After four years of running the "OK" Renault Clio 1.2 16v, My parents finally decided it was time for a new car... After looking through lots of High mileage Golf TDI's, I got bored and decided to show them the light which was the Ibiza...
Trawled through a few garages looking at 100ps "DAB" models and a strange light blue grey 5 door FR and then found this lovely example of a 3 door FR in a rather nice shade of dark grey.
Picked it up on a 57 plate with 17,000 miles for a reasonable price. It has the fantastic 130ps engine (BLT) with the latest software revision which cures the famous "hesitation".
Needless to say, Mother is already mega impressed by it and much prefers it to the clio so excelent result all round!
As the orange paint had started to flake on one of the front indicator bulbs, the car was treated to a set of Philips silver vision bulbs which clean up the headlights a little bit. Needless to say after the fitting my arms/hands were covered in small scratches and speckles of blood.
It's also had a brand new Pipercross panel filter thrown into the airbox to get rid of the rather filthy original paper air filter.
Next weekend it is having the "Ibiza" badge removed from the bootlid and an LCR splitter on the front to give that finishing touch to the bumper.
I've also bought a set of the "Cupra solid bushes" which will be going on in a couple of months time as a bit of preventative maintenance. If I find some well priced springs it may well get lowered at the same time.
Trawled through a few garages looking at 100ps "DAB" models and a strange light blue grey 5 door FR and then found this lovely example of a 3 door FR in a rather nice shade of dark grey.
Picked it up on a 57 plate with 17,000 miles for a reasonable price. It has the fantastic 130ps engine (BLT) with the latest software revision which cures the famous "hesitation".
Needless to say, Mother is already mega impressed by it and much prefers it to the clio so excelent result all round!
As the orange paint had started to flake on one of the front indicator bulbs, the car was treated to a set of Philips silver vision bulbs which clean up the headlights a little bit. Needless to say after the fitting my arms/hands were covered in small scratches and speckles of blood.
It's also had a brand new Pipercross panel filter thrown into the airbox to get rid of the rather filthy original paper air filter.
Next weekend it is having the "Ibiza" badge removed from the bootlid and an LCR splitter on the front to give that finishing touch to the bumper.
I've also bought a set of the "Cupra solid bushes" which will be going on in a couple of months time as a bit of preventative maintenance. If I find some well priced springs it may well get lowered at the same time.
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If your mum lets you... 
