RESTO RELIC

Ahhh, to be 18 again, with cash in your hand, so eager to part ways with you that you’d swear it had some sort of globally impacting virus — if that had been a thing then, of course. Aaron was that very lad; $4000 absolutely crucifying a hole through his hand, begging him to purchase a Toyota Corolla coupe, after he’d seen his friend’s one “slammed on spitties and Eagers”.

After hunting for what most likely felt like a lifetime to an 18-year-old, he found his Corolla. With that cash almost making its way through his hand, Aaron arranged a viewing in the dark, the deal was done, and he “absolutely thrashed” the worked 4K all the way home — genuinely stoked with the new KE35 that was now his very own.

“Six months went by and it was time for its first warrant of fitness, which the mechanic kindly failed on rust in the pillars. I wasn’t earning too much at the time, so it was one of those ‘I’ll park it up for a bit, save up,