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Originally Posted by Hawkey01
Thanks for replies.
So please to know I am not the only petrolhead or some would say crazy. Just an add on to mine there were also a couple of my wife's cars.
A brown series one Mini. Oh I hated that car especially when I had to change the radiator.
MG Metro - white with red belts and stripes. A good car in lots of ways but we could never get the
heater to work - even after several garage visits.
Nissan Micra 1L. my wife loved this car and had it for 14 years. Would have it back if she could!
One of my fathers buys was a Daimler Majestic - ex chairman of Nabisco biscuits. I loved it and for a very heavy motor with an engine that looked like it was from a lorry. Hit over 100 happily on the A1 but the down side was watching the fuel gauge go down. One time I took it to pick up someone at
Heathrow. At that time no parking in front of the arrival exit all yellow lines. A Policeman seeing the Daimler waved me onto the yellow lines to park! How times have changed.
My fantasy car at present - told unaffordable - is a Bentley GTC with the W12 engine of course. It is possible to buy an early one around 20-30K but it eats fuel and imagine the costs of maintenance.
Neville
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Neville .
Like me over the years the money spent on your cars if you
add up the cost would be a rich man now . ha.ha
Lot of the old cars also fetching a lot of money now .
I bought a BSA GOLDSTAR 500cc with a SQUIRE single seat sports sidecar
at age 18 , took my bike test on it .
Still own it [ sentimental ] a dealer 2 years ago offered me £10.000
for it . makes you wonder how much he would sell it for .
Always been a bike man have 2 at a time , but when married with 2 kids
always had to have cars . later when wife past her test made life easier
could go back to my bikes most of the time .
All the best .
Tony