Motoring highs and lows of 2010 - what were yours?

[Yazza54]

Low:

Spending a year of restoring to be wiped off the road by an ignorant idiot, thus destroying this..




High:

Getting back on with it and buying this...

Edited by Yazza54 on Friday 31st December 19:56

[marcosgt]

Highs : Getting over 100,000 miles in the wife's old Xantia.

Lows : Not being able to drive for 6+ weeks after breaking my knee. Not getting to a single motor race this season. The ever increasing volume of traffic on the M3 in the morning rush hour.

It wasn't a great year for driving...

M

[Garlick]

Highs: Chim ownership, GT3, Sunday Services and driving an SLS.

Lows: Breaking down in an Alfa, selling my 944, watching Mansell (and PH smiley) crash at Le Mans

[fridaypassion]

High - Getting a supercharger conversion done on my VX220

Lows - None really its been a reasonable motoring year.

[chevronb37]

High - Driving the full circuit at Le Mans; the Milbrook Bowl at a decent lick; a 7 hour Sunday drive across North Yorkshire in the Elise.

Low - Poor weather preventing more playing over the winter.

[BRMMA]

Lows:
> Seemingly never ending bills with the Boxster, nothing too serious but just constantly it seemed like something needed replacing then just when i thought i had replaced everything i had a stone go through the radiator

> Exhaust falling off the Clio

> adding 3 points to my license

Highs:
> Had some great drives in the Boxster earlier in the year when the weather was good (May - June?)

> Getting the Z4 for a great price and generally being really impressed with the car

[Speed_Demon]

High: some silly early Sunday morning drives down the a507, sun rising, tyres squealing, grin widening

Realising that the low means I can start putting plans together to pick up a 182 trophy.

lows: exhaust disintegrating, wheel bearing seizing, and repairing these is gonna cost more than the car, gonna be carless til I can afford replacement

No job security (could go at any time) and small salary means I don't know or I'll afford the 182 this year or at all

If things go well, it's the HPC, trophy and lots of driving with the PH crew in 2011

[davidjpowell]

High; Selling the just out of warrenty Espace to but an E class Merc.

Low: Discovering E class was a bit of a liability.

High: Discovered new Merc specialist.

Low: Even though said specialist very reasonable car costing too much.

High: E Sold. C320 Cdi bought in to replace.

[DIW35]

Low: Writing off a rare Lamborghini

High: Eurotrip to Switzerland in it's replacement.

[CobolMan]

High: buying my first Alfa (MiTo Cloverleaf)
Low: having an accident in it less than 4 weeks later and having to accept blame for it.

[PompeyM3]

Highs: The various PH Sunday services and Wilton house.
Lows: flat battery on the Lotus just before the last Sunday service at MB world.

[davepoth]

High - First lap of the Nurburgring.

Low - Crash resulting in a write off and multiple injuries.

[Remagel2507]

High - Getting rid of some old cars
Getting a 740i - Something that can be tastefully modified

Low- The 964 leaving the family after 13 years
Cayenne being damaged by useless airport parking people
Things going a bit pear shaped with the Merc after an engine swap - leaving it off the road for now

And that's about it

Edited by Remagel2507 on Saturday 1st January 11:59

[Harji]

Highs-

Sticking the Mazda RX8 R3 in second gear and letting it go all the way to 9k Rev on a test drive, I bought it.

Driving a Nissan X-Trail from Bucharest to Transylvania on every road imaginable.

Lows-

Driving an Audi 1.9 TDI S-Line.

Edited by Harji on Saturday 1st January 00:26

[Nords]

High, every drive in the CSL:



Except when the badger ran out in front of me whilst I was doing 70 on a dual carridgeway...

[mnkiboy]

high: Getting the Cupra chipped to 300bhp and ragging it round the macclesfield-buxton cat and fiddle road. never known a car that can pull itself out of a corner and up a steep hill like that before.

low: selling the Cupra for 5K less than I bought it for 18 months ago and settling in to a diesel estate. I'm getting old.

[MarsellusWallace]

High:Picking up my Arnage

Low:Breaking down in a Megane Convertible

[Garlick]

MarsellusWallace said:

High:Picking up my Arnage

Thread winner. Jealous

[North West Tom]

+ Passing my test.

- Failing my test.

[joncastle]

Garlick said:

MarsellusWallace said:

High:Picking up my Arnage

Thread winner. Jealous

+ Being invited to drive the new Mulsanne

- Every other car afterwards!