or in my 17 year old case
pissing my dad's money into the wind. it lasted a year. then i got a fiesta. it was brand new and utterly reliable and very shiny and pretty. but it was not quite the same as the beetle, with its vibrating floor and lack of seatbelts and top speed of 60mph...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Aug 2011, 11:04, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

You don't get attached to new cars as you do to old things with weird quirks.
Humans are strange creatures.

I've never loved a car more than the one that spent most of its time in my possession broken.
( Kroney, Fri 26 Aug 2011, 11:10, Reply)

so why is it that so many men leave their wives for some 23 year old secretary, eh?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Aug 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Because cars get better looking with age.

( Kroney, Fri 26 Aug 2011, 11:13, Reply)

ah yes, i forgot it is all about teh looks
hmmm.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Aug 2011, 11:14, Reply)

I had a Mini
and then, in a fit of youthful stupidity, I got another Mini. I spent a large chunk of my inheritance keeping those things on the road.
Then I got a Fiesta, which has served me (mostly) faithfully ever since. But when that dies, I'm getting another Mini, and no I don't care if you can't get child seats in it and they're unsafe and expensive, I'm bloody well having one.
(berk, Fri 26 Aug 2011, 11:33, Reply)