My good friend for over fifty years , who was a very successful accountant , but doesn`t know the difference between a spark plug and a coil has been supplying me his "cast off " cars since the late 80`s.
First off was his Escort xr3 , which I bought from him for my wife in 1988 . When we went to collect it ,there on his driveway was a brand new 190E , with F reg plates . It was a couple of days before the 1st of August and had been delivered by the local Merc dealer. He was itching to try it out , so we changed the F prefix to an E ( courtesy of some black insulation tape) ,and went for a spin.
In 1999 I went with him to the Porsche dealer in Bristol to collect his new 2.5 Boxster at what to me was a mind boggling £43k. Off we went to a pub , pulled up in the car park , and the heavens opened up . That was the first of only a handful of times the Boxster has ever seen rain.
In 2006 he gave me the 190E and bought a 1998 C240 . A couple of years ago he retired , and gave me the C240 . He decided to make a bit more use of the Boxster , but only on fine days . Now spending a lot of time overseas he feels it is time to get a little runaround , and will order one for september . The Boxster "will have to go mate , I can`t afford to give it away , but you can have first refusal" . After due consideration (well, about 2 minutes) , I decided to accept his generous price , and now look forward to his fourth "cast - off" . Current mileage is under 29,000 , regular servicing , always garaged , and valeted every few months. I will be 66 in july , mad or what?
First off was his Escort xr3 , which I bought from him for my wife in 1988 . When we went to collect it ,there on his driveway was a brand new 190E , with F reg plates . It was a couple of days before the 1st of August and had been delivered by the local Merc dealer. He was itching to try it out , so we changed the F prefix to an E ( courtesy of some black insulation tape) ,and went for a spin.
In 1999 I went with him to the Porsche dealer in Bristol to collect his new 2.5 Boxster at what to me was a mind boggling £43k. Off we went to a pub , pulled up in the car park , and the heavens opened up . That was the first of only a handful of times the Boxster has ever seen rain.
In 2006 he gave me the 190E and bought a 1998 C240 . A couple of years ago he retired , and gave me the C240 . He decided to make a bit more use of the Boxster , but only on fine days . Now spending a lot of time overseas he feels it is time to get a little runaround , and will order one for september . The Boxster "will have to go mate , I can`t afford to give it away , but you can have first refusal" . After due consideration (well, about 2 minutes) , I decided to accept his generous price , and now look forward to his fourth "cast - off" . Current mileage is under 29,000 , regular servicing , always garaged , and valeted every few months. I will be 66 in july , mad or what?