wri t es Simon says One of the best pieces of advice in life is:
Never text your ex!
I would like to propose that this should not just be taken in the context of a significant other that you may have shared intimate moments with, it should also apply to cars, trucks and bikes! It is fair to say that most of us, at some point, will have wondered what happened to that beautiful creation that you once shared your life with, that you lavished your wages on, that you got involved with despite all the advice from your mates and probably caused you a certain amount of sleepless nights.Yes, I am still talking about vehicles!
Like me, if you’ve driven Land Rovers your ownership experience will have definitely involved some of the more sweary vocabulary.Your wallet will have also been emptied to cover the expense of items that were not even itemised on
your to-do list before they broke, expired, imploded or otherwise gave up. However, we move on, we sell the heap of crap and buy another one, usually just as unreliable and costly - cue smug sniggers from our readers who don’t buy Solihull shite. After a while we can think back to the good times, the days when nothing broke, when everything just worked, and, in a similar fashion to the way you can never quite remember how bad toothache feels once the dentist has pulled the offending gnasher, we long to see the old girl again. Having an interest in a niche motoring sector like 4x4s means crossing the path of the new victim, sorry, owner of your previous ride, is not that uncommon, and so it is with me.
I know the whereabouts of several of my previous Land Rovers... The one I owned the longest, a 1996 Land Rover Discovery 300TDi, is still in the family. I bought it ex-demo and added 185,000 miles to the odometer before it was involved in an accident (not my fault). I bought it back from the insurance company who deemed it unworthy of repair and two members of my family have struggled to keep it alive for the past five years. I believe it is currently off the road due to a total inability to drive in a straight line! 78
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