Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

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Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by JohnTurbo » Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:24 pm

This is now with my frioend James, (loki on here) as his daily drive:-

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Then I had this for 18 months:- (Gts-t, 425bhp)

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And now i have this little ball of fun:-

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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Rachel » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:12 pm

Show off :P
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Murf » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:51 pm

Very very nice!

I sold my s40 2 litre turbo as it was a bit too refined!
Instead i now have this little beauty!

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S40 T4, chipped and very very quick!
Still have my MR2 as well, although its hibernating due to the snow/salt!
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Murf » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:53 pm

Oh, and it really needs a wash, i'll get better pics soon!
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Yozman2000 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:21 pm

I like the S40, i had one myself. still sadly missed :cryhard:
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Quagmire_GT » Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:43 pm

i had the s40 diesel :D
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by bigfub » Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:09 pm

My other car is still a Celica GT4RC :D Looks the same as the rally car from the early 90's :wink:

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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by chris1roll » Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:38 pm

Quagmire_GT wrote:i had the s40 diesel :D
I had an S40 diesel too.

It was shit.




We'vestill got the big Audi, averaging about 19mpg.
At the moment I am having to do 700 miles per week in a Kia Ceed diesel due to some guy in a passat not checking his mirrors properly (or at all, not sure) and gnarlsing my Octavia right up.
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by guitarcarfanatic » Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:18 pm

Well I went to a 406 TD which was very unreliable but not a bad car. Then i got the Saab 9000 which was great but was starting to feel a little antiquated. Got a Rover 420 for a dirt cheap hack which I drove for 6 months and sold on for a £200 profit. Then i got given an old MK3 Astra diesel which I'm finally getting round to selling as...At the beginning of january, I bought a Saab 9-5 2.3 Turbo! And it's lovely...drinks though!
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Peugeot 406 executive TD - The devil!

1991 Red Turbo - Great condition and surprisingly un-rusty!

1989 Light Blue metallic Turbo - Sold!

1993 Steel grey S - Bought for parts

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Post by Quagmire_GT » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:56 pm

yeahh chris got to admit, they are shit lol :shock:
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Yozman2000 » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:14 am

Told you so! :rofl:
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by JohnTurbo » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:55 pm

Took me a while to get back here!

I feel left out for not having a v40!!!

To be fair i do have a ford focus diesel (00) and i do weekly 400miles in that!!!
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by bigfub » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:26 pm

JohnTurbo wrote:To be fair i do have a ford focus diesel (00) and i do weekly 400miles in that!!!
That's what I do in the 480 ;) I'm getting nervous about petrol prices now though :(

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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Big Brother » Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:56 pm

bigfub wrote:
JohnTurbo wrote:To be fair i do have a ford focus diesel (00) and i do weekly 400miles in that!!!
That's what I do in the 480 ;) I'm getting nervous about petrol prices now though :(
LPG is your solution, I made the cost of the conversion back in 7 months
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by bigfub » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:57 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:
bigfub wrote:
JohnTurbo wrote:To be fair i do have a ford focus diesel (00) and i do weekly 400miles in that!!!
That's what I do in the 480 ;) I'm getting nervous about petrol prices now though :(
LPG is your solution, I made the cost of the conversion back in 7 months
Aye but it's having the money up front to do the conversion too. I'll have to see if the bank manager will be nice to me ;)

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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by chris1roll » Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:50 pm

V8 engined Audi sold :cry: but for more than I paid for it :D

R Plate 2.0 V40 Auto for my wife, diesel company car for me (if it ever comes back at this rate)

Have to wait a couple of years before we can sensibly insure a serious car again....
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Speedy1st » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:15 am

So ur rates get high for someone else doing a "mistake" (a bit understated for a crash)?

Or why cant u insure a decent car the next years?
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by chris1roll » Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:03 am

Yes, that's right, an accident that was someone elses fault, will put your own insurance up. Obviously the higher insurance grouping of the car, proportionally the increase will be higher. If I was still in a 480, or something "average" it wouldn't be half as crippling.
I've not even bothered to be insured on my wifes volvo as putting me on that increased it from 420 to over 600 quid! I don't need to ever drive it as If we go out together we take the co. car as everything is paid for.

Shit, isn't it.

In fact there are 2 reasons:
main one being me having the no-fault claim.
It put the insurance up on the group 20 insurance Audi from 500 to about 900 quid, that's with 8 years protected NCB.
Second one, My wife was very, very ill after Emily was born, (I had to take 3 months compassionate leave from work) and now has a one-year DVLA restricted licence. That doesn't help much either, but surprisingly does not make half as much difference as someone sideswiping me! (some companies didn't load at all, in fact, just said you had to comply with the restriction or they'd bend you over)

With my wife no longer working, I cannot justify paying that much. The most I EVER paid for insurance was £850 on a 1.6 440 when I was 18 in 2000.
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by Murf » Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:50 pm

Sorry to hear the Mrs wasn't well Chris :( Its a bad time to have a performance car anyway, i know thats not much consolation.
My T4 is up for sale if anyone fancies it, i love it but ive found a yellow one for sale and i love that even more! I have a Transit that my work gave me, its practical, reliable and free and i do about 20k a year in it so i need something fun for the weekend :bla:

Heres a blatant pimp:
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1592999.htm
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Re: Where i went (carwise) after my beloved 480..

Post by David » Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:24 pm

Had a Fiat Punto for about 9 months then this...
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