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17 today !!! woo :P
Messenjah - 17/1/06 at 07:50 AM

hi guys its my mirthday :O got my provisional thru yesterday mums sorting out insurance today ill be driving 2morrow


flak monkey - 17/1/06 at 08:04 AM

Ahhh so young.

Happy birthday matey


donut - 17/1/06 at 08:11 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! weeeeeeeeee

I'm 40 tomorrow


zilspeed - 17/1/06 at 08:21 AM

quote:
Originally posted by donut
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! weeeeeeeeee

I'm 40 tomorrow


And I was 40 last November.

It's not sore - honest.
(Although my gammy foot played up at the end of the Autosport show).


zxrlocost - 17/1/06 at 09:07 AM

nice one mate
I remember mine my metro turbo was on my drive slammed in black with 13" alloys and a Peco exhaust

the most fun car ever

what you driving


Browser - 17/1/06 at 09:11 AM

Jesus wept, I've just realised I'm twice your age plus 5 months


muzchap - 17/1/06 at 09:16 AM

LOL happy birthday!

My first car was an orangey/red Mk2 Fiesta with the little Kent engine - my mate tuned it - it flew ;-)

VOD 292X IIRC..

I'm 30 this year.... gulp!


omega0684 - 17/1/06 at 09:19 AM

ARHHHHH Browser dont worry! think of it this way, you'll hit the big 40 in a few years to come and then you life can begin! lol


stevebubs - 17/1/06 at 09:34 AM

quote:
Originally posted by muzchap
LOL happy birthday!

I'm 30 this year.... gulp!


Join the club


rusty nuts - 17/1/06 at 10:00 AM

I was 17 . Once upon a time , a long time ago.


tom_loughlin - 17/1/06 at 10:31 AM

Nice one, Happy birthday mate!

all the best

Tom


Taz Surfleet - 17/1/06 at 10:58 AM

Ive been 40 three years running now !!


andyd - 17/1/06 at 11:43 AM

Ah, 1987... I remember it w... well actually I don't. I do remember my Dad teaching me to drive (he was an instructor) and I learnt in a Toyota Starlet 1.0GL. It was my Mum's way of putting me off getting a motorbike, she let me buy the car from her and still got to use it whenever she wanted! Hmm... I think I was done!

Hmm... Goodmans flat panel speakers... Pet Shop Boys.... Swing Out Sister... Jeeeeeez how sad.


graememk - 17/1/06 at 11:50 AM

at 17 i have a astra 1.6 diesel. . .wow that was a very slow car 54bhp iirc


froggy - 17/1/06 at 12:10 PM

at 17 i had a hand painted singer chamois with a rubber camchain and being yound and clever just kept bodging the tensioner til it went bang! happy days


ayoungman - 17/1/06 at 12:29 PM

good to here from another ex Metro turbo man. They were a real handful to keep in a straight line. would go from 40 to 80 in about 5 seconds.


ch1ll1 - 17/1/06 at 12:33 PM

HAPPY B-DAY
watch them there roads !


steve_gus - 17/1/06 at 01:01 PM

happy birthday - ive got a 30 year head start on you

my 17 y/o son started driving 2 days after he was 17 and had a pass less than 4 months later. 20 driving lessons and lots of time with mum and dad.

Dont do what his cousin did - get 6 points in a few months and get knocked back to provisional again......,

atb

steve


steve_gus - 17/1/06 at 01:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ayoungman
good to here from another ex Metro turbo man. They were a real handful to keep in a straight line. would go from 40 to 80 in about 5 seconds.




I had one too - did a major renovation on it. I found it leapt all over the road too - thought i had a fooked chassis, but perhaps they all did that. I never measured the 40-80 time - dont think it was fast as you recall. I know the 0-60 was 9 secs 'book' - not fast by todays standards but not bad for a 1985 metro

It was woefully undergeared - redlined at 114mph and could be taken to destruction past that if will dictated!

atb

steve

[Edited on 17/1/06 by steve_gus]


oliwb - 17/1/06 at 01:05 PM

Happy birthday matey! Good luck with them roads....If you don't get in to trouble you can be sure some f*cker will take you down with him! That's what happened to me someone decided to overtake when I was turning right, wrote off my mum's fourtrack...would have been alot worse if I hadn't been in a 4x4! Anyway don't let me put you off, after all this is first step to freedom! Oli.


NS Dev - 17/1/06 at 01:06 PM

happy birthday mate!

How long till you get the capri then!?

just thought, was 11 years since I was 17. Funny cos my best mate and my brother are both going out with 18 yr olds.............................dirty gits (I'm only flippin jealous!!!)


Simon - 17/1/06 at 09:31 PM

Happy Birthday,

Be safe, live long

Browser - are you twice Zilspeed's or Donut's age

ATB

Simon

PS Car 2 month prov, 4 lessons, 1st time pass. Bike 1st time pass/IAM 1st time pass/RoSPA 1st time pass (gold), SVA 2nd time pass



[Edited on 17/1/06 by Simon]


Peteff - 17/1/06 at 11:52 PM

Wasted on the young.

Happy Birthday.
edit:-
3 times your age and still learning.

[Edited on 17/1/06 by Peteff]


steve_gus - 18/1/06 at 10:26 PM

my boss told me he passed his test 3 weeks after he turned 17. But he had years of prior experience

atb

steve