So after passing my test in my sister's 1.2 Fiat 500 - Surprisingly fun drive with a very upright seating position and gear stick close to the wheel (like an EP3 Civic Type R) lol.
I purchased my first car. My trusty Mazda 323F affectionately and paradoxically named "Bullet" couldn't fault it, very reliable, very practical and very slow. Only problem was the rust in the arches particularly the rear so tended to that with the old sand paper, primer and colour matched aerosol paint.
It wasn't pretty but it was cheap and got me about plus the boot was huge somewhere between a hatchback and an estate car great for transporting the essentials like bikes and christmas trees.
I will have fond memories of that car and the adventures I had with friends in it. Never let me down and nothing went wrong with it apart from someone breaking off the passenger side mirror whilst it was parked on the road in Loughborough. Did the 1hr drive home from university with it all duct taped up just barely holding on replacement delivered for £45 and it was fairly easy to install.
That brings me on to the Seat story. In looking for something new it was between 2 cars: A Mk1 Mini Clubman Cooper S or a facelift Mk2 Leon FR.
I was almost sold on a mini, almost shook hands until an almost affordable Leon FR 2.0 TDI appeared on Autotrader not too far away.
Within a week a deal was struck and I had the keys to a 2012/2013 Leon FR+ with a great spec. Heated leather, xenons, satnav, the lovely 18 inch ibera alloys, centre armrest pretty much everything bar sunroof I think.
I purchased my first car. My trusty Mazda 323F affectionately and paradoxically named "Bullet" couldn't fault it, very reliable, very practical and very slow. Only problem was the rust in the arches particularly the rear so tended to that with the old sand paper, primer and colour matched aerosol paint.
It wasn't pretty but it was cheap and got me about plus the boot was huge somewhere between a hatchback and an estate car great for transporting the essentials like bikes and christmas trees.
I will have fond memories of that car and the adventures I had with friends in it. Never let me down and nothing went wrong with it apart from someone breaking off the passenger side mirror whilst it was parked on the road in Loughborough. Did the 1hr drive home from university with it all duct taped up just barely holding on replacement delivered for £45 and it was fairly easy to install.
That brings me on to the Seat story. In looking for something new it was between 2 cars: A Mk1 Mini Clubman Cooper S or a facelift Mk2 Leon FR.
I was almost sold on a mini, almost shook hands until an almost affordable Leon FR 2.0 TDI appeared on Autotrader not too far away.
Within a week a deal was struck and I had the keys to a 2012/2013 Leon FR+ with a great spec. Heated leather, xenons, satnav, the lovely 18 inch ibera alloys, centre armrest pretty much everything bar sunroof I think.
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