Quite a while back on this site I happened to post a picture of me and the car that I had at the time – a Peugeot 106. One that I was hopefully going to learn to drive on and pass my test in. Unfortunately this didn’t turn out to be the case due to a few small reasons… a) I’m not particularly lucky or skilled at driving tests (yeah, some of it is due to luck), and b) The bodywork didn’t reallyl last too long…
In saying the bodywork didn’t last, I mean the bodywork you couldn’t see didn’t last. The outside of the car looked fine – it was all shiny and in fairly good nick. But, apparently, according to the garage that carried out the MOT, the underside had holes or something of that sort and needed welding – something that would cost £700, which you may agree is a fairly extorionate amount for a car that I subsequently sold for £102 on eBay! Maybe I would have been better off with a slightly more reliable car such as a (Toyota) Corolla or some Japanese invention, but in all cases, living by the sea doesn’t do many favours for metalwork. It was a good car at the end of the day though, and maybe if I had been a slightly better/lucky driver at the time then I may have been able to drive on my own in it. Oh well, that’s life…
Finally though, the point in saying this is that I did finally pass my driving test and I can now drive on my own! Yay!