I think we all remember our first car - mine was a 848cc mini-van...in the years
before the mini became a bit of a style icon. The sad thing is, that I don’t have
any photos of it - but maybe that’s a good thing...read on! It cost me 30 quid and
I loved it - sort of.... I didn’t like the colour - dark blue! So my Dad suggested
we repaint it. And he did mean re PAINT. Not a spray-gun in sight, but plenty of
paint brushes. Noooo! It ended up being a maroon-colour with brush marks so thick,
you could plant vegetables in the furrows. I loved it! 0-60 in around 30 minutes
and a top speed of 72, then things started to fall off it!!!
Since then, I’ve been
a bit of a Ford fan and dabbled in the luxury end of the market with Jaguar and Lexus
and with the Japanese - Nissan and Honda - lucky me. On the 2nd April 2011, I retired
the Mondeo and took delivery of my new Vauxhall Insignia and I’ve got to say, so
far, this is the BEST car I’ve ever owned!
