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>> When I first got a company car it was a choice between a Cavalier 2.0L
>> or a 1.8GL. For me it was all about the engine, but so many went
>> for the GL
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Lucky you, having a choice! My first company car, as a graduate trainee in 1992, was very much a case of you got what you were given. In my case a burgundy (metallic, at least!) Escort 1.4 LX hatchback. It had plastic wheel trims, a spoiler and a sunroof. It was at least new, but had no redeeming features at all. Or, so I thought. It was replaced in 1994 by a Cavalier Envoy, which didn’t even have a sunroof. I left, though not really beside of the car!
The next car was all about the engine, a 1996 A4 1.8T. From memory the 1.8 meant lower company car tax, but it was a long time ago so that might be wrong. My budget wouldn’t stretch to a ‘sport’, so it still had plastic wheel trims. It did come with an electric sunroof though, and that was upgraded to climate control :) After that emissions became a factor, and I did choose spec over engine for its replacement, an A4 1.9TDi Avant SE, with such heady luxuries as a 6 disc CD multichanger, trip computer, electric windows all round, and blue cloth seats ;)
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