Rover 114

My first ever car was a an Austin Metro - called Esmerelda. It was red and had a go faster stripe down the side. I was 18 at the time and spent my life savings of £999 on it. It was great, not many of my friends could drive so I was suddenly popular as I could take them out and about and it was easy to run and cheap. Unfortunately I was young and thrashing the car to its limits soon took its toll and I had to get rid of it. I sold it amazingly but later discovered that it had been used for a ramraid in Brighton whilst still in my name - fortunately I did have the proof that I had sold it on at this stage. I had various small cars - Ford Fiesta, ...  Read the complete review

The Rover 100 is the first (and currently) only car I own. I bought it back in 1995 before I knew anything about cars and just stumbled into a Rover franchise. 6 years and nearly 90,000 miles later it's still running after a few patch ups; mainly the ignition and the injection system both of which are relatively inexpensive to fix. I'll have to say it's not the best car to drive on long hauls across the country, but running around cities and towns it's right up there with the big boys. It acceleration is pretty good for squeezing in and out of tight spots; it's small size is perfert to zipping past huge 4x4 morons who like to take up ...  Read the complete review