Matt Scarbro
A2OC Donor
Some of you may have read my intro post but hello if not!
I bought a 1.4 a few weeks back from a lovely chap called Alan that may have frequented this forum.
As far as I can tell it has been excellently maintained throughout its life and could very easily pass for a car that has done half of its 180k miles. It feels very tight which suggests a large number of bushes and othe suspension components have been replaced, or perhaps the vest majority of the miles were on smooth motorways putting very little strain on such components.
Either way it feels very good am I'm very pleased with it!
One thing I couldn't get on with was the pepperpot style wheels and higher profile, narrow tyres.
I understand the efficiency and comfort merits of such a relatively light and narrow wheel and tyre combination but they don't really suit my use and I'm not keen on the way they look.
As a compromise between sensible size, sensible cost and aesthetics I bought these 16" wheels for it:
And on the car:
To me they have transformed the appearance of the car, bringing it much more up to date.
I bought a 1.4 a few weeks back from a lovely chap called Alan that may have frequented this forum.
As far as I can tell it has been excellently maintained throughout its life and could very easily pass for a car that has done half of its 180k miles. It feels very tight which suggests a large number of bushes and othe suspension components have been replaced, or perhaps the vest majority of the miles were on smooth motorways putting very little strain on such components.
Either way it feels very good am I'm very pleased with it!
One thing I couldn't get on with was the pepperpot style wheels and higher profile, narrow tyres.
I understand the efficiency and comfort merits of such a relatively light and narrow wheel and tyre combination but they don't really suit my use and I'm not keen on the way they look.
As a compromise between sensible size, sensible cost and aesthetics I bought these 16" wheels for it:
And on the car:
To me they have transformed the appearance of the car, bringing it much more up to date.