I'm a huge car and driving fan, started as a lot do, thinking I could drive after some years in go-karting. I started to make some money and first decent car i purchased was an early E46 318i which i owned for a few months before my parents pretty much held a gun to my head and told it was to go and they had found a bungalow for me to buy! After that i was running around in a £300 vw polo until something split and was unrepairable, as my wages were going all on a bungalow i didnt live in and was empty at the time i had to take finance on a 50cc scooter. My parents finally took pity on me when i explained during my 6am run to work in winter i'd melted my gloves on the way as i used to hold the exhaust at traffic lights to warm my hands up they bought me another duff fiat punto. After 3 more years of crap cars and walking into a garage opposite me looking at a Lotus Elise telling myself that once that bloody bungalow was gone im buying one of these i finally started making enough to stop worrying about the bungalow and after all that time wanting an elise..... i went and bought a 2 year old SLK230!!!! After than in fairly quick succession I owned a
Boxster S
BMW 645 CAB
Porsche 997 C2s
Audi A3 2.0 TDi
Aston Martin AMV8/Range Rover Sport/Porsche 968 Clubsport
Porsche 997 GT3
Then i start to forget the order
Ferrari 430 Cab/BMW M3 CSL
First Caterham Race car(started racing in 2011)
Porsche Cayenne Turbo(old)
Ferrari 430 Scud
Porsche Cayenne(4.4 Diesel)
Range Rover Sport
Porsche 993 C2S
Audi A3 2.0TDI
(race car - caterham R300 seq box - shared with pals)
Range Rover Sport/Porsche Turbo/ race car Formula Ford post 89(sold after one season - i like winning)
Race Caterham duratec 1600
And then after some lengthy chats with my uncle who collects and sells all types of Mercedes he told me about a few to look out for and mentioned there was a rather good specialist here in the town i've been living in for 14 years. So I went to see Colin Fearns, literally a few minutes walk from my home. What can i say, top guy - good team, all friendly, i like the workshop and sounds like he can peddle too which i appreciate, might even see if he wants a spin in my race Car(per his own words he's known to swap paint) which is standard in Caterham series so he will fit right in. I ended up buying his very own 560 SEC and they're freshening it up for me as we speak. Yesterday I went and collected a dark grey W124 320 Cab too, it needs a bit of work, I'd say the garage i bought it from had a good working relationship with the mot centre as the rear brakes bind after 3 miles and the window wipers were not working, it had been sitting around for 5 years. We drove it back and they sorted without question and now that car is in the Crawley area as I dont have parking for it. It needs a new roof sharpish, I messaged Colin yesterday to ask who's good for roofs and he said - Me!!
I know its a long introduction but whats the point of just saying "Hello im Jack", lastly im going to see a W124 E500 tomorrow, if a deal can be done i'll turf the Porsche out the heated garage and then i'd say Im converted!
Boxster S
BMW 645 CAB
Porsche 997 C2s
Audi A3 2.0 TDi
Aston Martin AMV8/Range Rover Sport/Porsche 968 Clubsport
Porsche 997 GT3
Then i start to forget the order
Ferrari 430 Cab/BMW M3 CSL
First Caterham Race car(started racing in 2011)
Porsche Cayenne Turbo(old)
Ferrari 430 Scud
Porsche Cayenne(4.4 Diesel)
Range Rover Sport
Porsche 993 C2S
Audi A3 2.0TDI
(race car - caterham R300 seq box - shared with pals)
Range Rover Sport/Porsche Turbo/ race car Formula Ford post 89(sold after one season - i like winning)
Race Caterham duratec 1600
And then after some lengthy chats with my uncle who collects and sells all types of Mercedes he told me about a few to look out for and mentioned there was a rather good specialist here in the town i've been living in for 14 years. So I went to see Colin Fearns, literally a few minutes walk from my home. What can i say, top guy - good team, all friendly, i like the workshop and sounds like he can peddle too which i appreciate, might even see if he wants a spin in my race Car(per his own words he's known to swap paint) which is standard in Caterham series so he will fit right in. I ended up buying his very own 560 SEC and they're freshening it up for me as we speak. Yesterday I went and collected a dark grey W124 320 Cab too, it needs a bit of work, I'd say the garage i bought it from had a good working relationship with the mot centre as the rear brakes bind after 3 miles and the window wipers were not working, it had been sitting around for 5 years. We drove it back and they sorted without question and now that car is in the Crawley area as I dont have parking for it. It needs a new roof sharpish, I messaged Colin yesterday to ask who's good for roofs and he said - Me!!
I know its a long introduction but whats the point of just saying "Hello im Jack", lastly im going to see a W124 E500 tomorrow, if a deal can be done i'll turf the Porsche out the heated garage and then i'd say Im converted!
