What were you doing 10 years ago?

East Coast Dave · Post by **East Coast Dave** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:23 pm

10 years ago I was planning my wedding - September (the Saturday after 9-11) Sh1t, that means it's nearly 10 years since That Day.

Anyway - I was driving an Alfa Spider - looked great, drove dull, went wrong a lot.

And the future Mrs H drove a Polo G40. Now there's a car I'd buy back tomorrow...

(PS - sorry I've been away a while)

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:58 pm

10 years ago I was driving this to work -excuse the poor quality as only pic I can find of it (wrote it off in spectacular fashion in the wet - nearly wrote me off too

but it was immensely fun while it lasted!)

and when I got there I drove one of these (ok this is a modern one but you get the idea!)

No wife, no kids, no mortgage and a v different job now - how times have changed!

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:33 pm

East Coast Dave wrote:
And the future Mrs H drove a Polo G40. Now there's a car I'd buy back tomorrow...

(PS - sorry I've been away a while)

This was ours in VW Dealers carpark the day we p/x'd against a new Golf Gti, one of the best little devices we've ever had. Squeezed 140mph out of it once

craggle · Post by **craggle** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:54 am

OK so realised I passed my test started driving 10 years ago in fact, and bought this, my first car. I paid 300 quid for it, added a metro turbo, lowered it and then abandoned it in my friends garden a year later when I left for uni.

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:14 pm

East Coast Dave wrote:September (the Saturday after 9-11) Sh1t, that means it's nearly 10 years since That Day.

its bizare to think it was that long ago!.. (sept 11th not your wedding

)

i was in the states at the time with work sitting in an airport (with one of the girls from the office i had a crush on as luck would have it). we got stuck and spent an extra week in the US before driving to Canada and flying back from there

wildtexas · Post by **wildtexas** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:35 pm

living in Stavanger on the West coast of Norway and driving this:

Now in the very capable hands of Charlie, who has made it a lot more presentable, although it was still the bset VW I ever owned.

Matt

http://www.vw1500.com/members/charlie62/charlie62.htm

left4dead · Post by **left4dead** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:25 pm

smallspeed wrote: i was in the states at the time with work sitting in an airport (with one of the girls from the office i had a crush on as luck would have it). we got stuck and spent an extra week in the US...

And.....

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:08 pm

..and she's still hapilly married to her wife (boy did i read that one wrong

)

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:15 pm

You obviously made a good impression!

left4dead · Post by **left4dead** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:27 pm

smallspeed wrote:..and she's still hapilly married to her wife (boy did i read that one wrong )

boomy · Post by **boomy** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:35 pm

I was making the transition from software into education and was on the cusp of buying my first Porsche....a 914 !

early_911 · Post by **early_911** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:37 pm

I was planning a wedding for April. Wish I'd spent the money on something else now as it was never meant to be. We went our seperate ways after a year or so.

The honeymoon was good. I drove my beloved Mk1 Golf GTI to Florence (via the Nurburgring

). My first proper road trip.

Phil

butzsi · Post by **butzsi** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:10 pm

I was doing much the same as now but the newer water-cooled models were still in main dealer domain.

My daily drive was a 1991 Skoda 136 Rapid RIC Coupe ,lowered by 4",Spax adjustable shocks, -ve camber front hubs, Cat removed and modded exhaust. It shocked many 911 owners with it's amazing handling/performance and has to be the best fun car I have ever owned.
Sadly it was written off 29th Dec 2000 when a car pulled out in front of me -the insurance settlement was £340 as it had a full tank of petrol !

Chris

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:05 pm

10 years ago I had a job.

Lots of them.

In fact time proved far too bloody many...

Not sure what was in the garage at the time. It was either this.....

but most probably was this....

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:17 pm

Not to worry Jason, another ten years and you could have a job and a car in the garage

(awaits crushing retort!)

DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

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