This is gonna do wonders for my image....

OMFG.

errm......... cool

Damn straight it is.

Tarten rug and flat cap are on order.

Where the f*ck are you going to put stuff in that? It's got a boot. You're not going to be putting doors, tailgates or metal bumpers in that.

In fact as a parts hauler, a saloon is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

I saw a 1.3L metal bumpered Maestro in Brid a couple of months ago too. Didn't think any of them survived.

They made metal bumpered Maestros? My memory must be going weird.

Is this what Conor's on about?

Urrgh. Yup, I remember 'em now. Ewwww.

Little bit of trivia, the Maestro was the first production car with colour coded plastic bumpers (other than that monstrosity above)[1]

Yep. The pikey spec ones had metal rather than porcelain bumpers.

Surely it's a classic now.

Awesome! I'm actually jealous, and I don't understand why...

Hmm. I feel strangley jealous too. Weird..

When you're done with it, drop a turboed T-series in there for a giggle...

Is it that beige colour? My mate's dad had one of those, he had to buy it because he managed to crash it on the test drive. Into another car. Which he pulled out of a junction in front of. His insurance paid out on the damage to the other car as he was insured to drive other vehicles. You'd think the fact that they paid out would satisfy the court. Apparantly not, they did him for no insurance and he got 8 points; some sort of issue around them not believing he was on the test drive, and was on the way home from buying it? It was a while back, maybe 15 years ago.

And I ended up fixing the Montego

The only big things that need to go over are bumpers and a complete outer sill and since the rear seats go down it's perfect. And the boot is pretty damn big. Most of the time it'll just be me and a few odds n sods though, so chocolare fireguard it is not. I wouldnt have bought it otherwise FFS!!

Well, he has the option to junk the rear seats, and I can't imagine the C1 offers a lot more space. Also as he says, the C1 is a new car and filling it with dirty, oily SD1 spares isn't going to keep it new smelling and looking for long heh :-). My 206 still had new car smell after 3 years, I was sure of it, but no one else (except my mate Dave, with the Corsa VXR, the nearly new Zafira SRi 1.8 and one baby - cars and kids added to put weight behind his opinion.... heh) agreed with me...

Bloody hell, funny should mention that - well, not a T-series, but there's a Montego Turbo outside a garage I deliver to now and again (and pass within a stone's throw of most days) that's clearly off the road and awaiting someone doing something with it - if you want I could ask about it - noticed it ages back and thought "I wonder if anyone I know might want that?"......

That's s**te - did the garage not back up the story that he was test-driving it? Lunacy, that.

I'll take the alloys :)