Thanks Peter, but I have given up for now
I just bought a Skoda Rapid as my wife drove one before and always complained the Octavia is too big and she wanted a Rapid, so from now on I think my motoring is now going to be my wife with a new Rapid, I have the Octavia and the Silvia gets trashed by some wreckers yard that buys it from Pickles assuming it actually sells.
I phoned mum and she said good it is time you got sensible, only a stupid 17 year old wants sports cars, everyone I know things you are so stupid for driving a convertible like a young kid, all those sports cars like the Silvia and MX5 you had are just money pits. I was a bit shocked but I guess I know she didn’t really like the car, I also got a similar reaction from dad who also said good riddance to another one of your money pits. My wife is really happy and said a similar thing about only people under 20 care about cars and wished I would grow up. But really the MX5 was the cheapest car I owned, servicing was cheap, nothing went wrong and I only lost $5,000 in 9 years, the Ford Falcon lost $15,000 in 10 years and I spent a fair bit on repairs. The Silvia was not as good as the MX5 but still less per year than the Ford or Subaru Outback worked out to be with servicing and depreciation etc. I guess any car that seems fun must be a money pit or they just don’t realise how much their cars depreciate, my view is all cars are money pits even the boring ones. Plus I guess they never go to car shows and see the 60 and 70 year old men looking at the Jaguars, Morgans and MG’s etc.
But I will have a convertible again, I will never grow up.
