28-12-2017, 11:52 AM
passed the test in June 1986 (learned in an unholy trio of Driving instructor´s Mini Mayfair, Fathers Metro CityX and Mother´s handpainted Toyota 1000)
Got my first car in September 1988
It was a (crap) brown 1978 Mini 1000 - rusted to hell underneath but with an absolutely pristine interior - passed for a very much younger car in poor light!
Paid Stg.300 for the car - a good price as it was very reliable and my Dad talked it through another MOT 11 months later.
Insurance was Stg.360 for third party only with Endsleigh - the university students´choice - other quotes were just silly. This was another good choice as I wrote the car off crashing into the rear of someone who had stopped suddenly and I heard later that their whiplash claim was settled for St.10,000 and, months after the car had been sold for Stg.50 scrap, they offered me a renewal for Stg.400.
Got my first car in September 1988
It was a (crap) brown 1978 Mini 1000 - rusted to hell underneath but with an absolutely pristine interior - passed for a very much younger car in poor light!
Paid Stg.300 for the car - a good price as it was very reliable and my Dad talked it through another MOT 11 months later.
Insurance was Stg.360 for third party only with Endsleigh - the university students´choice - other quotes were just silly. This was another good choice as I wrote the car off crashing into the rear of someone who had stopped suddenly and I heard later that their whiplash claim was settled for St.10,000 and, months after the car had been sold for Stg.50 scrap, they offered me a renewal for Stg.400.