I have decided to hang onto her Bowie. My wife recons I should sell my daily driver and use the Pug more.Yeah don't be daft, hang on to it ya dork!
I have decided to hang onto her Bowie. My wife recons I should sell my daily driver and use the Pug more.Yeah don't be daft, hang on to it ya dork!
I hear you. My daily drive is 2019 Mercedes and its build quality is nowhere near the Pug.Keep the thing, drive the thing, enjoy it as one of the last cars built with the priorities in the right order. Cars like the Mi16 will never be built again.
I always try not to get emotionally attached to vehicles. Works for the daily drivers but not for the ones we put our heart and soul into restoring.Its pretty simple really, its obvious that you love this car and have a long relationship with the car.
So if you have the budget to register, insure and maintain the car and a suitable place to store the car when not in use just keep it.
All you need to do now is try and find some time to drive it, maybe leave the daily at home and drive the Mi16 instead.
Yep keeping it. The voices of reason have spoken.DO NOT SELL THIS CAR! Still regret not buying an Mi16 S1 some years ago.
Good!I have decided to hang onto her Bowie. My wife recons I should sell my daily driver and use the Pug more.
That is the problem with restorations.I always try not to get emotionally attached to vehicles. Works for the daily drivers but not for the ones we put our heart and soul into restoring.
I don't think I could manage the balance. I get nervous driving my car after a wash!That is the problem with restorations.
I only once had a beautifully preserved, carefully maintained classic. Turned heads everywhere (it was a very rare thing) and I loved driving it but it was a pain in the arse, because you would have a heart attack every time you parked it and someone else came close to it. I am not the garage and polish type of guy so I ditched it before I went mad. I literally put it on ebay with a starting price of 1 dollar. Sold for half what I paid for it, but was happy to give it away like that and bought a car I love and have no hesitation to drive anywhere anytime.
I guess if you restore a car like that, you have to decide what you want to do with it afterwards. If you're only going to look at it, well, maybe you should just buy a picture. If you can set aside all the blood, sweat and tears and drive it like it was meant to, then go right ahead. Otherwise, you're just the slave of a thing somebody else will one day drive and enjoy. Why do that?! You put all the effort in and somebody else is reaping the benefits?
Yes. This.That is the problem with restorations.
I only once had a beautifully preserved, carefully maintained classic. Turned heads everywhere (it was a very rare thing) and I loved driving it but it was a pain in the arse, because you would have a heart attack every time you parked it and someone else came close to it. I am not the garage and polish type of guy so I ditched it before I went mad. I literally put it on ebay with a starting price of 1 dollar. Sold for half what I paid for it, but was happy to give it away like that and bought a car I love and have no hesitation to drive anywhere anytime.
I guess if you restore a car like that, you have to decide what you want to do with it afterwards. If you're only going to look at it, well, maybe you should just buy a picture. If you can set aside all the blood, sweat and tears and drive it like it was meant to, then go right ahead. Otherwise, you're just the slave of a thing somebody else will one day drive and enjoy. Why do that?! You put all the effort in and somebody else is reaping the benefits?
Might work with an Mi16, but I defy you to find another 605 in Australian in the same or better condition than San_sagesse's.Just get some insurance policy that would cover buying another one of the same or better condition and in case it gets written off, buy the wreck back and now you've got all the nice spares you used to fix it.