Cracking little car, my first car was a mark2 Jaguar, mind you later that year I got married and it was back to walking and buses until money started coming in.
We're impressed with it. Had 68k on it, all motorway, but that's not an issue as he's doing big miles himself (mainly social as his commute is about 25 miles return). It's got really low down torque, and is really good overtaking on the motorway, even in 6th, just pulls. You don't even need to rev the engine as it has loads of grunt from 2000rpm for even a petrol. And it will easily return 50+ mpg on a run.
I won't put up the picture of it covered in N. Wales fire road mud after the Wales Rally... what a mess. You should have seen the mud coming off the underside once home !
It's got a really good spec inside too.
We compared it to an identical Polo 1.2 SE, same age, engine, price, miles. This was miles nicer, much more sporty (splitter, skirts and spoiler) and cheaper insurance
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