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[Omegatoy]

MAJ 102W
Rover sdi twin turbo blow through janspeed system

0to 60 extremely quickly
 and 3 weeks to stop it in spite of fitting jag brakes!!!
brilliant motor tho!!

[TheBoy]

rover sd1 3.5 v8

I'm with you on the SD1's. The car that never had a chance due to BL build quality.

.....and shite design!

Mine would be my old 1.2 Nova

Oddly, I was thinking about the worse car, and I reckon mine was the 1.2 Nova I had. A reg one.

Motor was willing enough, but I couldn't get the seats/mirrors adjusted to be comfortable/usable.

I really ragged the tits off that car though, and it emabrrased a few drivers of supposedly superior cars, as the thing did go round corners pretty well.

[TheBoy]

MAJ 102W
Rover sdi twin turbo blow through janspeed system

0to 60 extremely quickly
 and 3 weeks to stop it in spite of fitting jag brakes!!!
brilliant motor tho!!

How did it compare to your Lotus Carlton powered Omega?

[Marks DTM Calib]

rover sd1 3.5 v8

I'm with you on the SD1's. The car that never had a chance due to BL build quality.

.....and shite design!

Mine would be my old 1.2 Nova

Oddly, I was thinking about the worse car, and I reckon mine was the 1.2 Nova I had. A reg one.

Motor was willing enough, but I couldn't get the seats/mirrors adjusted to be comfortable/usable.

I really ragged the tits off that car though, and it emabrrased a few drivers of supposedly superior cars, as the thing did go round corners pretty well.

No worrys with mine, 9 years of ragging, a good bit of handling and being light (900Kg) quite nippy

[Elite Pete]

1981 Triumph TR7 V8 3.9 Convertible, god I miss that car

[TheBoy]

rover sd1 3.5 v8

I'm with you on the SD1's. The car that never had a chance due to BL build quality.

.....and shite design!

Mine would be my old 1.2 Nova

Oddly, I was thinking about the worse car, and I reckon mine was the 1.2 Nova I had. A reg one.

Motor was willing enough, but I couldn't get the seats/mirrors adjusted to be comfortable/usable.

I really ragged the tits off that car though, and it emabrrased a few drivers of supposedly superior cars, as the thing did go round corners pretty well.

No worrys with mine, 9 years of ragging, a good bit of handling and being light (900Kg) quite nippy

Mine was reliable enough (apart from a caliper that seized one day - but then it had been locked (and lost) in the garage for a couple of years ).

For a 1.2 with a 4 speed box, it went really well.  The trouble was, I couldn't get it comfy enough for me, so sold it after 3 months once I started to use it (it was originally Mrs TB's)

[TheBoy]

sold it after 3 months

Next worse was a 1.8GLSi Belmont. Again, great engine (well the first engine was ), but the car was just utter shite

[Monza]

Audi A8 3.7, What a car, I loved it and miss it to this day    

[Big Fra]

Hmmm, don't have an absolute fave, but.....

1988 Sierra XR4x4 with a tt230 kit. 
1986 Capri 1.6, Slow, but a great first car.
1999 Legacy twin turbo, only had it a week b4 it got nicked! Good looking and so f***ing quick! The throttle response was unbelieveable!
1992 Pug 205 1.4xs, revved up as quick as a motorbike! So much fun! 8-)

That an abbreviated version of the full list, but defo my top 4.

My Mig would be in there, but I thought I'd better omit it for the purposes of this  listing.

[Ghost]

Opel Ascona B 1.6. ( british Vx cavalier )
very comfi and great to drive after about 6 months I droped a 1.9 engine in it even more fun
otherwise my 1.3 vx Viva.

[Ian_D]

Deffo the Omega I've had that 18 months now, and still not planning on getting rid yet!

Second longest car was my Vectra, Had that just over a year.

To put them times into perspective, Ive not even been driving 4 years yet.... 

[Teebee]

MAJ 102W
Rover sdi twin turbo blow through janspeed system

0to 60 extremely quickly
 and 3 weeks to stop it in spite of fitting jag brakes!!!
brilliant motor tho!!

Snap! The one I got was nearing the end of it's life, mechanically rock solid but you could sit at the lights and watch it rust  And it had that classic fault of the glove boxes filling up with water, never failed to amuse me when the wife took a look inside 

Other notable cars
Carlton 2.2CDi, loved that gearbox, so smooth.
Mk3 2.0GT Cortina, 4 door, daytona yellow, as Amigo said just loved that pre-facelift dash with rocket launcher centre console!
K5 Chevvy Blazer, 350 V8, 8-10mpg(!), the only car i've driven that scared London Taxis into giving way.
Never got to drive this one in anger, pro-street Chevvy Vega Wagon, 427 V8, tube chassis, flip front, screwed my insurance in an accident so had to sell it on.

The one I miss the most though, Mk1 Consul (sweeney shape) 3.0GT. Pulled like a train, no rust, absolutely lovely condition, until some scroat pulled out in front of me from a T-junction. Cant believe she looked up and down the road twice then pulled out when I was right on top totalled her Escort, pushed the inner wing back on mine and two garages said no hope of pulling it straight 

[Martin_1962]

Either my 2.0 GLi E reg Carlton or my tuned 1.6 Sunbeam.

[candyman]

1988 Sierra XR4x4 with a tt230 kit  still have one only havent driven it for 8 yrs, waiting to be painted. good car
92 astra vx d 1.7. no bother for 60,000m and scraped at 245000m. no room for it.
83 mk2 2.3 granda, must comphy car i have ever sat in, even on southern roads. went everywhere and never missed a beat

[scottyt]

my 79 pontiac firebird i loved that car should never off sold it  the rumble of that v8 cant beat it