well i thought i had best start a little thread about my car

she is a 106 1.1 zest2, 80k on the clock, fully taxed and tested, and its blue

i paid £200 for her, and so far have spent £40 on tyres (fronts had 0.4mm of tread, compared to the 1.6mm minimum ) £5 for a set on speakers, £10 for a stereo and £10 of fuel.

she drives quite well, i think the brakes might need new pads/shoes, and the handbrake needs adjusting, but apart from that its pretty much (mechanically) ok. i dont plan to do much to it, except the normal air filter/breathing mods, and maybe lower it 30mm/40mm. i find it handles quite well (have nothing to compare it to though) the gear change is good, the clutch is suprisingly light, the only moan i have is my size 11 shoes sometimes dont hit the pedal i want, as they are all very close together.

externally, its in quite bad shape. the pics dont show as much because of the rain, but the roof looks like someone has wirebrushed it, there is a big dent in the drivers door (which doesnt open because its dropped), the door trims are missing both sides, 1 hub cap is missing, and i have no aerial

the best bit though, is the entry system. drivers door will open, but wont close because of the hinges, so thats staying locked untill i have a replacement. the passenger door lock is broke, some thieving barsteward tryed getting in and has smashed it to peices, so i cant use the key in there. however, the boot is fine so i unlock the boot, reach through the car, unlock the passenger door, lock the boot, climb in through the passengers door, lock it again, climb to my seat, and then off i go


















any ideas you think would look good gimme a shout

not a bad base to start with for your first trusty steed

i cant see the pics at work

but it sounds like an ok base, espec for £200!

but i did at your entrance method, that is class

i'm sure a good clean/mop/polish will help the paint and a bit of TLC and she'll be a pup

i will try to make a vid of the entrance, and i will give it a clean, as soon as i have some money to buy some shampoo/wax etc.

i'd leave the mod's off it for the moment, get some driving experience behind you

once all the little niggles are sorted it'll be a cracking little car, as i'm sure the unlocking it through the boot must be a pain in the ass!

yeah i drove to farnborough skate park last night, jumped out for a fag and had to do that infront of all these teenagers yh only mods are probs sound sytem ones (dont want a huge sub etc though) and maybe better brake pads. the breathing stuffs will come 4/5 months down the line.

if you want, arrange to come to mine and i will let you use:

Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo
Meguiars Gold Class Wax

May help a bit

PM me your number, we can sort something out, i'm nice like that

where do you live mate, im still learner so cant do motorways

and pm'd

Blackwater mate about 7-10 miles from bracknell

2 miles from the petrol station when we first met at the petrol station with rob

No motorways

A329 FTW

where are these pictures of the straches you were going to show me ? lol

they wont show so well in the rain, as soon as its dry i will get some

that's great first car for the money!

You'll get used to the pedals, im size 11 and i'm fine with them. You're right about the handling, my girlfriends 1.1 handles better than my previous Fiesta that was lowered on 35mm Eibach springs with decent tyres in my experiance.

As long as it's mechanically sound Nice.

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SportKA - I've driven one and its deffinately a Girls car

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Save the trees, wipe your arse with a Cosworth

i'd take matts springs
...but then focus on get the niggly bits sorted
good price for t&t though!

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ideal first car mate good on fuel cheap to run etc i'd superglue everything plastic on so nothing else will fall off

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

i would if i could afford superglue... started new job 2morro so got to wait before i can do anything to it

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