Learnt to drive in my mum's Nova 1.2 then bought my first car, a Corsa 1.5TD.
I won't have a bad word said against it (apart from the handling), it was very nippy, frugal and nothing went wrong in 5 years of ownership, unlike my S3.................
Passed it on to my mum for a nominal fee and it's still going strong.
Moved on to the S3 after that and am waiting for the next RS4.
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