Grande Punto Possibly the coolest learner car around!

Nice car Good luck with the alloys they are lovely. I like the seats.

My girlfriend is an instructor, her current car is a year and a half old and never curbed the alloy wheels. Though a examiner let someone smash a wheel into a curb once, it destroyed the tyre wall. new trye was needed.

The roof board she has is magnetic (two big rubbery magnetic pads.) I was worried it would damage the paint but its fine. I regularly clean the undersides of the pads and started using an old bit of clay on them to take out sneaky bits of grit.

The Beard said:

Mancland matey, but only do it to keep my hand in. Which reminds me, I've got to pay the new Sherrif of Nottingham his outrageous tax in the next few weeks.

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Thats always a gutting time of year.

Nice car i'd love to have learned in a grande. I learned in a corsa d 1.2 and it was hateful then my instructor left bsm and got a fabia tdi which was brilliant (especially when you got used to the turbo) he had alloys on this and and the only one which got curbed was the front passengerside. Although he recconed this was only due to two pupils.

Awwww liking those seats! I bet it pulls you in a fair bit of business?

I would say thats cheap as chips for dual controls!

LOL Custard!

Can't remember what I learnt in

Nice motor Paul!

I'm from Slough too, did you get your car from Thames?

I learnt to drive in a white Mk.2 VW Golf 'driver' - that had a body kit and other bits to make it look like a GTi

Will give you a wave if I see you, only if you're not teaching someone, of course

Very nice car / office in deed mate lol and an excellent choice of vehicle too. They are becoming quite popular choice, there's one or two that drive around southport.

I learnt to drive in a volvo (tank) 340 GL

Dave_R said:

Nice motor Paul!

I'm from Slough too, did you get your car from Thames?

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Will give you a wave if I see you, only if you're not teaching someone, of course

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Yes, from Thames who were brilliant.

The whole car with all the options was £11,700 which I don't think was too bad.

I'll look out for you.

nice car... a tjet for your learners

bargain price too especially with all the options. I learnt to drive in MKI punto

Hi Paul,I have been teaching for nearly 3 years (since June 06) in this,in and around Oldham and Manchester.

Very nice John but I don't think I could cope with only three doors!!!

well I don't take rear seat passengers and don't have any children so it suits me.

The Beard said:

Micra? Luxury. I learnt in a Datsun Sunny 120Y.

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wow the 120Y i remember them - rust buckets after a few years

The Datsun 240Z/260Z was a nice sporty number, you still see a few in the USA.

Looks like a great car, would have loved to have learn't in one.

I learn't in a Ford KA...which was quite funny as I'm 6ft3, getting in and out , was fine until he got a newer model and my knee would get stuck on the stearing wheel and couldn't get any clutch control lol.

BrumBrum said:

I learnt in a 1.8 Diesel Ford Focus and it only had the sign ontop and learner plates, I'd hate to learn in a car cluttered in self advertising

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My instructer just had two 'L' plates, one at the front and one at the back. Had dual control as well.

johnlummis said:

Hi Paul,I have been teaching for nearly 3 years (since June 06) in this,in and around Oldham and Manchester.

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Smart looking GP John, do you get down to Chadderton?
if I see you around I`ll say hi and take a look maybe..

I now live on Firwood Park, jetstar, I'm not teaching at the moment as I have a broken ankle that 5 weeks ago I had 2 plates and 8 screws put into so I'm recovering but I am starting to get about,driving,so you may see me,john

Lol I saw you in Maidenhead going past the police station about a month ago

Nice motor there wsnt anything like that when I was learning. This is like the van I learnt in only it was Britsh Racing green lol

i learnt in a 59 plate 1.1 Kia Pecanto...
wasnt too bad, as same size engine as my sei...
also, the mirrors were huge, made parallel parking easy as fook, not like these sei ones

I would have sold my kidney to have learnt to drive in this car, all I managed was 2,000 Miles in my 75 Punto and 2 lessons in a Proton Gen2

You do pass plus? LOL :yum: