There are flashier cars. Faster ones, too. But for me, none will ever top the humble Mazda 121. Not the later bubble version your mate’s mum drove, mind you, I’m talking about the earlier, boxy one from the late 80's. Mine was a second-hand 1988 model I picked up in the mid-2000s, and it was my first car. My first taste of freedom. My first ticket to nowhere in particular.
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