Hi All,
New to the forum so thought I'd add mine to the collection. It's totally standard and nowhere near as nice as some of the beauties I've seen on here, but it's my daily steer and I love it!
Picked it up in Jan '11 after treating myself to celebrate my first year of driving (accomplished is a shagged out 1.4 litre Astra), the fact insurance was cheap enough (one year driving, one year NCB and qualifying for over 25s discount, which you don't get if you have less than one year driving) and because I've always wanted a fun car to drive. I've always been a car nut but only got round to doing my test at 25 for reasons I can't fathom now. I only have these pics I took after the first test drive, when I next have it detailed I'll get some better pics sorted.
I've had a few issues with it in the 8 months I've had it (fan belt went 10 days after I picked it up, the cam belt was done just before I got it but the garage apparently didn't do the fanbelt at the same time), the battery went flat not long after and wouldn't hold charge (replaced and it's been fine since) and a coil pack went in July. I've mentioned the wing mirror issue I'm having at the mo in another thread, as well as the suspected auto level xenon issue, but I still love it. Even driving to work is not such a hardship now because I enjoy driving it, even on mundane drives, so much!
I really like the forum, especially the metal on show in the A3 section, and hope you don't mind having me around