mid life crises/the fourth one.

[spongy]

Having a few issues at the mo,you boys will shoot me but i was considering letting my baby go ,the trouble is i just dont use her and i hate seeing her all dusty in my garage which is 20 miles away.The next issue is i fancy an evo 6,now i know there is no comparison between a cerb and an evo......but why am i thinking this.Ive done this in the past with cars so why do our brains let us carry on with it.Anyway at this moment in time i dont think i can bring myself to sell her as my wife says im stupid to let my car go as i will never get another one like it again.Can you all please talk some sense into me and let me know where im going wrong in the mental issues department,thanks in advance spongy

Edited by spongy on Friday 25th January 17:19

[Mark.]

Doctor!

[aide]

maybe sell it on to a good home and buy another one that needs to be saved?
with your fastidious attention to detail I'm sure an unloved example will end up in great shape?

Edited by aide on Friday 25th January 17:27

[spongy]

lol this is kinda whats been on my mind ,got a guy who says he must have the car.....its not been out much but this fella has seen the car and managed to get hold of me while i was in the garage........made me an offer there and then,my saving grace is im not bothered by money offers as money aint the be all and end all in my world.Think i will keep the car but it did make me think.

[anonymous-user]

Sell a kidney...
Buy Evo.
Keep Cerb.

Sorted.

[spongy]

djstevec said:

Sell a kidney...
Buy Evo.
Keep Cerb.

Sorted.

.......yes this has been thought of too.......wifey will have to sell the z3 which she says she will do,and then take on my trusty v70 volvo .....trouble is am i being greedy.

[anonymous-user]

spongy said:

djstevec said:

Sell a kidney...
Buy Evo.
Keep Cerb.

Sorted.

.......yes this has been thought of too.......wifey will have to sell the z3 which she says she will do,and then take on my trusty v70 volvo .....trouble is am i being greedy.

Unless its an M, it's an amazing solution! Spring/summer comes you'll be out in it more.....many, many tales of woe and thoughts of selling up during the winter.

[jamieduff1981]

Why not just drive the Cerb? Bring it home and keep it under a car cover and just pick up the Cerber fob once a week instead of the Volvo.

[optimax sniffer]

spongy said:

djstevec said:

Sell a kidney...
Buy Evo.
Keep Cerb.

Sorted.

.......yes this has been thought of too.......wifey will have to sell the z3 which she says she will do,and then take on my trusty v70 volvo .....trouble is am i being greedy.

No not greedy, the Cerb & Evo are practical with 4 seats

We've got two TVR's, a '12 plate golf & '01 a3

[spongy]

making me feel better now

[m60ddy]

spongy said:

.......yes this has been thought of too.......wifey will have to sell the z3 which she says she will do,and then take on my trusty v70 volvo .....trouble is am i being greedy.

You no longer have a problem. You are not being greedy. Take the chance and just do it, you only live once and you have a green light.

Another bonus is the EVO will do less MPG so using the Cerbera more often will be cost effective.

Mods shut this down so he cannot talk himself out of it. JOB DONE!

Edited by m60ddy on Friday 25th January 18:27

[spongy]

Car port has been suggested,and a move is on the cards if things go to plan....but the foofin banks are not being friendly at the mo in the re mortgage offers

[Tang Soo Tim]

Ask yourself if you enjoy working on the car more than driving it ?

If that is the case then simply sell it on and buy another project Cerb

That way someone gets to buy a superb car, and you get to make another one superb

Or as said, just use it more and enjoy

[FUBAR]

A swift blow to the knackers with a lump hammer should cure him

[Englishman]

I tried to give up TVR's a few years ago when I bought a 355, but firmly back in the fold these days with 3... and a Mini Cooper S for the snow and 4 seats when needed (only small friends).

[Jhonno]

Evo 6 for a Cerb?! You are clearly mental, and not in the good, typical Cerb owner way.

[jamieduff1981]

Englishman said:

I tried to give up TVR's a few years ago when I bought a 355, but firmly back in the fold these days with 3... and a Mini Cooper S for the snow and 4 seats when needed (only small friends).

That's worrying for my collection tomorrow - my S-Type is infinitely better than the BMW Mini in snow which I have down as pretty much useless based on experience with best pal's ex Mini Cooper (not S). Presumably the Mini is better than the TVRs then if that's what you have for the snow!

That must make the TVR pretty terrible by logical deduction. Gulp. Tomorrow will test my snow driving prowess to the limits.

[Englishman]

jamieduff1981 said:

That's worrying for my collection tomorrow - my S-Type is infinitely better than the BMW Mini in snow which I have down as pretty much useless based on experience with best pal's ex Mini Cooper (not S). Presumably the Mini is better than the TVRs then if that's what you have for the snow!

That must make the TVR pretty terrible by logical deduction. Gulp. Tomorrow will test my snow driving prowess to the limits.

Lol, last year I had a VXR8 for my snow car. You guys brought up with front wheel drive/4wd and ABS make be laugh, the mini is a pussy cat in slippery conditions. I've driven TVR's on many occasions in the snow too, but choose not to these days more due to protecting them from the salt than slipping about, that part is fun!

Edited by Englishman on Friday 25th January 21:10

[jamieduff1981]

Oi. FWD gets cars struck off my shopping list nowadays, and I've got no choice but to abandon Jag since they've sold out and gone AWD. I hate the AWD in wife's X-Type. I may be a whippersnapper, but I'm very old fashioned!

[scotty_d]

Noooooo you will get board of the jap plastic interior in no time. It will be much faster point to point than any cerb due to silly grip levels. I think you need to go to that garage stand back and look at the orange beast for a few moment. Warm her up and give that throttle a blip and report back how your feeling then.

As for Mini's in the snow our cooper s is first class very grippy little beast. What tyres were on your pals? We have avons ,great all year round even in the depths of winter in Argyle.

But got the rangie when it all gets to deep.