Ever sold something and wish you didnt?

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Yeah...

My 1991 Golf GTI 16v - 130 Mph and nearly 40 to the gallon.  Shame about the chronic unreliability and group 15 insurance, but one drive would put a smile on my face.

2003 Specialized Rockhopper - Although I've gone and bought a full suspension Spesh Enduro, I miss the response and climbing ability of a hardtail mountain bike.

Letting my ex keep a PC - I had several months worth of rare MP3s on the thing.  Rotten bint then went and wiped the lot...  Grr.

Melanie MacDonald's phone number.  Not actually sold, more misplaced.  I've been kicking myself ever since.  Doh!  

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Robert17 wrote:
A VW unreliable?! Sounds odd, I've got a '91 Polo GT and it's never let me down, not quite as fast as a golf but then it's smaller so it just feels like it  :-P

Robert

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Luckily I've kept all my Amigas so have few regrets there, with the exception of having sold my Squirrel SCSI interface.  Doh!

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Mikey_C wrote:

A VW? Unreliable? I have a 1984 MK1 Golf Convertible 1.6. Most reliable thing I have ever owned. Lovely to drive. A driver's car, not really comfortable for long journeys, but good for thrashing round bends etc.

Lot's of fun.

Well, it handled brilliantly.  You could lift off before entering a bend and then let the tail slide before catching it instinctively like you were Herr Schumacher all day long.  The extra 8 valves meant it behaved very much like a normal Golf GTI until you hit 4000rpm when it used to absolutely fly.  The driving position was the best I've ever encountered, the seats were excellent and the ergonomics were spot on.  Shame it went wrong so much!

Still, if I won the lottery tomorrow I'd have a custom built Mk2 Golf 16v in my garage (2 litre engine, Koni / Eibach suspension, BBS wheels).  I'd just make sure it was put together properly...

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I'd still stick with a Mk2 16v.  People have fitted VR6 engines to the Mk2, but it loses it's handling balance in the process with all that weight over the front wheels.  It's terrific in a straight line, but needs seriously stiff suspension to keep it tamed.

You can tune the 16v unit to reliably produce in excess of 180Bhp.  Seeing as the stock VR6 lump produced 174Bhp in 2.8 litre guise and 192Bhp in 2.9 litre trim then the power to weight advantages aren't clear cut.  

As well as the Golf, I'd also have a Corrado VR6 in my garage.  My bro had one and it remains THE finest car I've ever driven.  It too seemed to suffer some niggling faults, but is a drivers car par excellence.  The only reason I went for an Alfa Romeo 156 V6 over the Corrado was because I couldn't find one that hand't been modified or crashed.

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darksun9210 wrote:
heh, was gonna get an 82 Corvette with a blowered 454, but got the jag instead. got a 5.3ltr V12 in the garage for it that i was gonna take out to 8.4 or 9.1ltr with quad cam heads, but seriously need to sort out the suspension for the front end as the cars with 12's used to go through front bushes like petrol.

A v12 Jag is going to sound awesome, especially when the block is taken out that far.  Sure, a Corvette actually sounds quite nice, but the Jag wins hands down on that score.

Don't know if you'd be interested in this, but a few years back Performance Car magazine turned up an original 7 litre Lister Jaguar XJ12 from the 70s.  The power output was said to be monstrous (especially in a then 25 year old exec saloon), but certainly brought a smile to the face of the lucky driver.

Jag bits are also used regularly in the custom car scene; the independant rear suspension uses lower wishbones and the drive shafts as the upper locating links.  The whole assembly is mounted on a subframe and thus can be fitted to a custom project.  Makes a better bet than a leaf sprung live axle IMHO...

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TheMagicM wrote:
kd70ta:
dunno about that Taurus though..thought it was a family car.

Isn't that how the whole US muscle car thing started?  Take a standard saloon body and lob in some serious cubic inches.

The same recipe has stood the test of time, with such luminaries as the Lotus Cortina, Mini Cooper, Golf GTi, Sierra Cosworth and Subaru Impreza Turbo being popular here over the years.