Bought my first car!

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 15 Sep 2005, 08:50

Hey everyone, just wanted to say I'm happy because I bought my first car on Tuesday night!

It's not new - I can't afford a new one! It's an M registered (1994) Renault Clio BeBop 5 door 1.2L in red.

A bloke who literally lives round the corner from me was selling it on E-Bay, so I had a look at it and bought it. Got it for £550!

I spent all yesterday with my girlfriend cleaning it out and it has scrubbed up quite well to say the bloke who owned it used it for school runs for his 3 small kids.

I just need to replace the old tape player with an MP3 CD player and give the paintwork a good wax & use some "back to black" on the bumpers and dashboard, then the car will almost look as good as new.

I might post some photos later if I get the chance.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Sep 2005, 08:52

Congrats

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 15 Sep 2005, 09:05

SO what does an M-registration mean?!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Sep 2005, 09:16

There's an M at the start of the number plate?

I think every year they move up one letter of the alphabet? Or am I wrong?

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 15 Sep 2005, 10:22

Yeah, where do you guys live? M-reg basically means it was a 1994-made car. Its quite old but I'm not bothered as long as it gets me from A to B (A being my house, B being my girlfriend's uni house 1 hour away)...

Unrealnils · Post by **Unrealnils** » 15 Sep 2005, 12:01

Says Norway under his usernam

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 15 Sep 2005, 15:35

D'oh! I'm not quite with it today, ok? Don't get on my nerves!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 15 Sep 2005, 16:50

Congratulations man. Drive carefully and watch out for crooked garages trying to rip you off, as there are many scummy assholes out there! (Saw a british tv show about car-owners being ripped off by bastards who were supposedly fixing their car...)

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 16 Sep 2005, 07:44

Right, see I thought it could be a car class for only two people or somesuch. These things vary across the world... this was just as cryptic as Toges ASs...