Re: [doc] RE: RHD cars - intrigued

[Mike Sumner <mikebmw316@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okey doke.  Well frankly it's nothing that anyone could get passionate about (unfortunately) but at the end of the day it's a 24 year old car that's been in there for about half it's life as it was replaced and my Dad didn't want to get rid of it (first new car he'd ever owned . . . sentimental reasons . . . .etc, etc).
 
It is a 1981 Talbot Solara.  And before anyone dies laughing I'd like to point out that I had it running recently and I swear the starter motor sounds exactly the same as a DeLoreans.  Not just slightly but exactly the same.  Maybe it's that the car's from the same era or maybe it's the same part, I couldn't say.
 
Anyway, the thing's got absolutely no rust whatsoever and I've not seen one on the roads for at least a decade and I'm hoping that one day I'll have it running again as I remember from my childhood that it really is a smooth and comfortable car.
 
I don't know why but I've always had a thing about wanting to drive cars that were around when I wasn't.  I've no idea why but I just like the idea of driving something that was build before I was even alive.  Plus I think there's a certain character that older cars have that new ones just don't as well which makes them more appealing, hence my fascination with the DeLorean.
 
Anyway, there you go.  If anyone is a fanatic of the Talbot Solara and wants to see one in showroom condition then I'm your man.  Don't all Email me at once though please.
 
Regards,
 
Mike Sumner - 178


Phill Wright <psw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

OK, just intrigued (and nosey)

what's squirreled away then ... something rare, its a shame if its not
being seen!
go on ... fess up :-)

Phill W

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mike Sumner <mikebmw316@xxxx> wrote:

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> There is a car in my Dad's garage that he has owned from new since
1981 and has no plans whatsoever to sell it especially as I've shown
an interest in it due to its rarity (although it's nothing you can get
passionate about).
>  

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