Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:What, not even Jags, Dave?
Actually, I wasn't even sure you were referring to me as being the 'notable exception', but I thought I'd sieze the opportunity to clown around all the same.
OK then, just to show willing, here's my three:
1. Austin-Healey Sprite Mark 1 (Frogeye). Cost £724 13s 5d when new in September 1960.
2. 1962 Jaguar 3.8 Mark saloon, manual with overdrive, bought s/h for £550 in June 1968.
3. 1984 Jaguar Series 3 Sovereign V12 (automatic, of course) bought s/h for about £7000 in December 1990.
That's not much of a response to all the (entirely understandable) swooning over Porsches and other very sophisticated modern machinery, but I'd be delighted to have nice examples of my three again, primitive though they may be. I mean, good grief; no ABS, no traction control, no ESP, no daytime running lights; none of the modern complexity at all. Simple cars for a simple idiot.
Best wishes all,
Dave.