I've had Peugeot 205 1.1 . Well it lacked a lot of power, but was actually pretty fun to drive. If it was 1.6 or 1.9 GTI, I wouldn't have sold it.
And +1 for Yaris. Friend has one, it's apparently a pretty good shitbox. Interior is suprisingly spacious for such a small car and that 1.3 VVTi engine is just great too, really low fuel consumption and power output is just about enough for that car. With 5 persons onboard we've took it to 175 km/h! It was in 5th gear tho, I believe 190 or even 200 is possible in 4th. Also really reliable, so if you don't mind looking a bit funny while driving, you can get one.
I thought this was common knowledge. I pay about half of that I would pay if I insured cars myself. And I would pay even less, if my father wouldn't have crashed all that stuff with his passat earlier lol.
Opel Manta is definitely NOT a good car for beginner driver. Get a saxo with smallest engine or any other shitbox UK teenagers drive, as you're going to put all your savings into insurance anyway.
Don't think much about your first car as you're going to crash it anyway.
I like cranking up the feedback with my guitar. Ukuleles are good for having in your backpack and playing silly campfire songs with your friends. For something more complex than that (basically everything that consists of more than 4 chords) It's too restrictive. Not enough strings, not enough frets. And those cute little strings still sounds wrong with feedback.
But as for novelty - a metal band playing ukuleles, that would be pretty damn funny. But still FAR FAR away from "best thing ever"