when the stilos box went a second time, and there was a hoo-har over warranty, i went out and got drunk. very drunk.
very, very drunk.
then my love of older cars took over me, unfortunately tainted by alcohol.
I had gone on Ebay and placed the highest bid on a running, but untaxed and MOT failed and very rusty 1981 austin allegro. I was papping myself for a week as i was highest bidder and was thinking of ways to explain to my folks that the rot box outside their house belonged to their first born. Luckilly someone who was in a worse mental state than me outbid me
also when i was 18 i went looking at a renault clio as a first car in a dealers, which had it in for £3k. when there i spied an off cream coloured (well beige almost) Austin Ambassador which was £300 with full MOT and service history and 11k on the clock, not one spot of rust and very, very tidy and like new. I wanted it just to be different but my dad talked me out of it, but it was in better nick than the 3/4yr old cars i was looking at. I bought a seat ibiza instead that cost £2500 and blew up after 5 months.
I reckon if i had got that ambassador, i would still have it now. and that was back in 2000
I dont class the next thing as bad but I have been to see, and if right buy two Rover SD1 V8 vitesses and an 1987 Audi Quatro Coupe. all three were pups so left alone and bought modern cars (fiat stilo and fiat bravo)
