Cars...
...no, really. I buy them like some people buy every day things, such as milk.

The only problem is hiding them. You cannot hide a Mercedes 230CE under the stairs. A Toyota Celica will not 'blend' into your garden (although it did in time) and a 1962 Ford Zodiac simply wouldn't fit in my garage. I've owned over 110 cars in my time, with no signs of stopping soon.

My then wife was quite good about the whole thing, as generally, when I'd come to terms with the fact that I was never going to do anything with said automotive tat, I'd sell them and make a bit of profit.

What didn't go down too well when was when I was offered a Rover P6 in return for our BMW 518i. They were both blue...so I swapped them.

The BMW was my wife's car. For my underestimation of her ability to recognise cars, I was denied sex for a month, any sort of conversation for nearly a week, and she made me go and reverse the swap and get her BMW back.

...I liked that Rover.

NB: I'm not showing off, these aren't 'good' cars, they're all rusty old unloved tat. I'm like Steptoe.
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Fri 22 May 2009, 11:45, 4 replies)

A P6 ??
If it was the V8 one your wife was being highly unreasonable
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Fri 22 May 2009, 13:07, closed)

3500...
...S

So it was a four-cog manual too. Don't talk about it though, it still hurts.
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Fri 22 May 2009, 13:12, closed)

so, she passed up an oputunity to own
a classic V8 sans shitty 3speed auto in favor of a bland tossermobile? Seriously. I would consider gay-marring you for one of those*.


*I have issues from my dad selling his triumph stag. It still had the 3L V8 and it was one of the rare hard top convertibles too..
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Fri 22 May 2009, 17:24, closed)

Just get an Accord
that's all you will ever need.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Fri 22 May 2009, 14:19, closed)