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Sons 20 year old daily


bigstraight6

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My sons daily driver is now 20 years old, I bought him this 6n2 Polo 4 years ago when he was 17 and had just passed his driving test for a modest £500. It has never been welded and hasn’t needed much doing aside from cam belt replacement, a power steering pipe, starter motor, one front coil spring, rear brake shoes and regular servicing. 

It has the 1.0 litre MPI engine which is fine for urban driving but it does get a bit vocal at motorway speeds but he did a round trip from Plymouth to Gloucester earlier this week and when I asked how the car was he said “It did alright for a small up and down engine” He has no plans to change this car anytime soon!

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I prefer the Cougar to the Polo. My 1996 Polo was a most unreliable car, I became convinced there was something wrong somewhere in the wiring loom. All its problems were electrical and were never successfully fixed (it was still under warranty) Fortunately it was a lease car through work so it was sent back early. When it went, it went well, sadly it frequently didn't start, or would run on fewer cylinders than required, or just cut out. It put me off VWs for a while. Sounds like he struck lucky and has got a good one.

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22 minutes ago, stripped fred said:

Wow, how did he manage that!

He went through specialist broker Adrian Flux and got it insured for £1000 which I was quite amazed at, I thought I may of had to wait until he got to 21 before having any chance of getting insurance on a 50 year old American car with a 5 litre V8!

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