Soon to be back after 3 years of no use
Discussion
Having been diagnosed with nocturnal epilepsy 3 years ago and suffering a few seizures since, it wasn't until November 2010 that i finally got my licence back after being seizure free for a year. I declared my car off the road and let the MoT lapse a year ago and have a couple of small jobs to sort before using the car again. It is just as well really as i have been driving my wife's diesel Honda Civic which felt plenty fast enough to begin with - the Chimaera will feel like an absolute monster.
I didn't lay the car up for the 3 years. Instead, i kept it on charge in the garage and started it up every few weeks. Everything seems in great shape. I really cannot wait to drive it again. I'm literally just awaiting the return of my speedometer having had a new battery fitted and need to sort the brake callipers as they are binding, but then i will be ready for MoT and hopefully tax soon after. I doubt few people look forward to taxing their car!
However, my wife had a baby boy just 13 weeks ago, so whilst i still love the car, i don't think it will get much use in future and so i am seriously considering selling it. I really need a fast fun car i can take my wife and son out in (i find the civic boring!). Yes, i have thought about a Cerbera, but cant really justify the running costs.
It seems that i've waited 3 years to use my car again, only to get rid of it probably spring/summer for something like a Golf GTI. I will certainly make the most of it while i can.
I didn't lay the car up for the 3 years. Instead, i kept it on charge in the garage and started it up every few weeks. Everything seems in great shape. I really cannot wait to drive it again. I'm literally just awaiting the return of my speedometer having had a new battery fitted and need to sort the brake callipers as they are binding, but then i will be ready for MoT and hopefully tax soon after. I doubt few people look forward to taxing their car!
However, my wife had a baby boy just 13 weeks ago, so whilst i still love the car, i don't think it will get much use in future and so i am seriously considering selling it. I really need a fast fun car i can take my wife and son out in (i find the civic boring!). Yes, i have thought about a Cerbera, but cant really justify the running costs.
It seems that i've waited 3 years to use my car again, only to get rid of it probably spring/summer for something like a Golf GTI. I will certainly make the most of it while i can.
macdeb said:
Nice to hear your back on the road, and that your health is improving.
My thoughts exactly............. Not quite the performance of a chim, but a bmw 3 series coupe is a sensible 4 seat car with bags of performance. I have a 3.0 ltr m sport coupe and its a very very quick car. Not quite matching the chim in performance but very close in its need to visit the petrol station. Well worth considering as a sensible alternative. Keep us all posted,about selling your chim or not, and about your eventual replacement. If you do sell, contact me anytime in the future and you can have a drive in mine, just to put "that grin" back on your face, good health, Tom.
congrats on your recent arrival too 
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