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‘87 Alfa 75 twinspark. Probably my favourite ever to drive. Got it way out of shape in Clapham and knocked a lamppost over. Semi-panicked and accepted £50 from a passing pikey to take it, pissing fluids and steam, away on his q-plate wrecker. heavy woe and regret since.
I missed this story the first time round. I now have visions of the scenario playing in my head and laughing to myself.
It's funny, I was looking at Carlton's and Senators on Car&Classic only the other day. Can't remember the last time I saw one. I've always fancied a Starion too.
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ah, car history. Go on then...
Pre-cursor: Dad’s ‘97 company Rover 820 vitesse. I rolled it brand new and shortly after passing my test. Take a bow. Then, I got my own cars:
‘82 golf mk1 5 door 1.1. Added subwoofer, P-slots, chin spoiler and cherry bomb. Excellent.
‘81 Renault Fuego 1.4 - wonderful machine. Was my university run around for a few years. Orange with orange interior. Ran until scrapped.
‘93 BMW 520i E34 Touring. Should have kept this, end of. Can’t even remember why sold it, MOT fail probably. Shocking.
‘83 Datsun Stanza 1.6L in beige with brown plastic interior. This was interesting. 4 door saloon. Bought with 16k on clock !!! from a meticulous old man. ran like a Swiss clock. Got bumped by a twit, cat D, they paid up and I kept it as a dented runaround. I did Staples 2 Naples rally in it around 2004. Sold it after, unbelievably.
‘88 Vauxhall Carlton 2L estate. Incredibly capacious old barge. Head gasket. scrapped.
‘95? Volvo 850 2.5 estate. Great car, timing belt went. Scrapped
‘87 Alfa 75 twinspark. Probably my favourite ever to drive. Got it way out of shape in Clapham and knocked a lamppost over. Semi-panicked and accepted £50 from a passing pikey to take it, pissing fluids and steam, away on his q-plate wrecker. heavy woe and regret since.
‘83 Mitsubishi Starion narrow body 2.0 turbo. Gleaming red. Quite enjoyed this, although it was more show than go.
‘01 merc c220 diesel coupe auto. Quite capable, snazzy and comfortable.
‘70 Fiat 500L. Incredible little machine and would love to have another. Ex-wife’s got it now.
‘03 BMW M3 E46 hardtop. Mega machine, much like the Alfa 75 to drive but everything happened so much quicker, so I was always scaring myself. Baby sale.
‘98 Subaru Forester, stopgap from a friend. Utterly epic, sadly rusted through sub-frame.
‘14 Peugeot 3008 hybrid4 family hack, less said the better. (current)
‘04 Ford Ka 1.3 station car, like it more than I should. (current)
‘80 Land Rover SIII petrol swb truck cab. Why did it take me so long to get one of these things? Amazing. (current)
Looking back, I’m amazed at how for the sake of a few quid in repair bills, I scrapped cars that would be cool to see today. Sometimes I just didn’t have the means. Good memories, thanks whoever started this!