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Post by **Toddman** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:05 pm

Think I was 26 at some point too

So come on then what were you all driving at the age of 26

This is the time,in 1996 when I was 26,that I had just traded the P1 16v in.

Therefore I was driving a black G plate 1.9 205 GTi

Cheers
Luke

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:09 pm

Well it was 1999 for me and I was driving a very over-boosted Nissan 200SX G-plate.

Cheers

Post by **Jezziebx16v** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:23 pm

Year 2000, Black ph1 16v Bx 135k on the clock and was the quickest i've had.

Jez

Daniel B · Post by **Daniel B** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:33 pm

2002 for me, and umm, yes I was driving my beloved Green 16V

martyn · Post by **martyn** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:31 pm

pre BX16v days of 1978 so I had to settle for a 1967 Lotus Elan

Martyn

robin hughes · Post by **robin hughes** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:05 pm

bx 16v phase2 and escort rs turbo s2 natural of course!

Gary C · Post by **Gary C** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:10 pm

Did not have a car at that age, more a horse and cart. Never ventured very far due to the presence of dinosaurs.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:14 pm

Whats with your plates? G-plate and so?

When i was 26 i had no licence, got it at 27! My first car with license was a BX 19 GT -86 and that was year 2000.

ed_straker · Post by **ed_straker** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:35 pm

2006, Phase 1 BX 16v

Daniel B · Post by **Daniel B** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:04 pm

TheDagger wrote:Whats with your plates? G-plate and so?

Hi Dagger - the registration system here changed in 1963, and the end letter signified the year the car was made, so it used to be something along the lines of: TRT 636A - A being for the year 1963.

Then when they ran out of letters, they started again, but this time with the letter at the front, so a version of the above would be: A636 TRT, this would be for a 1983 or 1984 car.

A = 83/84, B = 84/85 and so on and so on, so a G plate/reg car is a 1989 or a 1990 model.

We have had a totally new system here for around 4 years, this is somewhat different, I'll let someone else explain it.......

Apologies if this put anyone to sleep

Dan

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:10 pm

Daniel B wrote:
TheDagger wrote:Whats with your plates? G-plate and so?
Hi Dagger - the registration system here changed in 1963, and the end letter signified the year the car was made, so it used to be something along the lines of: TRT 636A - A being for the year 1963.

Then when they ran out of letters, they started again, but this time with the letter at the front, so a version of the above would be: A636 TRT, this would be for a 1983 or 1984 car.

A = 83/84, B = 84/85 and so on and so on, so a G plate/reg car is a 1989 or a 1990 model.

We have had a totally new system here for around 4 years, this is somewhat different, I'll let someone else explain it.......

Apologies if this put anyone to sleep

Dan

Good explained, now I understand

We have similar system here, my car has reg. OUO 252. And starting with O means about 1990. But there is exceptions, if a car gets wrecked and out of the register, a new car gets the old ones reg.nr.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:50 pm

I'll let you know in 2013 when I get that far! :p.

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:01 pm

2 1/2 years ago for me! and it was the trusty ol' girl!

Post by **Adrian E** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:02 pm

1999 for me as well

Can't remember which of the 6 cars I owned back then were actually road legal, so will hedge my bets and say it was probably either a VW Golf GTI Mk1, or a VW Passat GL5 (5 cylinder injection) or my trusty Ford Cortina Mk2 2 door GT

I sold all of these plus a couple of other 'projects' to buy the BX in 2001!!

Bex - that's sooooo unfair

Adrian

Mike E (uk) · Post by **Mike E (uk)** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:08 pm

At 26, I had a 1990 MK3 Cavalier SRI.

I still own this car, 16 years after I bought it.

Mike