faster4_tec said:

cheers guys for the comments!

The car that replaced it has so far been a money pit, and I regret every minute of it, on the hunt now for ANOTHER replacement, to replace the replacement

as for paint, everywhere I went people used to comment on it, in the early years I used to just do it by hand, then I borrowed a mates good quality polish machine, only needed to do it once a year, used simple cheap autoglym products, and they did the job fine enough. Although I found its more about using waxs & light polishs that 'fill' swirl and applying them correctly than actually trying to polish them out (which often causes more paint damage)

It picked up a LOT of door dents, chips & scratchs in the last year before I sold her, almost every time I parked it anywhere, it would collect another ding, another scratch, another scuff, to the point where I gave up

My next car is looking to be a golf gt tdi estate, but they are as rare as rocking horse poops, so the search is slow
If I can't find one, I might settle for an immaculate late mk1 sporting (t or V reg)

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