Make Model CC
Ford Cortina Mk 2 1600
Hillman Imp 850
Hillman Avenger 1250
BL 1100 1100
Ford Cortina Mk 3 1600
Ford Cortina Mk 2 GT 1600
Vauxhall Viva Magnum 1800
Ford Escort 1300
Ford Cortina Mk 4 1600
BL Marina van 1600
Ford Escort van 1300
Talbot Horizon 1300
Vauxhall Commodore 2500
Volkswagen Sirocco 1600
Vauxhall Astra 1600
Ford Granada 2300
Volkswagen Golf 1600
Vauxhall Astra 1600
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi 2000
Ford Cougar 2500
Audi A6 2600
Subaru Impreza 2000
BMW 525d 2500
Vauxhall Omega 2000
Vauxhall Omega MV6 3000
Nissan Primera 1800
Peugeot 205 1.8d 1800
Volkswagen Golf Gti 2000
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For driving pleasure, the Scooby wins by a mile. So precise it is hard to describe. On (only) 205 tyres the grip was phenominal. I did a few exhaust mods to get it to about 240 bhp but it was no chav car. The driving experience was dominated by the precision, grip and lovely loping noise the engine made. A proper money pit on the 30k miles a year I was doing though, so it had to go.
Second best for driving pleasure were the Cortina 1600 GT, Cavalier SRi (Mk.2 130), Mk1 1600 Golf (that was a quick car - probably as quick as my current Mk.3 GTi 8V), and the current GTi. The 525d was pokey and very quick but too heavy to be engaging like the others.
Best motorway wafter was the Omega MV6. Very quick but probably needed £800 spent on uprated suspension to make it handle. A very nice place to be on a 200 mile journey though and better than the 525d by a long way for that.
Top 3 for the pleasure I get (got).
Scooby
Current GTi
Mk2 Cortina 1600 GT
