Possibly not interesting enough but!

Most of my life I,ve had the car bug.From memory I,m up to 50 which includes cars from a 1934 Austin seven convertible, 34Avon Standard SS(predecessor of the jags), goggomobil coupe300cc.renault floride convertible(bought it for the wife)Renault sports coupe ,vauxhaul commodore coupe,MGBgt,first triumph stag in Manchester.Cost 1995 and had three engines in the 6 months that I owned it.Aston Martin DB6,several mercs several bmw,s,3 audis,Honda legend coupe(last car I owned prior to retirement. Kept it 6years.Best car I,ve owned and a JBA Falcon kit car which I had built by the factory in Wigan and drove it down to spain with my newly married wife.And,several others(cars not wives)Currently driving a Honda FRV which I,ve had for 9 years probably will be my last car,unless I win the lottery.

I will go along with Vernon what he says about his car having been a passenger in it when i was over on a visit to Vernon and his lovely wife Irene
Vernon even took me on the Bathhurst race track it went like a charm and i must say that Vernon is a very good driver no cutting corners

got my new Nissan Tuesday nothing like the smell of a brand new car far to many gadgets on these new cars I will have to learn to drive again all I need is a gear stick and a heater this thing backs itself up tells you when you have drifted over the white line and all that rubbish not even been out in it yet??jp

John, by the sound of it just get in, get comfortable, tell it where you want to go and watch the scenery.
Richard

John ref 63, does your car engine stop everytime you stop???, believe that most modern cars now do this in the name of economy, my son has a BMW that does this. Trouble is i come from a driving generation where the engine stopping on its own fills me with dread, but the system seems to work ok. I drive a Subaru outback 3litre automatic petrol, drives like a dream as long as you have a big wallet, KT

Keith the stop/start system does take some getting used to, the first couple of times you think 'oh! sh*t' what's gone wrong now, now I get annoyed when it doesn't stop, same performance as my previous Merc B class, but at least 15 miles per gallon more. Subaru's were my favourite driving cars, but had to let them go as they reached 3 digits too easily (and I'm not talking Kph) when my wife was driving, and didn't want her to lose her licence, I mean who would drive me back from the pub. The Merc is just as fast but somehow she treats it with more respect.

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John ref 63, does your car engine stop everytime you stop???, believe that most modern cars now do this in the name of economy, my son has a BMW that does this. Trouble is i come from a driving generation where the engine stopping on its own fills me with dread, but the system seems to work ok. I drive a Subaru outback 3litre automatic petrol, drives like a dream as long as you have a big wallet, KT

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yes keith and no handbrake tells you when you are to far over the white lines backs up on its own blue tooth{whatever that is} all round censers speed control I will have to learn to drive again?jp

Watch your wheels John
As Liverpool was the City of Culture you may find them missing and your car on top of four Encylopedia Britannicas,
Cheers
Brian

brian as I have said before why steel a set of wheels when there is a perfectly good car sitting on them take the lot....jp

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Yes I agree that Volvo is also a very good Car,a wee bit expensive here though!
That brings back memories of when I was on the Gold Mines in Glen harmony,i had a Hudson Hornet,and my mate had a Volvo Sports ,gees that was something!
That was the ones with the short Nose and round body to the back.

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No wonder you only have 30,000 on the Clock with your KIA Capt you spend all your time at Sea mate! LOL!:)
Try taking it to Europe next time and put some serious Millage on her! hahah!
Cheers

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this is from when I used to sell Volvos to American troops