Cars that feel like an old pair of slippers....
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I have had loads of cars over the years... Some nice stuff like Lancia's Lotus's Caterhams ect, but I have also always run an old car as a family runabout.
Some stick out as ones I have kept for years as they have just gone on and on, and I never tired of them as a daily runabout. My old Peugeot 1.3 309 comes to mind. I did over 100k miles in that!
I have an old Corolla at the moment, with no intentions of moving it on as its in good condition and is worth nothing. I was thinking the other day that its just like an old pair of slippers that you get quite attached to
other cars have come and gone...
anyone else got/had a car they became attached to?
Some stick out as ones I have kept for years as they have just gone on and on, and I never tired of them as a daily runabout. My old Peugeot 1.3 309 comes to mind. I did over 100k miles in that!
I have an old Corolla at the moment, with no intentions of moving it on as its in good condition and is worth nothing. I was thinking the other day that its just like an old pair of slippers that you get quite attached to
other cars have come and gone...anyone else got/had a car they became attached to?
Yes. Around this time last year I bought a '99 clk convertible. I wanted to scratch the merc itch and thought the drop top would be nice for the summer. I had intended to get rid at the end of the season but we're still together and I'm looking forward to this summer in it as well. It is like a comfy old pair of slippers as you say.
stropley said:
Yes. Around this time last year I bought a '99 clk convertible. I wanted to scratch the merc itch and thought the drop top would be nice for the summer. I had intended to get rid at the end of the season but we're still together and I'm looking forward to this summer in it as well. It is like a comfy old pair of slippers as you say.
Funny that. I've had my '00 CLK for six and a half years now, I'd never kept a car more than three years before that. It's worth next to sod all, but I've become quite attached to it. It's a comfy old barge, still looks nice (to me anyway) and has been dead reliable too.As I was still living in London in the early eighties, I acquired a '72 Triumph Herald: "if you can get it running, you can have it"
Ran it for over two years, cost me pennies and never let me down. It was so relaxing to drive, and so slow I never got pinched for anything. I gave it away when I moved to Germany, afterwards I almost wished I'd brought it with me...
Ran it for over two years, cost me pennies and never let me down. It was so relaxing to drive, and so slow I never got pinched for anything. I gave it away when I moved to Germany, afterwards I almost wished I'd brought it with me...
Mk3 Mondeo towing barge. Okay so it's not particularly cosseting, doesn't have a particularly soft ride, it's not an auto etc (I consider a Jag to be the ultimate 'slipper' type car), but whenever I slide behind the wheel it's into a comfortable heated leather seat, driving position is exactly where I'd want it... like many others in this thread, it was only supposed to be a stop-gap for a year but I've nearly had it three now.
I often do long drives towing a 900kg trailer and now it just feels right getting in it and going from Surrey to Anglesey or Zandvoort as I did last year... seven hours on the road and I'm not tetchy or knackred afterwards!
The only thing that would make it better for me is an upgraded stereo.
I often do long drives towing a 900kg trailer and now it just feels right getting in it and going from Surrey to Anglesey or Zandvoort as I did last year... seven hours on the road and I'm not tetchy or knackred afterwards!
The only thing that would make it better for me is an upgraded stereo.
LeighW said:
stropley said:
Yes. Around this time last year I bought a '99 clk convertible. I wanted to scratch the merc itch and thought the drop top would be nice for the summer. I had intended to get rid at the end of the season but we're still together and I'm looking forward to this summer in it as well. It is like a comfy old pair of slippers as you say.
Funny that. I've had my '00 CLK for six and a half years now, I'd never kept a car more than three years before that. It's worth next to sod all, but I've become quite attached to it. It's a comfy old barge, still looks nice (to me anyway) and has been dead reliable too.Otherwise, I might be off to the classifieds.
jdw1234 said:
LeighW said:
stropley said:
Yes. Around this time last year I bought a '99 clk convertible. I wanted to scratch the merc itch and thought the drop top would be nice for the summer. I had intended to get rid at the end of the season but we're still together and I'm looking forward to this summer in it as well. It is like a comfy old pair of slippers as you say.
Funny that. I've had my '00 CLK for six and a half years now, I'd never kept a car more than three years before that. It's worth next to sod all, but I've become quite attached to it. It's a comfy old barge, still looks nice (to me anyway) and has been dead reliable too.Otherwise, I might be off to the classifieds.
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jdw1234 said:
LeighW said:
stropley said:
Yes. Around this time last year I bought a '99 clk convertible. I wanted to scratch the merc itch and thought the drop top would be nice for the summer. I had intended to get rid at the end of the season but we're still together and I'm looking forward to this summer in it as well. It is like a comfy old pair of slippers as you say.
Funny that. I've had my '00 CLK for six and a half years now, I'd never kept a car more than three years before that. It's worth next to sod all, but I've become quite attached to it. It's a comfy old barge, still looks nice (to me anyway) and has been dead reliable too.Otherwise, I might be off to the classifieds.
halo34 said:
y2blade said:
All the Volvos 
I love'em
This - apart from a newer generation V70 that wasn't at all volvo like, almost every Volvo I had have has simply been like an old friend who never lets you down. I love'em Getting into another marque after 5 yrs of Volvos comes as a shock!
t inside...Sorry PH 
I'm looking for another Volvo 850 or V70 (P1 classic shape) T5 now
I will be keeping the D5 and T6 though.....the T5 will be a weekend toy, tbh I really do regret selling my old MTE'd 850 T5 
My old MGF was like that. I bought it for our honeymoon with the intention of moving it on after the summer.
It turned out to be not only be a very rare model, but an exeptonally preserved example. 2001 Y with 6 K when I got it in 2007. I was the third owner. It had been a demo at a Rover garage my Dad had used and the sales recept was made out by the guy who sold my Dad a Rover. It had lived locally all of its life and was just a lovely lovely car.
It had its problems but none of the ones you read about. It just did the job very nicely.
It wasn't getting the use and sitting ouside it was beginning to show the early stages of neglec.
I knews its moods, it idiosyncracies, i loved the smell of it, the fact that if you hit the door in a certain way the annoying rattle would stop for a wee or two. The fact it seemd to drive better on summer evenings than during the day.
I still have dreams about it. That I am out in it having fun.
I really needed something a bit newer so bought the MX5 last year.
Sold the F on and didn't regret it until I saw it for sale again a few months later with the new owner saying somethign like "Its too good to break but its worth more as spares"
It turned out to be not only be a very rare model, but an exeptonally preserved example. 2001 Y with 6 K when I got it in 2007. I was the third owner. It had been a demo at a Rover garage my Dad had used and the sales recept was made out by the guy who sold my Dad a Rover. It had lived locally all of its life and was just a lovely lovely car.
It had its problems but none of the ones you read about. It just did the job very nicely.
It wasn't getting the use and sitting ouside it was beginning to show the early stages of neglec.
I knews its moods, it idiosyncracies, i loved the smell of it, the fact that if you hit the door in a certain way the annoying rattle would stop for a wee or two. The fact it seemd to drive better on summer evenings than during the day.
I still have dreams about it. That I am out in it having fun.
I really needed something a bit newer so bought the MX5 last year.
Sold the F on and didn't regret it until I saw it for sale again a few months later with the new owner saying somethign like "Its too good to break but its worth more as spares"
y2blade said:
Exactly Why I never bought any of the "fun" cars I've looked at.....they are just st inside...Sorry PH
I'm looking for another Volvo 850 or V70 (P1 classic shape) T5 now I will be keeping the D5 and T6 though.....the T5 will be a weekend toy, tbh I really do regret selling my old MTE'd 850 T5
Funny, I keep looking at 850 t5s - my friend got a t5r recently and despite myself I am very very jealous!!t inside...Sorry PH I'm looking for another Volvo 850 or V70 (P1 classic shape) T5 now
I will be keeping the D5 and T6 though.....the T5 will be a weekend toy, tbh I really do regret selling my old MTE'd 850 T5 Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff