1993 Mk2F Polo - Finding the niggles

[dog296]

Hey all.

After being without a car since last October, I decided to buy a new motor from a lad at work.



Ok it's not the most impressive Retro ever, but for £300, I can't complain!

Its only a baby 1 litre, but for me, its cheaper to insure than it is to tax, which is perfect considering its only ever going to be use at weekends, and day's off.

Its got a brand spanking new MOT, infact it was still on the ramp when I went to look at it, and with 61k on the clock, its near mint underneath, few small areas need a little tarting but I plan to either respray it or roller it next year.

So what you think? Not bad? or total embarrassment?

[Smiler]

I think tidy blank canvas...

Not that Retro to me, but then I'm sadly now getting on a bit (37). There are plenty of younger folk around to whom this will seem like an old retro car rather than just an old car.

[Battles]

There's nothing embarrasing about a £300 motor with a fresh test and mileage like that.
Good work.

Which colour do you fancy?
Any plans for wheels or dropping?

[dog296]

Tbh to me anything 90's onwards is "new" to me tbh, retro is 80's or older, but this will do. Its modern enough to play with without setting off a stupid sensor saying you farted on the seat.

Only real things I plan to do, is a set of nice wheels.... retro or modern (NOT splits) lower it slightly, and freshen it up, job done.

[acidicdavey]

Cool little car imo. I'm 20 so this car is retro to me lol. You could do a lot with it if you wanted to, but my guess is that this one's going to be left alone right?

[dog296]

Wheels I fancy some dish, but then, I've got a softspot to the Golf mk1 snowflakes, or the ageold ats cups.

As for paint, I plan to repaint it white again, but taking the rub strips off, wider arches, colour code the bumpers, debadge the grille, and paint the roof black ready for a chequer chess board.

[acidicdavey]

Snowflakes are a very nice wheel I think, would be a good choice

[dog296]

I know theres a set in the sales secton right now, and they are cheap.... but I'm now skint, and I'm off to Vegas next month, so really can't afford the

[acidicdavey]

Get lucky in the casinos

[dog296]

Aug 4, 2012 20:40:21 GMT acidicdavey said:

Get lucky in the casinos

Heres hoping.

[mikeymk]

These actually have quite a following, you got it at a snip - check out clubpolo.co.uk and you'll find it's a pretty big club with plenty going on, and more ideas/info/help than you can imagine.

They're particularly fun to drive due to their weight:solidarity ratio, and they're not badly styled so they can look great for peanuts..



There was also a coupe version..

And a 2dr saloon, though i can't think of anyone with a white one of those atm.

[Brian Damaged]

That's a tidy lil' Polo. Scoring anything with a years' MOT for £300 is good going these days, never mind something with only 60-odd thousand clicks under its belt.

In my eyes that's a mildly facelifted version of a car that was originally introduced in 1981, so will fit into any pigeonhole you like.

Doesn't look like it needs 'rollering'. A good session with some G3 and a mop and maybe you'll think twice about that one. But hey, 'Your Ride Your Way'.....

[dog296]

Someone in the past has rattled caned the odd area for some reason, bit of over spray here n there.
I just want to make it fresh and tidy.

If I can get a good compressor, and a space to spray, I wouldn't mind giving doing my own spray job a crack, but rollering I can do anywhere. Plus saves me on primer etc.

But I'll try a good mop session and see what happens first.

I've signed up to Club Polo, just waiting for them to pull their finger out to accept me.

[Deleted]

I think you did very well there, prices last year were considerably higher, they seem to have settled at about the £300-600 mark for reasonable to good ones, I would have expected you to have paid closer to £500 for this one had you not said.

Paying less than tax for insurance is pretty impressive too, I'm guessing you've managed to get classic insurance or something?

[dog296]

Nope. 7 years no claims, garaged etc, think claiming only 3000 miles helps.

Hadn't thought about classic insurance.

[Lawsy]

I was on the verge of getting one of these as my daily.. i think i migth have even seen this one up for sale too..

didnt happen tho as i ended up in another wagon

[dog296]

This one? I highly doubt it.

[FOAD]

They're good little cars, I've had 4 of them, a squareback, 2 coupes and now a saloon. Club Polo and Polo3.co.uk are the sites I frequent for info and spares.

Try www.facebook.com/ClubPoloUK?ref=stream if you're not getting anywhere when trying to register for Club Polo.

[doctorblack]

Checkerboard roof will look great!

[dog296]

Just bought some 60/40 eibach? Lowering shocks and springs £150 - love eBay!