various cars and shit
In my 18 years of life ive managed to own numerous cars. When it was my time to learn how to drive on the road (i could already drive, just not legally) i decided it was time for another car. So off me and my dad go to Scotland with a van to pick up my new 1967 Fiat 500 :) the week after coming home i saw a Peugeot 205 for sale with a years MOT and some tax for £250, and it wasnt any old 205 it was a Roland Garros 1.4 one, but not the convertable version. Without even checking if an engine was present i bought it, after owning it for a few months i got sick of practicality and stripped out the interior and stuck a rollcage we had sitting arond the house in (thankfully my dad is as mad about old cars as i am) and bucket seats. i used the car for a few more months then it was time for my month long trip to Tanzania. I got home, realised my 205 hadnt been re-MOTd so time for a new car, i was looking for a peugeot 306, then the Golf turned up for sale.....impulse time, im now driving a 1990 VW golf 1.3.
A few months back i decided to sell the fiat 500 which i never used...with cash in my pocket and next to no sense, i saw an ex-police 2002 VW Passat W8 for sale, bought that, what a daft car for an 18 year old to buy! I have used it about twice and its just too modern for me. So my summer plan is to sell it and buy the first thing i see again probably.
Other impulse buys:
Ford Anglia
Mk1 Ford Fiesta
Mk2 VW Golf GTI (when i was 16)
An Indiana Jones fedora from the US
Halo 3 Legendary edition (the one with the fairly useless helmet)
Various music albums that i like one song off
Cheap DVDs from Tescos (not all shite)
My dad has done the same with cars, for example the mini off ebay for a couple hundred quid, if you steered left it went right and vice-versa, it had no MOT or tax funny enough and the electrics were fooked. I believe the line "sure we wont get it for that price" was used as he hit the bid button on eBay, stone cold sober at that.

Apologies for length, its my first time, and im still getting used to this!
(indianabones, Fri 22 May 2009, 14:04, Reply)