Cars you thought you'd regret buying; but didnt

[croakey]

Seeing as we've had the "cars you instantly regretted buying" thread. How about a cars you bought thinking it wouldn't be much cop and then found out to be much more interesting!

For example my desperate need for a cheap work runner and a lack of time and money drove me to my shockingly slow 1.4 arosa- surprisingly I love the little thing- yes it's slow, but with its coilovers bolted on its just got bags of character!