Paul Hopkins

Living with my dream car

About 6 months ago I started looking at a new car. My last car was a Seat Ibiza Fr, this was a sporty version of the Ibiza, I had the diesel version. It was economical, cheap tax, low insurance cost and it was pretty sprightly which is the reason I bought it. I’m now a few years older and decided I wanted something a bit more grown up. I had a few ground rules of what I wanted as well. I wanted something with a bigger boot, 5 doors rather than 3 (it has always been a nightmare to get people in the back of my Ibiza), fairly economical, not ridiculous to insure or tax but most importantly I wanted something that I’d enjoy driving and I wanted it to stand out from the normal ‘boxes’ on the road. I love driving and I wanted it to make me smile every time I drove it. Oh and I had to be able to afford it (always forget that one!!)

I set about the task to find my dream car, I looked at everything from Kias to Jaguars, Mazdas to Aston (got a bit carried away, you know what it’s like!).