in its current guise go all out and turn it into a track car? Less comfort, more noise and more occasion may actually make it more enjoyable (if you like to suffer).

If you look carefully there is an L plate on the bonnet. My mum thought it would be good for me to know what it was like to drive in snow. It ended well.

Ahoy hoy - I am long term chod addict and serial lurker on here, about time I said hello. Some may have seen me on the teal forum. I started with a Mini back when they were cheap (£150) Which I learned a lot on but have now dropped in acid and am very slowing reconstructing First car I actually drove was a white R100 Metro which was great - especially when the rear brake cylinder failed on a dual carriage way a week after I passed my test and I had to slow with the handbrake and going thru the gears That was a replaced with a very cheap Dolly 1850HL on BROWN. I loved that car, despite the high coolant consumption which resulted in the jackshaft seizing and snapping on a very cold morning, I imagine due to the water freezing and distorting the block. I did fix it and sell it on tho. A 306 with a turbo XUD was next, which I crashed, fixed but then had to scrap when the gearbox went bang a long way from home. Next was an 84 Metro City X which I still have (now for sale). Many happy memories in that thing and far too much time and money spent on it - I will really miss it. Another Dolomite came along with a TR7 engine and auto box. The auto box was actually really good but the car caught fire the week after I got it on the road. I spent 3 years getting it back together and daily drove it for a few years, then took it off the road and resprayed it before selling it. I briefly tried a modern with an X-Trail. Quite liked it but a chain tensioner went very suddenly and snapped a camshaft. I bought a Series 3 Landy on eBay for a grand and used that instead. I did fix the X-Trail and swapped it for a rotten BMW E24 The Landy was brilliant and got a 200Di swap. Sold it for far too little just before prices rocketed. I really miss that bus. The E24 was subject to a lot of welding, enjoyed for a bit but had to go to help fund a house. I was then really dull and got a Mk4 Golf TDi which was fine. Nothing wrong with it at all but dull AF. Sold that and got an MX5. Supercharged it, did a track day, then went in a friends Caterham and sold the MX5! I then went a bit mad and bought a sub £3k Bentley 8 with a few weeks MOT. Loved it, made it better, drove it several thousand miles round France and sold it at Beulieu to a blind frenchman. Result, but also massive regrets. It was epic. I now roll about in an NA dizzle Merc 124 because I like to go very fast and have a Midget I inherited from my dad.