Whilst going off topic the best car I ever had was a Mk3 Granada. Purchased for just over £200, the number plate didn’t match the ones etched into the windows, the engine serial number didn’t match the log book and two keys one for the doors and another for the ignition but came taxed and Mot’d. I ran it for a year and spent nothing on it apart from another MOT and tax for my brother. He ran it for another 18 months before snapping the key in the ignition and then we sold it for £120 scrap! Talk about trouble free motoring, not only because it didn’t need any work on it but if it got marked or dinged in a car park, it didn’t matter. Of for those days when you could get a cheap “banger” and run it until it broke and then scrap it and buy another.
Disposable motoring is the finest and enjoyable kind of motoring. I used to buy old motors and run them into the ground before sending them off to be banger raced. Had everything from a Mitsubishi Pajero to Jag XJ40’s and finally, a Rover 75 diesel which I brought for £400. That was honestly the most comfortable car I’ve ever had and if Motability hadn’t kicked in, I’d probably still have it.
Sadly, Mrs B did not always share my fun and now she’s been seduced by that new car smell, I’ll have to stay in the dark side.
Current car: Mini Countryman EV in very shiny black!
Previous car: MG HS Exclusive in nice shiny black.