OP
OP
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- 2017 Audi RS6 Avant Performance Edition. Range Rover Supercharged - Lovely!
Not me, but perhaps my best childhood friend came to mind a few moments ago.
As brief as I can...
We were 17/18 years old and Mark fancied a posh bird called Liz (they would eventually marry).
Although he had recently passed his driving test, he didn't own a car and relied upon yours truly to ferry him in my Marina van so he could hang around with Liz and her friends.
Mark's brother Rob, had a very smart maroon-coloured Alfa Romeo that was garaged at an elderly neighbours house.
When Rob went on his honeymoon, Mark decided to borrow Rob's pride and joy to visit, and more importantly, impress Liz.
As we approached Liz's house, and old guy in a Volvo (Tank!) approached us head on between some parked cars and there was a minor collision.
There wasn't really a mark on the Volvo (to this day I can't remember who's fault it was) but I lent Mark £20 to give to the old man and told him to get a receipt and keep it safe in case of any comebacks.
The Alpha suffered a damaged front wing, and we had around 10 days to get it back into shape.
We managed to get a friend to pull out the damage, fill and paint to a fantastic standard. Then mark "found" a square side indicator lens.
Mark's mother was a fantastic woman, but a formidable one that should never be crossed. Very strict and feared by the whole family and yours truly.
I called to Mark's house a few days later and entered through the open back door and into the kitchen.
As I entered the room, Mark's mum addressed me, as usual, by my surname. "I've been waiting for you to call round, T****Y. Tell me about Robert's car."
Mark was in the room and the look on his face told me that the game was up, so, quivering, I explained what had happened.
I think that because I had told the truth and our stories had matched, I escaped a back-hander.
She had found out by pure luck. For safekeeping, Mark had put the receipt inside a small globe on top of the curtain pelmet in his bedroom. His mum was feather dusting and knocked the globe on to the floor and it split in half revealing the receipt.
As brief as I can...
We were 17/18 years old and Mark fancied a posh bird called Liz (they would eventually marry).
Although he had recently passed his driving test, he didn't own a car and relied upon yours truly to ferry him in my Marina van so he could hang around with Liz and her friends.
Mark's brother Rob, had a very smart maroon-coloured Alfa Romeo that was garaged at an elderly neighbours house.
When Rob went on his honeymoon, Mark decided to borrow Rob's pride and joy to visit, and more importantly, impress Liz.
As we approached Liz's house, and old guy in a Volvo (Tank!) approached us head on between some parked cars and there was a minor collision.
There wasn't really a mark on the Volvo (to this day I can't remember who's fault it was) but I lent Mark £20 to give to the old man and told him to get a receipt and keep it safe in case of any comebacks.
The Alpha suffered a damaged front wing, and we had around 10 days to get it back into shape.
We managed to get a friend to pull out the damage, fill and paint to a fantastic standard. Then mark "found" a square side indicator lens.
Mark's mother was a fantastic woman, but a formidable one that should never be crossed. Very strict and feared by the whole family and yours truly.
I called to Mark's house a few days later and entered through the open back door and into the kitchen.
As I entered the room, Mark's mum addressed me, as usual, by my surname. "I've been waiting for you to call round, T****Y. Tell me about Robert's car."
Mark was in the room and the look on his face told me that the game was up, so, quivering, I explained what had happened.
I think that because I had told the truth and our stories had matched, I escaped a back-hander.
She had found out by pure luck. For safekeeping, Mark had put the receipt inside a small globe on top of the curtain pelmet in his bedroom. His mum was feather dusting and knocked the globe on to the floor and it split in half revealing the receipt.
