1986 and 15 years old stood in a cold wet Welsh Forrest watching the Lombard RAC rally and you could here a loud barking engine which seemed to be coming for ages and then all of a sudden it came hurtling around the corner.
After that all I wanted was an MG Metro 6R4.
Closest I came was in 1988 I got a 1.0 City and over the last 30 odd years I’ve had numerous metros including my current one.
Ps I know before anyone comments that I look dead cool.