Having sold my last track toy (Caterham 7) to fund a house move about 18 months ago, I'd done a few days in the then daily driver (Z4 3.0) and borrowed a couple of cars for other days, but managed to book another day and had nothing to do it in (especially as I had sold the Z4 for a family wagon). Decided to get a short term track car.
This resulted in much eBay hunting.
It had to be small, cheap and quick enough. This won't be a keeper, unless it utterly shines and wins my heart. Unlikely. In the back of my head, I had the idea that I wouldn't mind something requiring a job or two. Not to make money especially, but just to maybe add a few eBay parts and maybe cover petrol costs or any unexpected disasters.
Having looked at all sorts on eBay, bidded and having either not won, won and had a seller go sketchy on me or find something nice in Lanarkshire (I live in a Kent), I stumbled across this literately a 10 minute walk away.
Behold, the £395 Citroen Saxo VTS!
Quicker than I thought and missing a mirror and wheel arch trim it ticks all the boxes. Taxed and with MOT to Feb.
Seems very French so far.
Discovered that it is on T1-Rs all round (pleasant surprise) and is obviously lowered. We'll work out how that was achieved later. Stacks of history too.
So will find and fit some trim on the side and give it a quick once over to make sure it has some brake pads and stuff ahead of Goodwood. My old man is in the parts trade and gets an insane discount (only on mundane parts - sadly he doesn't work for Demon Tweeks), so not to fussed about any odds and sods.
I reckon the odds are 50:50 on it surviving Goodwood. We'll see.