Ignis mini monster truck
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At this time of year my thoughts turned to 'winter car'.
So I talked to my wife... She has never come to terms with her Giulietta and has been looking at alternatives... I spotted this 17 miles from us, I showed her as a left field choice... She loved the look and a couple of YouTube video in snow, she wanted to go and see it.
Jules smiled when she saw it, more inside, positively beamed after a test drive... So she bought it, I had advised offering £1600, she did the deal herself at full price... £1795.
It does drive well and she is over the moon, best of all I have a winter fishing car to use.
Mileage backed up with mot's.
I will service it, clean up a bit of surface rust underneath and slam panel, paint wheel caps make new parcel shelf cords and she is ordering new plates.
So I talked to my wife... She has never come to terms with her Giulietta and has been looking at alternatives... I spotted this 17 miles from us, I showed her as a left field choice... She loved the look and a couple of YouTube video in snow, she wanted to go and see it.
Jules smiled when she saw it, more inside, positively beamed after a test drive... So she bought it, I had advised offering £1600, she did the deal herself at full price... £1795.
It does drive well and she is over the moon, best of all I have a winter fishing car to use.
Mileage backed up with mot's.
I will service it, clean up a bit of surface rust underneath and slam panel, paint wheel caps make new parcel shelf cords and she is ordering new plates.
waynedear said:
At this time of year my thoughts turned to 'winter car'.
So I talked to my wife... She has never come to terms with her Giulietta and has been looking at alternatives... I spotted this 17 miles from us, I showed her as a left field choice... She loved the look and a couple of YouTube video in snow, she wanted to go and see it.
Jules smiled when she saw it, more inside, positively beamed after a test drive... So she bought it, I had advised offering £1600, she did the deal herself at full price... £1795.
It does drive well and she is over the moon, best of all I have a winter fishing car to use.
Mileage backed up with mot's.
I will service it, clean up a bit of surface rust underneath and slam panel, paint wheel caps make new parcel shelf cords and she is ordering new plates.
Great negotiation skills.. So I talked to my wife... She has never come to terms with her Giulietta and has been looking at alternatives... I spotted this 17 miles from us, I showed her as a left field choice... She loved the look and a couple of YouTube video in snow, she wanted to go and see it.
Jules smiled when she saw it, more inside, positively beamed after a test drive... So she bought it, I had advised offering £1600, she did the deal herself at full price... £1795.
It does drive well and she is over the moon, best of all I have a winter fishing car to use.
Mileage backed up with mot's.
I will service it, clean up a bit of surface rust underneath and slam panel, paint wheel caps make new parcel shelf cords and she is ordering new plates.
Looks Quirky. I like it.
Bobupndown said:
Sister in law had one from new. Treated with neglect, rarely serviced, last 13 years like that!
I used to have an Ignis Sport. It looked neglected. Bashed up on every side: neighbour had some work done and contractors had a digger which they were messing around in and smashed into the bonnet, front bumper and side; I lived near a pub so often someone would key scratch the sides or leave chips or beer glasses on the roof; I was also near a school so the wing mirror, front wing and driver door got smashed into many times.As for me, it wasn't worth repairing but it got serviced annually even when only 1000 miles done (short journeys), always used Shell V power (it ran on a minimum of RON97), eventually fixed the aircon which took four attempts and £700.
It had enkei alloys, recaro seats and was a joy to drive like a mk1 Golf gti (similar weight and power) but had a much better engine (more free revving).
I used it for shopping, holidays, trackdays (Silverstone, Brands Hatch), moving my sons uni stuff.
It just kept on going, only wear and tear items ever got changed. Never broke down, never failed. Bought it for £3500 at 6 years old and part exchanged for £500 at 18 years old. The Suzuki dealership did fix it in the end and sold it for over £4000 (but they must have spent over £1500 at trade price to repair).
I did love that car but family needs meant it had to go in the end.
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