Dunno if it qualifies as a kit car but I’ve always loved those sleeper conversions - lada Cosworth springs to mind.
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(finally) got around to sorting the rust issue on the driver arch on my Mk6 Fiesta. One of those ‘ah fook, what have I done by here, mun’ type of jobs. Got the Hydrate on it last night and going to make a proper start today.
That’s the only bad bit of rust on it to be fair, must’ve been from a ding or two rather than it coming out of nowhere.
What year is mk6 because I had 2 mk3 mondeos and they were bad for rusting on the sills.
My bus recently has had a non starting issue, battery drain and boost leak resulting in plumes of diesel smoke pouring out the exhaust.
I found the wire to the solenoid not locked into place and the battery drain is the stereo. Boost leak was sorted by disconnecting the inter cooler pipes and seating them correctly. They have these big paper clip sort of things to hold them on rather then a jubilee clip
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Mk6 was 2003-2009 or something IIRC? I think it’s from a slight knock, or at least parts of the rust is from that. I’m hoping to get it done and dusted this time. Did the classic peel back a bit and reveal two holes. Lovely.
Selling my GTI when it’s fixed. Reinheriting a Golf MK 5 1.6 TDI automatic as a daily I think.
What shall I buy that’s stock to mess around with? Fun to drive, and can make it a bit faster and fun noises? Or just keep my spicy Golf even though it’s a fucking Michael Fabricant and I hate it at the moment.
Suzuki Swift Sport (mk2). Not that quick but fun/good handling, so quick in the right hands. Reliable. Underrated cars to those that don’t know.
We had a Suzuki Swift, mk2 I think, the mini shaped one. It was only a 15 petrol, not the sport, but I would say it was the most fun car to drive I think we ever had.
I keep window shopping mk2 sports on Auto Trader to replace my car
They’ve just started playing with a Swift on Mighty Car Mods, for fun / tinkering.
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Depends what you need the car for but MX5’s are endlessly modifiable, reliable and a lot of fun to drive.
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I had one for a couple of years. For some stupid reason bought one new when really I should have bought a family car haha. Good cheap fun.
I always come back to an MX have owned 4 and 1/2 (for parts)
For a fun cheap driving experience, they cant be beaten.
My sister loved her MK2. Always wanted a MK1 to go alongside my Integra. Green with tan interior. Make me feel like I’m driving an Elan 
My garage ended up being filled with stuff so the space disappeared, money got spent on kids and house so it never happened.
Dreamy
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Mate used to have one back in the day. Smoked in it a lot haha. Whoever the fuck put ditchfinders on that car needs a talking to. If not a slap.
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MK1 Impreza
MK1 mx5 (1.6)
MK1 MX-5s are probably either expensive or rotten, the later ones are still great to drive but get the bigger engine.
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Really wanted a 205, but I missed the time they weren’t overly expensive. Nice, tha.
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I had one of these in the past, lovely. Practical, nice to drive, comfy great turning circle. Really good cars…just got a bit fed up with mine after lots of lumpy running issues that I ended up trying to fix myself with new distributor/leads and stuff. Took me ages, got it running nice, and flogged it cos I was sick of the sight of it 
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this is why I have a mk2 now,
but I do miss the pop-ups
Yeah had the sportline interior. Only a 230 but to be honest it was fast enough just not as smooth a six cylinder.
It was a good one, fsh and around 80k. About 15 years ago now and it was a 91 so not ‘that’ old by todays standards!
Just once I’d started meddling I ballsed everything up I think
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