My new baby....

[01V5]

Last tuesday my dad surprised me with a car... and it was a Bora!

I was soo excited when i layed eyes on this Emerald Green Bora V5 with Beige Leather, it is truly a beautiful car. I am only 16 and not many people my age have a car like this... i love it soo much!

And this car is in unbelieveable condition. The paintwork looks brand new, all electronics in perfect condition and the leather..... i swear it just rolled off the production line! (apart from the 142,000km on the clock)

Anyways this is my first official post and i promise i will try put some pics up here ASAP.

Thanks, Alex

[davegwynn]

Sounds like an awesome first car! Congratulations!

Mine was a 1.2 litre Vauxhall Nova saloon. Not quite in the same league..

[bora(ing) nick]

I too had a Nova 1.2, but mine was a hatchback.

Looked pretty good though, smooth boot, GTE interior, GTE spoiler, S/S exhaust throughout, 3rd brake light, GTE body kit, and a 1 off paint job, Pearlesent white, but 3 tone, it looked green or blue when it was sunny.

I'm 21, and bought my Bora in September 06. Its not a V5 with leather interior, but it is a 55 plate, black beauty, that i'm over the moon with.

Not sure how your going to fund the insurance.... but if your dad has shelled out for a Bora V5, maybe he could help you with the insurance too!

Nick

[MalcQV]

Congratulations,
my 1st car was a Tina MKIII 1600 L, my mum and dad did give me an interest free loan though.

[01V5]

It's not really all for me... he needed a car too but once i'm 17 it will be primarily for my use. To be honest i really don't like leather seats, i like the comfort of velour or cloth. Feels more cosy according to me. As for the V5 engine... i saw some idiot tonight in a Vectra fishtale and roll his car onto the tram lines. That scared the crap out of me and i promised myself never to speed no matter what car..LOL!

[Eshrules]

It's not really all for me... he needed a car too but once i'm 17 it will be primarily for my use. To be honest i really don't like leather seats, i like the comfort of velour or cloth. Feels more cosy according to me. As for the V5 engine... i saw some idiot tonight in a Vectra fishtale and roll his car onto the tram lines. That scared the crap out of me and i promised myself never to speed no matter what car..LOL!

just one tiny little question LOL, presuming you have the 2.3 V5 engine... how do you intend to get insured?

[MalcQV]

just one tiny little question LOL, presuming you have the 2.3 V5 engine... how do you intend to get insured?

Think you can make a bit of a saving as a named driver. I do know that for young'uns nowadays insurance is astronomical

[Eshrules]

Think you can make a bit of a saving as a named driver. I do know that for young'uns nowadays insurance is astronomical

well, just as an example....

my first car was a 51 plate 1.2 16v sx fiat brava -

quote for me = £1900

quote for me on dad's name = £1200

now aged 22, golf gt tdi 115 = £1500. a 2.3 v5 bora = get lost said the insurance

also, im not %100 sure on this one, but im sure anything approaching 2.0, eg a 1.8/1.9/2.3v5 you have to be over 21 to drive

[bora(ing) nick]

It's not really all for me... he needed a car too but once i'm 17 it will be primarily for my use. To be honest i really don't like leather seats, i like the comfort of velour or cloth. Feels more cosy according to me. As for the V5 engine... i saw some idiot tonight in a Vectra fishtale and roll his car onto the tram lines. That scared the crap out of me and i promised myself never to speed no matter what car..LOL!

Might as well of got the 1.6....lol

I did a "car share" thing once with my dad...He couldn't afford a new car, so i bought a 1.6 Fiat Tempra when i was 16, and my dad used it until i was old enough to drive....

Thing is....the day before i passed my test, there was a major malfunction in the ECU, and it basically melted the wiring loom.

looking back, it was probably a good thing, i could of ended up driving a FIAT......

Nick

[RickT]

on the V5 it wont be cheap.... I got a quote 2 years ago on a V5 golf when i was 23 with 4 years no claims and it was still just over a grand..

All i can say is good luck!!

ps... my first car was a Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i CDI, and was 4 years old when i got it... (it was my Dads old company car, he had it for 3 years, then which my mum ran for a year and it was too big for her... so at the age of 18 I got that and my mum got something a little smaller!!

So i was 18 driving round it a 2.0i Cavlier CDI 8V, (not one of them ECO tech rubbish!!) when every else my age was running little Novas etc!! I slapped a set of 17inch 5 spoke alloys on it, K&N, with janspeed twin pipe box, power boost valve, I tell you what... the power felt quick!! it would do 0-60 in just over 8 seconds......

not bad for a first car!!

RiCKT