Here, in Dan's own words, is the story of his progress to date.
After passing my test in April 2010 at the age of 17 I wanted my own car so I could be more independent and wouldn’t need to be driving the parent’s car. With a £1000 from my parents as an early 18th b-day present and not much in my bank I set about looking for a car and doing what a lot of youngster’s don’t seem to remember, I was checking insurance. Well it turned out that I was only able to pay in a lump sum due to my age. This became a problem as the original idea was to spend as little of the £1000 on insurance because I was planning on paying monthly. I figured out that the only way that I am going to be able to afford my own car is to buy a cheap car. I then set about looking for a really cheap car and came across a Nightfire Red Rover Metro L 1.1l for £500 on auto trader. I checked the insurance and it was £1100 so I checked with my parents if they could lend me the money and I will pay them back the £500 and they agreed to it. The next day I went down to view it with my dad and instantly fell in love with it, I don’t know whether it was because I knew this could be my very own car or because there was something about it but fell in love with it I did. I decided to take it for a test drive and then I realised how much different it was to a modern car (Fiat Stilo) but I loved that about it. Got back to the guys house and dad said it was up to me if I wanted it so without thinking about it anymore I said I want it and put a deposit down and picked it up the next day. Got home and decided first thing to do was clean it and so I did. Here is how it looked after a quick clean.
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I am going to skip a few things as I don’t have pictures of them and the progress so being a big fan of modifying cars I got to work on mine and the modifications done to my car are as follows:
Gti Crosspoke Alloys
185/55/R13 Camac Tyres
Richbrook Aluminium Locking Wheel Nuts
16” Aero Wipers (All Around)
Gti Spoiler
Smoked Rear Clusters
JVC KD R311 Headunit
5” FLI Speakers (Doors)
6x9” FLI Speakers (Parcel Shelf)
8000K HID Kit
LED Sidelights
Bosch Super 4 Spark Plugs
K & N Air Filter
Debadged Tailgate
Lowered & Individualised
Here is a picture of the car as it stands now.
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