Don't really know how popular this will be but its generally an interesting story. I have been lucky enough to have a brand new car for my first car, so 2 weeks before my 17th birthday my car arrived in the ford garage ready to pick up.
This was when i first layer eyes on her.
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So anyway i didn't even use her until i was 17 (1st May 2009) so all i could do was look at her, then on my birthday i had my first 2 hour driving lesson. My dad runs his own insurance company so i was insured on it before i even passed my test, so me and my dad where in the car parks and eventually out on the road. Passed my theory test on the 7th may. Anyway i ended up passing my proper test on the 7th July 2009 at 10:30AM, happiest day of my life, by 8PM wellll...... next picture
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Luckily it wasn't actually my fault managed to get a healthy whip lash claim along with 3 of my friends. The car was a total loss. I got a corsa as a curtesy car. Then a weeks later my check for my new car had arrived and on the 13th July it was time to find myself a new car,
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Pride and joy number 2, didn't get a black one felt like a bit of a jinx.
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Thought it was the fastest car around haha, anyway 6 months later my dad decided i like the looks of these new fords, so on halloween 2009 he picks up his brand new,
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It was epic i still love it to pieces but my dad just didn't appreciate it at all bare in mind he had a porsche 911 aswel as the focus, 2 months after picking her up me and my dad are out picking up a chippy we come out of the chippy and he says "go on you drive home, i put you on the insurance this afternoon" I was 17 FFS!!!!!!! So i couldn't say no but all i could say was i could hardly drive i was shaking like a leaf. After that i treated her almost as my own i cleaned her more than my little red fiesta. I had to ask very nicely if i could take the focus out for a spin but more often than not he said yeh.
Things kind of stayed the same for the next 18 months until about 6 months ago now it was time for the focus to find a new home, with only 3000 miles on the clock over half of them i myself put on. I felt like my dog had died when she went i grew very attached.
3 Months later i decided i think it was time for a new car myself knowing there was no way on earth i could afford a focus like my dads, IT WAS TIME FOR A CLIO 200, in white inspired by the Focus. I got £9800 for my fiesta with 17k on the clock not at all bad for a 2 year old fiesta in my opinion. I shopped around and waited for the perfect one i looked on spending up to 12K on a year 09-59 plate. looking on piston head every day, i drove round in a ****ty ka for 2 weeks. I had found the perfect one but it was slightly over budget. My dad had an email convo with steve (dealer from this forum) and we agreed a price. £12300 sorted!!!!! A long trip to london 3 Trains later steve picked us up from the train station in my new car, i was on love!!
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3 months on and every time i step out of it i still glance back, not a single regret from the fiesta, the clio is slightly more basic but makes up for it in every other way.
This was when i first layer eyes on her.
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So anyway i didn't even use her until i was 17 (1st May 2009) so all i could do was look at her, then on my birthday i had my first 2 hour driving lesson. My dad runs his own insurance company so i was insured on it before i even passed my test, so me and my dad where in the car parks and eventually out on the road. Passed my theory test on the 7th may. Anyway i ended up passing my proper test on the 7th July 2009 at 10:30AM, happiest day of my life, by 8PM wellll...... next picture
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Luckily it wasn't actually my fault managed to get a healthy whip lash claim along with 3 of my friends. The car was a total loss. I got a corsa as a curtesy car. Then a weeks later my check for my new car had arrived and on the 13th July it was time to find myself a new car,
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Pride and joy number 2, didn't get a black one felt like a bit of a jinx.
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Thought it was the fastest car around haha, anyway 6 months later my dad decided i like the looks of these new fords, so on halloween 2009 he picks up his brand new,
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It was epic i still love it to pieces but my dad just didn't appreciate it at all bare in mind he had a porsche 911 aswel as the focus, 2 months after picking her up me and my dad are out picking up a chippy we come out of the chippy and he says "go on you drive home, i put you on the insurance this afternoon" I was 17 FFS!!!!!!! So i couldn't say no but all i could say was i could hardly drive i was shaking like a leaf. After that i treated her almost as my own i cleaned her more than my little red fiesta. I had to ask very nicely if i could take the focus out for a spin but more often than not he said yeh.
Things kind of stayed the same for the next 18 months until about 6 months ago now it was time for the focus to find a new home, with only 3000 miles on the clock over half of them i myself put on. I felt like my dog had died when she went i grew very attached.
3 Months later i decided i think it was time for a new car myself knowing there was no way on earth i could afford a focus like my dads, IT WAS TIME FOR A CLIO 200, in white inspired by the Focus. I got £9800 for my fiesta with 17k on the clock not at all bad for a 2 year old fiesta in my opinion. I shopped around and waited for the perfect one i looked on spending up to 12K on a year 09-59 plate. looking on piston head every day, i drove round in a ****ty ka for 2 weeks. I had found the perfect one but it was slightly over budget. My dad had an email convo with steve (dealer from this forum) and we agreed a price. £12300 sorted!!!!! A long trip to london 3 Trains later steve picked us up from the train station in my new car, i was on love!!
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3 months on and every time i step out of it i still glance back, not a single regret from the fiesta, the clio is slightly more basic but makes up for it in every other way.
