I don't love it, how can one love a lump of metal?
Ask the Italians. They seem to be able to create a 'lump of metal' that can engender emotion. And that's the difference. It's not the speed, how well it handles, all these statistics, it's something you can't quantify. It's the way it does it, not what it does.
And I'm no big Italian car fan, I'm on my first, and until I had it I would have laughed at people saying what I;ve just said, but it certainly does seem to be the case.
There's just 'something' different about this car.
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Oh this question was made for Polo and I! :) I'm not ashamed to admit it, I am definitely in love! Apologies for the long post but you have to understand Polo's history to see why I love him so much.
I bought Polo in the summer of 2001, just before I turned 21 and left home to go to university. I knew I needed something solid, not too old, something that would take a few slogs up and down the M6 and something that would be reliable and not break! My FIAT uno didn't fill any of those criteria! I also really liked my friend's (at the time, I live with him now) Golf. I had about £5k hard earned cash to spend and found lots of Seat Ibizas on the internet - didn't think I'd be able to afford a nice Polo.
My parents went on holiday, so me and the aforementioned friend (bit of a car expert) went car shopping! We decided to avoid the local VW garage as it has a reputation for being very overpriced and a bit snooty, and headed out to a Seat Garage in the new forest where I annoyed my friend a lot by saying that the bargain priced, practically perfect in every way Ibiza "just didn't feel right". Same happened with a couple of Clios, a lot more Ibizas and a lot more miles! Eventually tempers frayed and we were heading home, and decided that as we were passing, we'd head into the local VW place. They didn't have anything I could afford and we headed back to the car.
And then I saw Polo - he'd just been taken in in part exchange, not cleaned up or anything, but he was tucked away round the side and there waiting just for me. The price was £5995, but wonderful friend got the salesman down to the amount I could afford and Polo was mine! I shudder to think what might have happened to Polo if we'd gone to the VW garage first thing when he hadn't arrived yet!
The night before I went to get Polo, I took Uno for a ride and explained to him that it really wasn't his fault I was getting rid of him, he just couldn't cope with the move to Stoke. I still cried when I came to hand him over though!
Polo has been fab. He's never broken down on me, and is always there smiling up at the window when I check he's ok and night and say hello in the morning. He just always looks really smart and all my friends love him too and say "Hello Polo" when they see him. He's even inspired my best friend to buy a Golf when she qualified as a nurse last year. Most importantly, Polo has protected me through three accidents with nothing but a touch of whiplash. I love him even more because he's 100% mine and paid for, and represents all the independance I worked so hard for.
Am getting misty eyed writing this and might have to go down and give him a pat in a minute - he's been all on his own down there all week as I've had flu and haven't been out! He's much happier now though as he has flatmate's Passat to keep him company at night - the Freelander wasn't quite up to his standard conversationally I don't think! ;-)
//pologirl wonders if she needs to get a puppy or something//
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PG - having had a go at mech1's apostrophes, I shall have a go at your pronouns. I know they don't teach them at uni. or anywhere else now, but take a look at the first sentences in your para. 1 and 3! {sorry - just a bee!)
Otherwise, 10/10. :-)
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Hmmm... I will not bite when baited, I will not bite when baited, I will not bite when baited.
Almost like writing lines isn't it? Oh no sorry, forgot this is an informal discussion board and not a school.
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I love my Omega 2.5 V6. I bought it new in October 1994 and it has been totally reliable and a joy to drive. It also goes like pink fluffy dice off a shovel.
I have driven solo all over France in it as well as having towed a caravan. Although the 'van is quite heavy -1325 kg - you wouldn't know you had it there, and is very stable.
Sadly, it will be going in March when I should get my new ..................Honda Accord iCTDi Tourer. I just hope it's as reliable and comfortable as my Omega.
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As a kid, my dad's brother worked for Rover as a senior draughtsman, he got Rover's and nothing but, he had a 3500 auto which is lovingly took care of and later an SD1 which just looked like something from another planet in 1977. My dad had a Cortina 2000E which was a nice car for a 70's. However, even as my dad cherished it with regular turtle waxs, when his brother came round we came out to the drive to hear the 3500 pull up, there is nothing in automotive terms that can beat the sound of a well tuned V8.
That's when it started, of course, my nan's brother retired shared his point of view and he had a 3500 Auto as well which he kept well into the 1980s.
As a passenger who's legs couldn't reach the floor, aged under 10, I loved to sit in the driver's seat, pull the steering wheel down (couldn't do that in the Cortina) and pretend I was driving it. I think the steering wheel was bigger than me. Looking at all the dials and it had loads of them, especially the rev-counter which was still a rare feature in most everyday cars for the 70's. On the move, I really liked the way you just sat in it and it floated along, no shaking when it hit a pothole, it never made you slide from one side of the back seat to the other. Just really dignified.
That's when it started, I've owned three Rovers, two 600s which were definitely and still are, a bit of a second-hand bargain and a 75 which for all its criticism is perhaps a real, real Rover, simply dignified and tasteful.
I've not had any upsets in mine, they start, cruise and get me there without needing to stop and stretch my legs, you can drive long distances and still feel fresh. They have good engines, well appointed inside and they do have flaws but I prefer to call it 'personality'. They just aren't a super santatised, emotionless way of travelling as you get with the uber-efficiency of a VW or BMW.
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And of course, the second car (or should that be first), my own 3500S. Uncle asked me how it is every time I see him (he's doing up a P4 110 now in his retirement) and great-uncle who says it was the best car he ever owned (his next car, a Honda Civic wasn't the same).
Only I'm old enough to reach the pedals now... and pay the bills :) Can't wait for better weather.
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