i was given a 23yr old blue 998cc mini by my dad at christmas when i was 15 and i learned so much about working on cars from that thing! i was worth about £200 but had only done 38000 miles, i spent alot of my hard earned paper round money doing that up to look like a cooper! absolutly loved it! then blew the engine up a month after passing my test! so sold that, biggest mistake ever!! loved it to bits! which led me to my next car, a mates dad was scrapping a 1989 rover 214i but it still had 4 months mot left so i snapped it up! it had been lowered so scraped everyroad hump, the drivers window didnt work, the laquer peeled off the bonnet when i got over 80 and if i parked with the wheels straight the power steering didnt work, got rid of that after 6 months and brought a 1.6 k reg white astra! BORING! traded that in for a new mg zr when i was 19! i bot it a week after they went bust for 8100! loved it with a passion wanted to marry it at the time! but i got the need for more speed so i traded it for this!
went like s*** off a shovel! had this for a few months and thought it was too good to go to work in so i got an 'n' reg subaru impreza sport 2.0! brilliant brakes and grip! not enough power so sold that for a 500 profit! lucky i didnt sell my astra in the end just left it on the drive and put that back on the road and had it for 3 years! then i brought my Z! i absolutly love this.
Looking back i should have kept my mini! had so much fun in this little go kart