New members, introduce yourself here.

[rmt87]

Hi all,

Been meaning to post on here for a while. Owned several shite cars over the years but only have a slightly crusty 98 Rover 216 at the moment that is slowly on the road to recovery after being laid up in 2011.

Previous cars include

96 pug 106xn 1.1 

05 mg ztt cdti

89  bmw 318is

96 bmw 318is

3x vauxhall vectra (i should have learned after the 1st)

A few others and several short term driveway ornaments. 

Look forward getting to know everyone!

[stuboy]

6 hours ago, rmt87 said:

Hi all,

Been meaning to post on here for a while. Owned several shite cars over the years but only have a slightly crusty 98 Rover 216 at the moment that is slowly on the road to recovery after being laid up in 2011.

Previous cars include

96 pug 106xn 1.1 

05 mg ztt cdti

89  bmw 318is

96 bmw 318is

3x vauxhall vectra (i should have learned after the 1st)

A few others and several short term driveway ornaments. 

Look forward getting to know everyone!

where your from 

[rmt87]

South wales just outside Cardiff. 

[wesacosa]

Hi All 

Pleased to find this forum. Lots of like minded people!!

Currently running a 2004 Saab 9-5 Aero Hot on LPG as my daily and bought a 1994 Skoda Favorit for £150 which I intend to drive to Monaco and back in July (yikes!) if I can stop it leaking gearbox oil

[Hard on Equipment]

Evening all, been lurking around for a while and eventually got round to joining.

currently have a pug 206 (in poverty spec).

Mainly interested in 205s and 309s...

[Supernaut]

Hard-on Equipment?

The jokes write themselves...

[Alex66]

Hello,

I have a love of running dirt cheep cars, having owned along with others;

3 or 4 Metros, 2 or 3 AX's, a pair of R5's,  several Fiestas, a Rover 200, an Audi Quattro, A GS when they were dirt cheep and so wish I kept that one and a 2CV that again I regret.

Currently a 53 Picasso that cost little and is ideal for our hopeful move up north. 

Along with this I have a liking for what I guess you could call Shite out of date cameras,  did part of my masters using digi cams that cost me no more than £10 inc post. 

 

 

[mrdelmonti]

Hello,

I've had a long line of cheap and crap cars as I never used to be able to say "no" (hence the name). 

Had enough of working on them, little breakdowns etc and decided to get a new car, I'd had it for months until this weekend when drunk uninsured driver decided to write it off while it was parked. I've since realised that cheap yet lovable cars are far less of headache when something goes wrong.

Oh and have a photo of the damage for something to look at.

[Kerr]

Hi everyone. I've been lurking as a guest for a bit but thought I'd better register and actually contribute.

Currently running a 1998 Rover 214 (primarily used by my wife for her 4 mile commute) and a possibly future shite 2016 Dacia Sandero (Ambience trim level - none of this fancy Laureate shite!). Fun fact about the Sandero - it's already rusting in two places on the drivers door and on the bonnet. Weirdly this doesn't make me hate it.

I must confess to being a bit of an 80s and 90s Ford pervert and have a one owner Escort RS Turbo in the garage that's done 150,000+ miles and shows it. It hasn't run for almost 9 years and really isn't in tremendous nick but I deeply love it. One day hoping to restore it so my son can eventually flog it for a fortune (if old Ford prices keep doing what they're doing)

Shite I have run in the past:

1998 Mk1 MX-5 1.8iS (great car that I absolutely abused for a few years with a daily 30 mile commute on A1/M25)

1998 Micra 'Passion' (relentlessly reliable and loveable car until the clutch started to give up during a roadtrip to France. After making it home and upon further investigations finding a fair amount of scary looking rust, I'm a little bit ashamed to say that it ended up a victim of the scrappage scheme)

1993 Uno 'Start' (Engine absolutely shat itself with no warning whatsoever and due to being in financial dire straits at the time couldn't fix it so it got weighed in. Gutting as it was actually a pretty nice example)

1983 Mk1 XR2 (quite a ropey example that I was forever fixing. Owned before prices of old Fords got silly so bought it for £400, ran it for a couple of years, then sold it as a non-runner without an MOT for £250. In hindsight that doesn't seem so bad but I dread to think how much something similar would fetch these days. Apparently the guy that bought it off me still has it and did a good job restoring it)

I also had (and fell in love with) a 2009 Fiat Panda 100hp. Bought new and sold to make way for the Sandero (I know, but the Panda really wasn't a capable baby wagon). I mention it mainly because I feel like there is something inherently shite about the 2nd Gen Pandas, and it's just insane to me that they even bothered to make a mildly warm boy-racer version. Making the case that it's future shite is probably a hill I'm happy to die on

Anyway, hello. I'm Kerr. I live in Hertfordshire (although I'm originally from the West coast of Scotland) and if a car is generally regarded as awkward, ugly, and unloved, I probably have a soft spot for it.

[puddlethumper]

Crikey ! So many new members. Excelenti. Biscuits are generally over there unless

a certain bicky muncher has got there first. You know who you are.

Put the kettle on, pull up a chod and park yer spare parts.

[stuboy]

more lovely fresh new peoples

[Dan302]

Hi I'm new, found the site from watching Hubnut videos. Had lots of shite cars I currently have a MK1.5 Focus Ghia which is pretty tidy (if you ignore the gaffer tape on the front wing) my favourite car was my rusty old Dolomite Sprint I got when I passed my test in 2003, loved that wreck!

[stuboy]

welcome along dan, where ya from?? any pics of the dolly or the focus?

[Dan302]

11 hours ago, stuboy said:

welcome along dan, where ya from?? any pics of the dolly or the focus?

Hi mate, near Brigg in Lincolnshire, I'll have to see if I can dig out some old pics of the Dolly........be prepared for lots of rust/filler/primer! I will grab a pic of the Focus when I nip out later ?

[brownnova]

Welcome along!! Be careful this site will encourage you to buy more and more old heaps! 

[Bertie]

Hello everybody!

I’m into all sorts of shite, from mopeds to trucks, buses, machinery (hence the username). Live in London but relocating to the north-east soon, where hopefully I’ll have more room to expand my collection of, well, shite!

Had a few lurks of the forum over the years, and finally got around to registering, so hope to be able to contribute and ask daft questions in return ?

[martc]

Hi I'm martc mk11 I used to be martc but due to technical problems I have had to re-register. Hopefully the technical boffins will be able to resurrect the original martc soon.

[Bertie]

Sorry, should have posted my shite! Currently consists of a 161K mile Honda Stream, an 07 Ford Ranger, various Honda CX500’s, a Honda Hornet, a Honda Innova, and a GSX550.

My previous shite includes various 3 Litre Capris, loads of MK2 Escorts, a Toyota Camry, a Scania 143, an E14 ERF, an Austin Maestro, various Sierra pub cars, etc etc etc. 

I think I’m quite a Shiter ?

[New POD]

17 hours ago, brownnova said:

Welcome along!! Be careful this site will encourage you to buy more and more old heaps! 

Or perhaps a Juke

[2CV hater]

Hello there.  Not quite sure what to say other than that! Seems the thing to do here is list the bags of crap I’ve owned. 

I’ve had a rover 214

rover 25

polo bread van

ashamed to say I once owned a corsa! 

[Pillock]

On 5/11/2019 at 4:45 PM, martc said:

Hi I'm martc mk11 I used to be martc but due to technical problems I have had to re-register. Hopefully the technical boffins will be able to resurrect the original martc soon.

The good news is the profile merging function we now have works fine.

The bad news is you now look like a madman talking about yourself like that

[Pillock]

7 hours ago, 2CV hater said:

Hello there.  Not quite sure what to say other than that! Seems the thing to do here is list the bags of crap I’ve owned. 

I’ve had a rover 214

rover 25

polo bread van

ashamed to say I once owned a corsa! 

You may have to rigorously defend your choice of username by the way  I nearly didn't approve you as you sounded like trouble..... but you apologised for the Corsa so it's fine.

[JeeExEll]

21 hours ago, Bertie said:

My previous shite includes various 3 Litre Capris, loads of MK2 Escorts. 

I think I’m quite a Shiter ?

More info plz

[chaseracer]

33 minutes ago, Pillock said:

You may have to rigorously defend your choice of username by the way  

I'm keeping an eye on him already! ?

[Pillock]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

I'm keeping an eye on him already! ?

It's OK, you've got one of them knock-off 2CVs haven't you? With your lah-de-dah square headlamps.

[Bertie]

1 hour ago, JeeExEll said:

More info plz

Had a black MK2 3.0 Ghia auto, that ended up dumped somewhere. An orange MK3 with matching orange interior, various MK2 Escorts, an RS2 that’s still about, one of my old 1600S’s is still going, loads of 1100 and 1300’s that were modded/crashed/cannibalised. Problem always was storage, if I lived on a farm, I’d have kept every last one of them. The one that got away was a red 1300S I saw for sale, and didn’t buy... ?

 

Also had a nice Dolomite Sprint, have absolutely no idea what happened to it. Should have bought a Matra Bagheera I was once offered, too. Could go on, but I’m depressing myself now!

[martc]

18 hours ago, Pillock said:

The good news is the profile merging function we now have works fine.

The bad news is you now look like a madman talking about yourself like that

Thanks

And my I debut my super accurate picture, to replace the totally sane George double-u, madman indeed...

 

 

[MattJY]

Hi looking forward to joining in the madness. Love old Italian shite and obviously dustpans and brushes to sweep their flakey bits up.

Always good to converse with likeminded nuttas!

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, Mut said:

Hi looking forward to joining in the madness. Love old Italian shite and obviously dustpans and brushes to sweep their flakey bits up.

Always good to converse with likeminded nuttas!

where u loscted Mut?

[MattJY]

Hampshire mate, I have a thing for Alfa GTV's, the 90's ones but also would love a GT Junior but they are just so out of reach these days.

Alfa 33 Perm4 might be my next project...a proper old shitter

Into proper Alfas of old, not all this modern shite!