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You guys have no idea how excited I am to be writing this.
Anyway,
I'm a 17 year old kids who's been browsing the magical pages of Stance | Works for a little over 2 years now.
Alot of that time was spent commenting on your guys builds threads, and theres no doubt I've learned a lot from reading about your automotive adventures.
I was lucky enough to land a part time job which pays well enough for me to consider a car. The plan was to get a leg up from my parents and get a car as a joint present for xmas and my birthday, however the job allowed me to speed the process up.
A close friend and I have big dreams of running a media page where we'll cover events we attend through out the show seasons. In 2015 we got the hang of whats what and hopefully 2016 will be an even bigger learning curve as we get the ball properelly rolling.
This on top of being a car guy was reason enough to want a car which can get me from place to place and show to show
Anyway, more on the page later.
I saved up penny by penny, and the hunt for my first car began.
I spent a while looking for what I wanted, I knew it had to be a Volkswagen (my heart lies with BMW, however my wallet was not in favour of this idea haha.)
My insurance restricted me to an engine no bigger than a 1.6l, and the price had to be realistic, with idealy millage below 100,000 miles.
Mk4 Golfs were on the cards, as were Boras and Polos.
I looked and searched, only to find nothing other than Golfs with 150,000 miles on the clock and Boras which were way too far away for me to go collect after school.
In the end I came to the conclusion that I wanted a 1.4 16v 6n2 Polo. It was in my price range and the 6n2s happen to be my favourite body of the Polo.
Only problem, the 16v are an absolute pain to find, so I had no room to be picky.
In an ideal world I would have picked up a 51 reg Canyon Red 5 Door 6n2 with a sunroof and speakers in the rear.
And then this bugger came up on autotrader.
2000, Pearl Black, 5 door 1.4 16v with only 79,262 miles on the clock, 5 previous owners.
It wasn't Canyon Red, it didnt have a sunroof or speakers in the back, and it was a year older than I wanted (X reg), but non of that mattered.
The price was right, the car was close, so I asked me dad to go check out the car whilst I was at school.
My dad was happy, so was I. He even managed to haggle the guy down a little bit.
I got home from school, filled out the paper work, went to work, got home, and set of to pick the car up.
I don't know if it's just me, but picking up my first car was quite nerve racking.
I picked the car up at 9:00PM on a rainy Thursday and got it home by 9:30PM, a whole £600 poorer than I was when I woke up that day.
The next day I could see fully what I bought.
There are scrathes everywhere, the paint is a tad faded on the passangers front door, but for the price and millage I could not complain!
I drove it round the back of my apartment and took some pictures.
The interior is in a fair condition for it's age. Cuts and scratches here and there, but compared to some of the others for sale, it's fantastic.
That 2003 head unit also needs replacing haha, it doesn't even have an AUX cord entry nor a USB port, not quite sure why it got replaced.
The wheels. Oh the wheels.
Halfords, for sure, but the rubber is nice and fresh so I have an excuse to keep them untill the end of winter.
Last week the worst possible thing happened. After owning the car for exaclty a week an engine check light came on.
Well shit.
Took it to the mechanic today to get it diagnosed. Turns outs one of my Lambda Sensors it's on it's way out.
The mechanic wanted £240 for a new one + labour cost.
Hell no. If anything I'm going to fix it myself, might as well learn as I get the oppertunity to.
The light turned itself off in the end, and my engine left panic mode, so for the time being I'm leaving the sensor alone, and I'll be prepared to put some money aside for when it's really needed.
Let me get this clear now before anyone gets the wrong idea. I am a poor child who has no idea what hes doing. I just about paid of the car, so even £100 worth of mechanical bills for me a week into ownership are the absolute last thing I can cope with right now.
Like mentioned previously, I'm waiting for winter to pass before I invest in wheels, so between now and then updates will be uneventfull, but they'll help the car become what I want it to be.
I will be going low (obviously) not too much but just enough, and I'll do my best to do everything properly and learn from where I go wrong, because in my mind thats what first cars are all about.
If anyone has any tips or epxerience about the car, or any recomendations on what to do to it, I'm all ears. I'd love to see what you guys have to say and what ideas you come up with.
With that said I do have some ideas of my own.
Thanks for reading, hope my babble wasn't too boring, and I'm excited for what the future has to bring.
Anyway,
I'm a 17 year old kids who's been browsing the magical pages of Stance | Works for a little over 2 years now.
Alot of that time was spent commenting on your guys builds threads, and theres no doubt I've learned a lot from reading about your automotive adventures.
I was lucky enough to land a part time job which pays well enough for me to consider a car. The plan was to get a leg up from my parents and get a car as a joint present for xmas and my birthday, however the job allowed me to speed the process up.
A close friend and I have big dreams of running a media page where we'll cover events we attend through out the show seasons. In 2015 we got the hang of whats what and hopefully 2016 will be an even bigger learning curve as we get the ball properelly rolling.
This on top of being a car guy was reason enough to want a car which can get me from place to place and show to show
Anyway, more on the page later.
I saved up penny by penny, and the hunt for my first car began.
I spent a while looking for what I wanted, I knew it had to be a Volkswagen (my heart lies with BMW, however my wallet was not in favour of this idea haha.)
My insurance restricted me to an engine no bigger than a 1.6l, and the price had to be realistic, with idealy millage below 100,000 miles.
Mk4 Golfs were on the cards, as were Boras and Polos.
I looked and searched, only to find nothing other than Golfs with 150,000 miles on the clock and Boras which were way too far away for me to go collect after school.
In the end I came to the conclusion that I wanted a 1.4 16v 6n2 Polo. It was in my price range and the 6n2s happen to be my favourite body of the Polo.
Only problem, the 16v are an absolute pain to find, so I had no room to be picky.
In an ideal world I would have picked up a 51 reg Canyon Red 5 Door 6n2 with a sunroof and speakers in the rear.
And then this bugger came up on autotrader.
2000, Pearl Black, 5 door 1.4 16v with only 79,262 miles on the clock, 5 previous owners.
It wasn't Canyon Red, it didnt have a sunroof or speakers in the back, and it was a year older than I wanted (X reg), but non of that mattered.
The price was right, the car was close, so I asked me dad to go check out the car whilst I was at school.
My dad was happy, so was I. He even managed to haggle the guy down a little bit.
I got home from school, filled out the paper work, went to work, got home, and set of to pick the car up.
I don't know if it's just me, but picking up my first car was quite nerve racking.
I picked the car up at 9:00PM on a rainy Thursday and got it home by 9:30PM, a whole £600 poorer than I was when I woke up that day.
The next day I could see fully what I bought.
There are scrathes everywhere, the paint is a tad faded on the passangers front door, but for the price and millage I could not complain!
I drove it round the back of my apartment and took some pictures.
The interior is in a fair condition for it's age. Cuts and scratches here and there, but compared to some of the others for sale, it's fantastic.
That 2003 head unit also needs replacing haha, it doesn't even have an AUX cord entry nor a USB port, not quite sure why it got replaced.
The wheels. Oh the wheels.
Halfords, for sure, but the rubber is nice and fresh so I have an excuse to keep them untill the end of winter.
Last week the worst possible thing happened. After owning the car for exaclty a week an engine check light came on.
Well shit.
Took it to the mechanic today to get it diagnosed. Turns outs one of my Lambda Sensors it's on it's way out.
The mechanic wanted £240 for a new one + labour cost.
Hell no. If anything I'm going to fix it myself, might as well learn as I get the oppertunity to.
The light turned itself off in the end, and my engine left panic mode, so for the time being I'm leaving the sensor alone, and I'll be prepared to put some money aside for when it's really needed.
Let me get this clear now before anyone gets the wrong idea. I am a poor child who has no idea what hes doing. I just about paid of the car, so even £100 worth of mechanical bills for me a week into ownership are the absolute last thing I can cope with right now.
Like mentioned previously, I'm waiting for winter to pass before I invest in wheels, so between now and then updates will be uneventfull, but they'll help the car become what I want it to be.
I will be going low (obviously) not too much but just enough, and I'll do my best to do everything properly and learn from where I go wrong, because in my mind thats what first cars are all about.
If anyone has any tips or epxerience about the car, or any recomendations on what to do to it, I'm all ears. I'd love to see what you guys have to say and what ideas you come up with.
With that said I do have some ideas of my own.
Thanks for reading, hope my babble wasn't too boring, and I'm excited for what the future has to bring.
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