the first car i actually drove was when i was 10,it was an old morris 1100 which my dad and i prepared for banger racing. i raced with the juniors until i was 13 then i was TOLD to go with the older guys as i was too aggresive towards the other juniors, but my little morris was no match for the bigger cars the others used,ie austin maxi,granada's jag's,cortina's etc,so i managed to get hold of an accident damaged mk2 jag,1974 and got it ready for the following season. it progressed from there and i had allorts,including a heavily modded rover SD1 which was basicly stripped and rebuilt using steel checker plate,weighed nearly 2 tonne by the time it was finished lol.
my first car i actually purchased myself when i passed my test at 17 was a ford escort mk1 1300xl 2 door in a gorgeous metallic purple,with 13" alleycat special alloys,2" big bore exhaust and racing buckets with 6 point harnesses.
then my next car was a 1983 rover SD1 vitesse, 3.5ltr v8 with 5 speed manual. awesome car. bring back the old days i say.
all this new crap does nothing for me.
Dave