Just bought a new car! Winter special

[crofty1984]

Evenin' all, following my looking for a winter hack thread, I thought I'd share my new aquisition.


MOT until April, 100k, good engine, tatty exterior, found it just round the corner from my flat!
Compared to my MX5 the brakes are st, and the steering is vague and heavy, but you know what? I'm already kinda fond of her. Might do it up over summer. Though I won't be stretching the tyres!

[Rollcage]

Brakes are crap because there is no servo, you just need to press harder!

Pretty reliable and cheap to run though, and should be OK if we have a white winter again!

[bazking69]

crofty1984 said:

found it just round the corner from my flat!

[Gruber]

My first car was a Polo Classic in that same colour.

Oh the fun I had in that little car... happy memories!

[Wills2]

I had 3 polo fox's back in the late 80's overtaking was a challenge but at 18 years old I had the balls to rise to it.

[crofty1984]

bazking69 said:

crofty1984 said:

found it just round the corner from my flat!

Not in a "it followed me home, can I keep it?" way!

[LeoSayer]

The wheels and tyres look much bigger than standard.

I love 80s VWs.

[dylan0451]

i had a b reg polo hatch over the snowy period of winter 2005. bought for £50 i made that back cashing the tax in

it'd been crashed in the past so only really shared its weight on 3 tyres at a time. crashed it into ditches about 3 times. starved itself and conked every 20 mins requiring you so sit in the cold for 15 before it'd start again, hence only driving it on deserted b roads. hateful thing, something about being able to slide over the bonnet dukes style, abandon it pretty much anywhere and let your mate drive his defender on it did have some charm though