Hi All
Its been a while since I have been on here but always keep an eye on the Barchetta section and its nice to see people still loving their cars.
I have had mine since March 2007 via ebay, generally only used for low mileage each year and taxed for the summer months, for what that is worth in the UK
Is 1995 car originally from Germany and been in the UK since 1997.
Mechanically she has been great and just general servicing however I did need to have a new fuel tank quite a while ago due to some corrosion. I was lucky enough to have a full respray done around 2009 (I work at a car dealer and they had a quite period in the bodyshop at that point so did a great job for low £££) and this sorted a few rust spots and removed all the dings and dents. Water had got in via the chassis plate cover by the passenger seat and that was the worst part. Picture below when the work was being done.
She was off the road for a couple of years when we moved and had no garage locally but recently found a new one locally and been using the B much more since.
The biggest trip was last year when me and my Dad celebrated the cars 20th Birthday with a European road trip through France, Switzerland, Italy & Monaco taking in the Furka,Grimsel and Stevlio Pass and coming back via Route Napolean. Around 2,500 miles in total and the car was great, the only issue being I lost the Naxos spoiler I have put on during the repspray after some pretty hefty bumps
One of my favourite photos is below of my little B on the left in front of the snow by the Hotel Belvedere on one of the Swiss Passes, don't think anybody else was brave enough to park that side!
The car is like part of the family and we live a little closer to some country lanes now so try to get out as much as possible and I will try and keep this car as long as I can and keep her in as good as condition as possible.
Thanks for reading.