Car bloke
I used to work with a guy who lied about everything, but especially cars. He used to 'own' just about every car you would care to mention, but my favourite story is this one:

About seven our eight years ago I was thinking about what car I should buy. I like my cars, so was thinking of a sporting classic. On the shortlist was: Lancia Delta Integrale, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5, Honda Integra Type R and Lotus Exige.

Much to my shock and bemusement, it turns out that he'd already owned (and subsequently sold-on) the first three cars on my list. He said they were all 'ok, but a bit shit'.

But as luck would have it, he'd literally just paid for a brand new Exige, and he was going to the local Lotus dealer to collect the following weekend.

I humoured him and urged him to bring it in on the Monday to help inform my decision. Come Monday morning I sought him out only to hear that he had picked the car up on the Saturday, and all seemed fine. He loved it, and drove it all day. He drove it to France and back.

Unfortunately, on the Sunday the front right wheel fell off. So he took it back to the dealer and demanded his money back. The Lotus dealer, being a kind and generous chap, refunded his money in full, and even gave him a complementary track day voucher for a blast round Silverstone in a Elise 111S.

And the best piece of news was that, despite having previously owned four exotic, fun, quick and highly desirable cars, he had the foresight to keep his old Nissan Micra - the very same Nissan Micra that he'd driven to work every day that I'd known him, no less. (I assume he didn't want to expose his other car(s) to the elements, rare and exotic as they are.)

Last I heard of him he was driving an Audi TT (with a silent 'wa'). In fact, he did actually own a TT. I saw him in it. But when I spoke to him, he told me he was just about to sell it for a Ferrari 360.
(rymix, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 15:55, 2 replies)

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*giggles*
*clicks* - mainly for the penultimate sentence.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 16:06, closed)

Audi TT (with a silent 'wa')
I like that! I shall remember it and use it when the opportunity arises....
(patently Was somewhere else on, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 16:30, closed)