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Daihatsui Charade GTti;

Ah ... I go all misty eyed just thinking about the little rocket. It was stupidly fast and handled like a go-kart. The only problem was it topped out at 115MPH and was useless on long runs. I sold this on and have been yearning for another ever since.

I did have one slight mishap with it, whilst overtaking a lorry the engine died. I tried bump starting it and flicking the key to no avail. Turned out I had snapped a nearly new cambelt and belt 10 of the 12 valves. Check out the photo's section for some snaps taken while replacing it all.

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