Do you ever get sentimental bridging a car?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:16 am
I fragged the Fiesta today and admit to feeling a little sad to see it go to its death.
I was thinking about its proud first owner counting down the days to collect it from the showroom and proudly taking a backward glance whenever she/he parked it. Maybe they even gave it a name? I know we used to do that in my family, I even gave my Ioniq a name, Katy as her number plate had a KT area prefix.
I won't go as far as saying that taking a car on its final journey to the scrappy is anywhere near as bad as taking a pet to be put to sleep but it still makes me feel a little sad.
I doubt that any of us have ever owned a car from cradle to grave. I remember seeing my mum's Mk1 Fiesta that she collected from the showroom on the first of August 1983 proudly showing its new A reg 17 years later on its side in a council garage behind a block of flats. I remember bumping into someone who owned it in a chippy back in 1992. I got chatting to the owner and asked if he wanted to sell it. He refused but did offer me a straight swap for the Y plate XR3i I was in.
I was thinking about its proud first owner counting down the days to collect it from the showroom and proudly taking a backward glance whenever she/he parked it. Maybe they even gave it a name? I know we used to do that in my family, I even gave my Ioniq a name, Katy as her number plate had a KT area prefix.
I won't go as far as saying that taking a car on its final journey to the scrappy is anywhere near as bad as taking a pet to be put to sleep but it still makes me feel a little sad.
I doubt that any of us have ever owned a car from cradle to grave. I remember seeing my mum's Mk1 Fiesta that she collected from the showroom on the first of August 1983 proudly showing its new A reg 17 years later on its side in a council garage behind a block of flats. I remember bumping into someone who owned it in a chippy back in 1992. I got chatting to the owner and asked if he wanted to sell it. He refused but did offer me a straight swap for the Y plate XR3i I was in.