Cars
Nov 16th, 2007 by Tim Skipper
Cars have been a big passion of mine for a long time, long before I could drive. I was fortunate enough to have generous parents who bought me my first car, a Ford Fiesta 1.1L brand new. Thanks Mum & Dad!
I started driving on my 17th birthday; May 26th 1987. Do you know how much petrol cost then? I’ll tell you. I spent £10.00 on 4 star petrol (unleaded? What’s that?) on that first day and it put 25.89 litres of petrol in the fuel tank. Yes, that’s 38.6 pence per litre!
On the 6th August 1987 I passed my driving test, and from that day onwards if I wasn’t asleep or eating, then I was out driving. Somehow I managed to fit four years of College and a part-time job into that as well. In the first year I drove 24,300 miles. By the time I sold my Fiesta on 24th June 1991 I had driven it 73,075 action packed miles.
Follow the links throughout this site to find out about other cars I’ve owned and enjoyed since then.
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Hi Tim
I’d be interested to see what you end up with next. After a while of searching I finally found your site.
Years ago, before I bought my S2 Elise Sport 135, I used to read your Sport190.com site. I loved the videos, articles and all of the pictures you used to post up. In fact, I’m sure I saw your car at Hethel one day I was visiting to have something put onto my car (can’t remember what it was now).
Anyway, I’ve recently taken delivery of my new Elise SC which is just so much fun. Like you, I have had a Caterham and Elise in the past and after messing about with a whole host of powerful German cars, I’m back with the Lotus again. Nothing compares to that direct feel, that suspension that rides on air and the feeling you get when you drive an Elise. Of all of my cars, the Elise is just the best.
So anyway, I just thought I’d post up here to say a belated thank you for your old Sport190.com site. It would be great to see some pictures of your old car again if you still have them to bring back some memories. Many an evening was spent with a cuppa in front of my PC watching the videos, looking at the photos and dreaming of one day having a car such as yours. I’ve not finally got it and it was well worth the wait!
Cheers Tim,
Chris.