When my eldest passed his test, he wanted a car. As it happened, my Mum's next door neighbour was quitting driving and had a 52 plate Mitsub Space Star. She kindly gave it to us.
It needed a good service, a timing belt and tyres all round. Oh, and a CV boot.
Then there were a few bits that were broken in the cabin. A pair of sun visors, a wiper stalk and a driver's door switch unit for the windows and a battery.
Seems a lot of wear and tear for a car that had only done 79K.
Come MOT time, the emissions were cronky but we threw a bottle of stuff in the tank and drove it round the M60.
Another MOT it needed a shock on the front.
Regarding the wipers, I still have to pluck up courage to pull things apart and see what the issue is.
As I get older, it seems like I'm losing my intrepid have a go DIY spirit.
Reading this back makes me think it was not such a bargain, even though the car was free!
Still, we are where we are.
Re insurance, we have a family policy with 4 drivers and 2 cars.
The great thing is, there's no black box for the boys, but they have been told in no uncertain terms that the moment I see or hear of any stupid driving, they will be taken off the policy.
We said to the boys that we would own the car, service, tax and MOT it, but they would pay for fuel. And they would share the car.
