Not-So Running Report
‘J’ Plated Sierra Sapphire 1.8 GLX – Aka Suicidal Sapphire
In July 2004 there was a sunny morning that I will never forget: It was the day I met the Suicidal Saph, then a quite innocent looking car parked outside a local (ab)used car dealership. I was on the way to a training course with work, I had a quick look over the car and found it was solid. Every day of that week I checked the car out – praying it wouldn’t sell as pay day was Friday. And so on Friday the 30th July 2004 I handed over the plastic to pay the 295 for my first car, with a full 12 Months MOT, but unfortunately no tax and i still dint have a license 
Over the next month until the next pay day – I regularly started the car, discharged the battery and washed her, and on the next pay day I Paid a deposit on the obscene amount of money i had to pay for insurance with a provisional license, and put some tax on her
Then over the next 3 months – I sat 3 driving tests in her – with the final one going my way (altho she broke down on the way to the Final test – with the Valve Stem Seals failing and the Centre section losing a chunk – Totally Chavtastic noise! – got replaced 15 minutes after i passed the test – with 10 of those me telling the examiner he was having a laugh passing me!)