FOR LIFE
When you’re new to driving, cars tend to come and go. First cars tend to be the most precious thing in the world when they’re freshly stripped of their L-plates, but within a few months, the sheen is gone and they’re just a hack like any other old motor. The fate of second cars is usually even less glamourous…
“I had a Mini prior to this one which I think I bought in about 2000,” explains Joe Hall. "That was my first ever car, a D-reg City E. It was just a runabout and I paid about £600 for that back then. It was actually quite a nice Mini–it got hit by a Granada in Christchurch.” And that was that for Joe’s first car. His second came hot on its heels…
“I bought it privately from a guy in Dorset. He wanted rid of it so he advertised it in the local Free Ads back in 2001 for £375 – I gave him £300 for it,” he chuckles. “It was just a basic 1984 Mini City, B-reg, with a single speedo gauge and a standard 998. Nothing posh about it when I bought it.”
