Yeah, on a slender petite frame.Warren t claim wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:32 amWas she more than the British Standard Handfull?Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:31 amI've not sure I took any at the time. I'll have to ask Tommy!
Do you ever get sentimental bridging a car?
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That is indeed a rare combination.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:38 amYeah, on a slender petite frame.Warren t claim wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:32 amWas she more than the British Standard Handfull?Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 2:31 am
I've not sure I took any at the time. I'll have to ask Tommy!
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I'm ashamed to say that I've been the last owner of far too many cars, many of which should have survived my ownership.
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Re: Do you ever get sentimental bridging a car?
The one that sticks in my mind was my '99 Vectra B 2.0. I bought it fairly cheap in 2008 and ran it for 4 years and loved it.
Come 2012 when my wife and I were expecting our first child, after spending a week or 2 chasing (and curing) a misfire, the steering rack blew its offside seal in spectacular fashion. I didn't have the money to fix it and my Corsa B was pissing oil. I bought a new Chevy Aveo and financed it with the little money I had left each month. I stored the Vectra for a year but a massive fuck up by EDF energy saw me slapped with a £600 heating bill so the Vectra plus half my possessions had to go. I stripped the interior, exhaust and wheels and my wife was there as it was dragged out the lockup. I was genuinely sad as I knew it could have lived again, I just didn't have the money.
I did fix the Corsa though and that's still going with another owner.
I'm in a much better financial position these days though and I'd just farm a steering rack replacement out to a garage. The Vectra would have lived had that happened today.
As such I've never become emotionally attached to a car again. I have sent a few off as spares or repairs, clearly to their last owners but other than slight whist, I don't feel anything at all.
Come 2012 when my wife and I were expecting our first child, after spending a week or 2 chasing (and curing) a misfire, the steering rack blew its offside seal in spectacular fashion. I didn't have the money to fix it and my Corsa B was pissing oil. I bought a new Chevy Aveo and financed it with the little money I had left each month. I stored the Vectra for a year but a massive fuck up by EDF energy saw me slapped with a £600 heating bill so the Vectra plus half my possessions had to go. I stripped the interior, exhaust and wheels and my wife was there as it was dragged out the lockup. I was genuinely sad as I knew it could have lived again, I just didn't have the money.
I did fix the Corsa though and that's still going with another owner.
I'm in a much better financial position these days though and I'd just farm a steering rack replacement out to a garage. The Vectra would have lived had that happened today.
As such I've never become emotionally attached to a car again. I have sent a few off as spares or repairs, clearly to their last owners but other than slight whist, I don't feel anything at all.
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I've only scrapped two cars.
The first was my first car. A '97 Peugeot 306 XLdt. I ran it for 3 and a half years on veg oil and silly boost. It went bang rather terminally and I got it collected from the side of the road by a hi-ab. It looked rather forlorn going to its doom, and I admit I almost shed a tear. That was back in 2013.
The other was last year. A 56 reg Honda Civic I bought for £500 and soon after found out the rear axle mounts were made mostly of fresh air. It scrapped for £300-odd and I sold a few bits off it. Not a massive loss, and I was glad to see it go.
The first was my first car. A '97 Peugeot 306 XLdt. I ran it for 3 and a half years on veg oil and silly boost. It went bang rather terminally and I got it collected from the side of the road by a hi-ab. It looked rather forlorn going to its doom, and I admit I almost shed a tear. That was back in 2013.
The other was last year. A 56 reg Honda Civic I bought for £500 and soon after found out the rear axle mounts were made mostly of fresh air. It scrapped for £300-odd and I sold a few bits off it. Not a massive loss, and I was glad to see it go.