Faults:

Burnt a litre of oil a month before valve seals were replaced.

Uneven tyre wear and tracking a nightmare.

Key snapped off in boot lock.

Blew rear stop lamps every month.

General Comments:

I bought this car on a whim for &330 (pounds) and loved it from the first moment.

In silver and good condition this really turned heads mostly because people wondered what it was.

I drove the car for 18 months and only saw another 4 in the whole country.

I loved the sunroof and high lined doors you could only just see over. It had orange cloth seats and a strange in-built radio with no FM.

Steering was hard work, but the performance was okay for a heavy 17 year old car.

I had various things done - new shocks, clutch, ball joint and even rebuilt the cylinder head myself and sprayed the rusted bonnet.

My car was written off for the sake of a new door. Someone hit it when parked. Ill never forgive them.

Faults:

Off-side brake caliper seized due to perished rubber seal.

Bulb in tail light blew.

General Comments:

How cool was this car! If only I'd kept it. I bought it as an "Emergency Run-around" as my piece of crap Nissan 200SX kept breaking down and was back at the dealers for over 2 months.

Some features of the car which really impressed me: Aluminium engine, electric sun roof, in car electrical fault display, wicked old style radio built into the dash, bonnet vents.

The car was not very powerful (80 mph max comfortably) and the handling was crap. It would under-steer everywhere, I had to drive it so slowly that people behind used to get up my back-side a bit.

All in all, a brilliant little motor. I was sad to see it go and still wish I'd never sold it. I paid £180 for it and sold it 2 months later for £450.