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About Me

Hi I'm Mike Lee, welcome to my Performance Car Guide About Me Page. I have always been interested in cars since as far back as I can remember. From playing scalelectrics, customising my matchbox cars, making motorised models and playing Top Trumps as a child, to being a mechanic as soon as I left school and even becoming a qualified driving instructor.

Although I ended up working in IT for much of my working career, I still have remained involved with cars, belonging to the Opel Manta Owners Club (twice), BMW Drivers Club, Vauxhall Performance Car Club, American Auto Car Club International and the Classic Camaro Club (of which I wrote an article on Camaros in the Motorvatinusa club magazine, with my Camaro placed on the front cover). I would have probably joined many more clubs, but you have to balance work and family commitments with your hobbies, don't you?

Almost all of the cars I have owned have had some sort of modification carried out, be it performance related or cosmetic. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good looking car in standard form, I just enjoy having a car that's different to anyone else's. What I haven't quite figured out yet however is why do we all stay interested in cars when you just know you're in for a time consuming, money spending and occasionally pain in the ??? hobby - I guess that's what makes us all enthusiasts.

I've collected data from my library of books, magazines and from the internet and have added pictures and videos to provide what I believe is a visual/audio/content combination appeal unique to my website. Therefore I very much hope you find it useful, informative, motivational and fun. The articles are all written by me and where possible I have given you my own personal advice/guidance. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to make any comments/suggestions.

Here’s a quick look at some of the cars and bikes I’ve owned from my first bike at age 16 and first car at age 17 to more recent ones (some cars are missing - not too sure what I've done with the photos?), I’m not rich, so there’s no Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s or Aston’s, unfortunately:

ZL50
Suzuki ZL50 at age 16

Suzuki TS100
Suzuki TS100 at age 17

Cortina MkV
1980 Ford Cortina MkV 1.6L - first car at 17

Opel Manta Berlinetta
1983 Opel Manta Berlinetta 1.8S

Ford XR3i
1985 Ford XR3i - Full Kamei bodykit fitted by me

1984 BMW 323i
1984 BMW 323i - Checkout the reg "XXI 3231"

1987 Camaro IROC-Z
1987 Camaro IROC-Z 5.0TPi

Opel Manta GTE Exclusive
1988 Opel Manta GTE Exclusive

Vauxhall Astra 2.0 16v GTE
1990 Vauxhall Astra 16v GTE

Camaro RS
1992 Camaro 5.0 RS

Cavalier 4x4 Turbo
1993 Opel Cavalier 4x4 Turbo

Camarao-and-me
1972 Chevrolet Camaro SS350

MG ZS180
2005 MG ZS180



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