Who has a car that they don't use
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Just read Stu-B's thread about the 300sl he is getting back on the road after 10 years on the drive.
I have got a classic mini that I've owned for 4 years and I've covered about 2000 miles in it. It works perfectly but currently isn't taxed and MOT'd, the last time I drove it was back in February after then it's just been parked up.
This isn't the 1st time it's been left either, it sat for nearly 2 years until last year when I got it on the road to do the 50th anniversary London to Brighton run.
I love the car and I can't imagine selling it but I don't want to drive it all the time. It costs next to nothing to get running again but it does feel like a bit of a waste having a car that goes no where.
Does anyone else have something sitting on the drive that doesn't go anywhere any why?
I have got a classic mini that I've owned for 4 years and I've covered about 2000 miles in it. It works perfectly but currently isn't taxed and MOT'd, the last time I drove it was back in February after then it's just been parked up.
This isn't the 1st time it's been left either, it sat for nearly 2 years until last year when I got it on the road to do the 50th anniversary London to Brighton run.
I love the car and I can't imagine selling it but I don't want to drive it all the time. It costs next to nothing to get running again but it does feel like a bit of a waste having a car that goes no where.
Does anyone else have something sitting on the drive that doesn't go anywhere any why?
Bungleaio said:
Just read Stu-B's thread about the 300sl he is getting back on the road after 10 years on the drive.
I have got a classic mini that I've owned for 4 years and I've covered about 2000 miles in it. It works perfectly but currently isn't taxed and MOT'd, the last time I drove it was back in February after then it's just been parked up.
This isn't the 1st time it's been left either, it sat for nearly 2 years until last year when I got it on the road to do the 50th anniversary London to Brighton run.
I love the car and I can't imagine selling it but I don't want to drive it all the time. It costs next to nothing to get running again but it does feel like a bit of a waste having a car that goes no where.
Does anyone else have something sitting on the drive that doesn't go anywhere any why?
I have recently sold my 73 mini pickup that I owned since 2004 but had only managed to cover 200 miles in it, it had been sat in my dads garage for 4 of those years.I have got a classic mini that I've owned for 4 years and I've covered about 2000 miles in it. It works perfectly but currently isn't taxed and MOT'd, the last time I drove it was back in February after then it's just been parked up.
This isn't the 1st time it's been left either, it sat for nearly 2 years until last year when I got it on the road to do the 50th anniversary London to Brighton run.
I love the car and I can't imagine selling it but I don't want to drive it all the time. It costs next to nothing to get running again but it does feel like a bit of a waste having a car that goes no where.
Does anyone else have something sitting on the drive that doesn't go anywhere any why?
Hated to see it go, but it's gone to someone who will treasure it and use it regulary so I'm happy.
A friends dad has several muscle cars he bought back with him after moving over here from the States 20 or so years ago. Not sure on the models but I believe he has a Challenger and possibly a Charger.
They're sitting in his garden rotting. He won't sell them, but has absolutely no inclination to do anything with them.
Simply do not understand the mentality!
They're sitting in his garden rotting. He won't sell them, but has absolutely no inclination to do anything with them.
Simply do not understand the mentality!
Edited by Chicane-UK on Sunday 12th September 10:28
We've got 2...
A 1300 Princess, a Vanden Plas no less, with cute picnic tables! It's Dads next project nad is in the workshop.
In the greenhouse we have an old Celica Supra (Mk 2) which Dads mate owned, very low mileage and full s/h. If it wasn't an auto i'd have had it on the raod again
A 1300 Princess, a Vanden Plas no less, with cute picnic tables! It's Dads next project nad is in the workshop.
In the greenhouse we have an old Celica Supra (Mk 2) which Dads mate owned, very low mileage and full s/h. If it wasn't an auto i'd have had it on the raod again
My mates dad is a farmer, and collects all sorts of stuff. He has 2 Dodge pickups from the 60s, countless landrovers, and parts of landrovers, random other vehicles, at least 3 or 4 old tractors and several other bits of plant machinery, all covered in nettles and brambles. The pickups were bought together and have consecutive plates, not sure where the brambles are getting in but both cabs are literally full of plants. Its a shame really, theres a lot of kit which would look great back on the road.
[quote=northandyI have recently sold my 73 mini pickup that I owned since 2004 but had only managed to cover 200 miles in it, it had been sat in my dads garage for 4 of those years.
Hated to see it go, but it's gone to someone who will treasure it and use it regulary so I'm happy.
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Wow A mini pick up! Got any photos of it?
You never see them any more, my dad used to use one in autocross with a cooper S engine it, must have been a funny sight.
Hated to see it go, but it's gone to someone who will treasure it and use it regulary so I'm happy.
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Wow A mini pick up! Got any photos of it?
You never see them any more, my dad used to use one in autocross with a cooper S engine it, must have been a funny sight.
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