*Punch* Yellow Car
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Well it's time for me to start driving for work again after 8 years of walking to work. I haven't had a car for over a year and thought I'd treat myself to a nice hot hatch to roll about in. I jumped on the standard advertising websites and carried out some MOT checks which left me feeling a little deflated with a lot of cars showing signs of neglect before I'd even arrived to view them. After talking with the wife, I decided that a cheap to run reliable N/A petrol car would be the way forward so que me suddenly looking at Citroen C1's/Pug 107's/Toyota Aygo's as they are cheap to run and pretty robust. I set my budget at £2000 and a few nice ones popped up but they were quite far away, so I resorted to Facebook Marketplace.
Within a 5 minute walk from my house, a 2007 yellow Peugeot 107 was up for sale with a years ticket with no advisories, a full service history with the last one just being done alongside the MOT, 3 owners from new, 66k miles and most of the common faults sorted including a recent clutch and exhaust. Within an hour a deal was struck and I was experiencing my 2nd ever drive in one of these cars..... the first one being about 15 years a go when one of my mates had one for his first car..... We found out very quickly that the handbrakes are good on these.
I went the long way home just to feel 17 again. I'm only 32 but even I have noticed cars get bigger, heavier and a little bit dull. My first car was a 1993 Key Largo edition Peugeot 106 and this has definitely bought back some great memories. The 107 has keep fit windows with no central locking and too be honest I couldn't be happier. Just basic, bare bones motoring.
The 107 drives well considering it cost me £1400, the gearbox and clutch are good, the engine is completely silent and there's no clunks or bangs in the suspension etc, it even handles really well. It needs a good buff and polish as it's 50 shades of yellow, plus the inner sills have slight surface rust so I'll treat that to make it last a couple of years. I've insured and taxed it for a year and the consumables are good, so hopefully I can have a cheap year of motoring. The plan is to tidy up a few bits and just enjoy using it as a daily, maintain it well and hopefully get a couple of years out of it...... proper bangernomics!
Plus a photo my mate "edited" (I'm already getting abuse for it lol)
Within a 5 minute walk from my house, a 2007 yellow Peugeot 107 was up for sale with a years ticket with no advisories, a full service history with the last one just being done alongside the MOT, 3 owners from new, 66k miles and most of the common faults sorted including a recent clutch and exhaust. Within an hour a deal was struck and I was experiencing my 2nd ever drive in one of these cars..... the first one being about 15 years a go when one of my mates had one for his first car..... We found out very quickly that the handbrakes are good on these.
I went the long way home just to feel 17 again. I'm only 32 but even I have noticed cars get bigger, heavier and a little bit dull. My first car was a 1993 Key Largo edition Peugeot 106 and this has definitely bought back some great memories. The 107 has keep fit windows with no central locking and too be honest I couldn't be happier. Just basic, bare bones motoring.
The 107 drives well considering it cost me £1400, the gearbox and clutch are good, the engine is completely silent and there's no clunks or bangs in the suspension etc, it even handles really well. It needs a good buff and polish as it's 50 shades of yellow, plus the inner sills have slight surface rust so I'll treat that to make it last a couple of years. I've insured and taxed it for a year and the consumables are good, so hopefully I can have a cheap year of motoring. The plan is to tidy up a few bits and just enjoy using it as a daily, maintain it well and hopefully get a couple of years out of it...... proper bangernomics!
Plus a photo my mate "edited" (I'm already getting abuse for it lol)
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