Harryhollic
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Hello folks,
Pondering a late life return to things Italian, Sunday car to polish and use for the odd tour or leisure ride.
Until about 15 years ago I normally kept a funday car, from a Fiat 3p at university, through 3 Alfa Sprints (plus a spares car) to a Bi-turbo 2.5 '87 Coupe, then an '89 2.8 Spyder, ferrous oxide kept the need for replacements at regular intervals.
Later "Japanese Toy" years taught me reliability, and with a brief foray into an American Import aside (GMC Syclone), I've not had to fettle or compromise so much; spent time using rather than just maintaining something sporty.
Day to day cars have been Swedish or German with a greater leaning to comfort and economy as I've got older. Living back at home after a decade and a half as a work nomad, have been coming close to getting a fairly recent SL or similar, but struggling to convince my self north of £50k is worth it for a once a week drive.
Garage still has some Biturbo spares on a shelf somewhere, pondering a return to something Alfa or Maserati. Was happy tinkering and rebuilding in my teens and 20's, north of 50 now, could I cope with never demisting glass, temperamental switch gear, and wobbly speedos, and the annual "something fell off on the way back" ?
Tosses coin, here for a sentimental look back, and nose at what the options might be.
Pondering a late life return to things Italian, Sunday car to polish and use for the odd tour or leisure ride.
Until about 15 years ago I normally kept a funday car, from a Fiat 3p at university, through 3 Alfa Sprints (plus a spares car) to a Bi-turbo 2.5 '87 Coupe, then an '89 2.8 Spyder, ferrous oxide kept the need for replacements at regular intervals.
Later "Japanese Toy" years taught me reliability, and with a brief foray into an American Import aside (GMC Syclone), I've not had to fettle or compromise so much; spent time using rather than just maintaining something sporty.
Day to day cars have been Swedish or German with a greater leaning to comfort and economy as I've got older. Living back at home after a decade and a half as a work nomad, have been coming close to getting a fairly recent SL or similar, but struggling to convince my self north of £50k is worth it for a once a week drive.
Garage still has some Biturbo spares on a shelf somewhere, pondering a return to something Alfa or Maserati. Was happy tinkering and rebuilding in my teens and 20's, north of 50 now, could I cope with never demisting glass, temperamental switch gear, and wobbly speedos, and the annual "something fell off on the way back" ?
Tosses coin, here for a sentimental look back, and nose at what the options might be.