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joerog
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Hello there. My name is Joe and I'm 20 years old.
When I was 17, my first car was a VW Polo 1043cc Hatchback. I loved this car and wish I still had it now. I lowered it on springs and shock absorbers, had some wider steel wheels on it, rear strut brace and it was immaculate inside and out. Stupidly I sold it last year. After that I have been through a series of Polos ranging from A reg. through to a J reg. (I love old VW Polos!)
Anyway, recently I had an '88 VW Polo Coupe S and loved it. I had the sporty Polo G40 seats in (sort of like bucket seats). It seemed reasonably nippy too and it was a 1.3 carb. model. I bought a weber carb. for it to give it more power but the seller lost the item and I was back to sqare one with the standard, high milage carb. that was giving very poor MPG and reducing the power. A week later it was vandalised and set on fire
After feeling very downbeat about this I thought it was time to get a cheap, reliable (maybe even more so than a 1.0 Polo) car that I could drive around in to save up some cash.
I was offered a Nissan Micra by a local garage for 60 quid (only 2 weeks MOT left and 2 months tax) so I went to look at it. It was immaculate inside, a little bit of surface rust outside though but the milage was 46,000 miles and it's had one lady owner since new! So that's 2 owners, including me, in nearly twenty years!
I bought the Micra and we thought we'd book it in for an MOT test as it seemed okay. It passed yesterday! I am delighted.
I have to say that it is a really nice car to drive and I think it's not too nasty on the eye either. At first the indicator stalk being on the other side caught me out but the way the full beam and flashing system works is handy.
I have a few questions if someone would be so kind as to answer:
Being an F reg. Micra, does this make it a Mk1 micra? Also named the K10 (after reading this site)?
Do many people modify their mk1 micras? I don't mean with huge max power stickers and such like as I've never been into that sort of thing being a retro VW lover. I mean like handling mods to make it handle a lot better. i.e on my old Polo it was only lowered 40mm but handled far better and even better with a simple lower front strut brace.
Sorry for the very long introduction and thanks for reading, Joe
When I was 17, my first car was a VW Polo 1043cc Hatchback. I loved this car and wish I still had it now. I lowered it on springs and shock absorbers, had some wider steel wheels on it, rear strut brace and it was immaculate inside and out. Stupidly I sold it last year. After that I have been through a series of Polos ranging from A reg. through to a J reg. (I love old VW Polos!)
Anyway, recently I had an '88 VW Polo Coupe S and loved it. I had the sporty Polo G40 seats in (sort of like bucket seats). It seemed reasonably nippy too and it was a 1.3 carb. model. I bought a weber carb. for it to give it more power but the seller lost the item and I was back to sqare one with the standard, high milage carb. that was giving very poor MPG and reducing the power. A week later it was vandalised and set on fire
After feeling very downbeat about this I thought it was time to get a cheap, reliable (maybe even more so than a 1.0 Polo) car that I could drive around in to save up some cash.
I was offered a Nissan Micra by a local garage for 60 quid (only 2 weeks MOT left and 2 months tax) so I went to look at it. It was immaculate inside, a little bit of surface rust outside though but the milage was 46,000 miles and it's had one lady owner since new! So that's 2 owners, including me, in nearly twenty years!
I bought the Micra and we thought we'd book it in for an MOT test as it seemed okay. It passed yesterday! I am delighted.
I have to say that it is a really nice car to drive and I think it's not too nasty on the eye either. At first the indicator stalk being on the other side caught me out but the way the full beam and flashing system works is handy.
I have a few questions if someone would be so kind as to answer:
Being an F reg. Micra, does this make it a Mk1 micra? Also named the K10 (after reading this site)?
Do many people modify their mk1 micras? I don't mean with huge max power stickers and such like as I've never been into that sort of thing being a retro VW lover. I mean like handling mods to make it handle a lot better. i.e on my old Polo it was only lowered 40mm but handled far better and even better with a simple lower front strut brace.
Sorry for the very long introduction and thanks for reading, Joe
