I'm a great believer in putting my money where my mouth is, which is odd as on that score I should never talk much as I don't have any money.
But mid-life crisis is a thing it seems, and I've hit mine - or rather it hit me and in fairness and I've had to stump up to get it off my ageing back.
What did I do - the stuff I can talk about on here would include buying a replacement for Project Beemer, or as it should be rightfully called Project Rolling Artistic Scrap.
And the list of requirements was many and varied:
But mid-life crisis is a thing it seems, and I've hit mine - or rather it hit me and in fairness and I've had to stump up to get it off my ageing back.
What did I do - the stuff I can talk about on here would include buying a replacement for Project Beemer, or as it should be rightfully called Project Rolling Artistic Scrap.
And the list of requirements was many and varied:
- Have a roadworthy
- Not need a clutch, gearbox, diff, suspension, sub-frame bushing, every gasket, tappet replacement...
- Manual gearbox (that doesn't need new shift bushings)
- Rear wheel drive
- And because mid-life crisis, no roof
Not that I'm bitter or anything of course - but a car I could enjoy was primo.
And what did I get? Behold:
Best. Purchase. Ever.
And there we have it, a car that I thoroughly enjoy, has only netted me 4 points in it's first three weeks of ownership and generally is something I'm looking forward to owning for years to come!
