23-11-2014, 04:57 PM
(23-11-2014, 03:49 PM)Toms306 Wrote: I'm not sure where they get the idea that you're Flynn anyway tbh, I really can't see any similarities!
That's a pretty significant amount to spend on an old 306 though, so I guess you're keeping it a while longer now?
Hi Tom,
Agreed! But what were my options. I need an estate with a tow-ball. There are very few £100 clunkers with a long MOT, on Ebay. In order to replace the 306 with something that MIGHT be as equally reliable, with known cam-belt history, and a long MOT, I would have to spend a similar amount of money. And it MIGHT NOT be as equally reliable. Better the devil I know! Gone are the days when I could change a Mini clutch, in 3 hours, working in the gutter.
Having had one of the jobs done, I was more or less obliged to have the others done,
or risk having a car, that I have just spend money on, with a wrecked engine parked in the outer lane of the motorway.
Money is funny stuff. Having to spend money you do have, is a different ball game from having to spend money you don't have. Will I keep it for a long time? I was hoping to change it for a camper, but probably best if I don't mention that to my SWMBO until the dust has settled. She has indicated that her coffers are getting a bit low.
Yes, I will poke fun at blue French cars, but I poke much worse fun at my Land Rover, and as for the things I said about SWMBO's Reliant Sabre 6 .... twenty years ago, and she still hasn't forgiven me.(Google 361 WYD)
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