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Kia Río advice

Looking to buy my first car, found this perfect little Kia Rio. Low mileage, clean MOT, full service history, dealership has amazing reviews, insurance quoted low, all very good things. The only issue, I live on a bumpy country road, would only be a couple minutes each drive but would this totally ruin the car as I’ve read it’s low to the ground with a stiff suspension. I absolutely adore it and was devastated to think it may not survive the track I live on.

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u/McCreetus — 3 days ago

Passed with 0 faults on my test today

This was my third attempt. First test I had two serious faults and 4 faults. Second test a lorry crashed into me when I was at the entrance of a roundabout and completely totalled the car. Then finally, once my instructor got a new car and I was given a free retest, I did my test today perfectly. I honestly feel almost too lucky that I had such a good test route - everywhere I went today I had driven extensively, even the hour before my test. And my test felt shorter than the first one too. The examiner was absolutely lovely and when I kept asking “did I fail for that” half jokingly for very minor things (brushing a kerb, missing the turn back into the test centre, him letting me know that a van was letting me out because I wasn’t sure) he always assured me I was doing fine.

Anyway, feel free to ask questions if you’d like. I’ve used the sub extensively and it’s really helped me, so I’d like to help you all if I can.

u/McCreetus — 1 month ago