For me the experience centres around the endearing way I improve as I drive it. If I haven't driven it for awhile the first five minutes of it have me thinking that the performance is all wrong...who would want to drive this? But then as I settle so the car improves itself and starts to pat me on the back, congratulating me on being so skilful! And this impression grows the more I drive it. Always more fun and an improvement in skill (which may be an illusion but nevertheless IS the experience).
For me this even outweighs the beauty of the thing, the obvious delight in people's faces when they see it, the young boys yelling "nice car mister", the old men waving or thumbs up, the drivers letting me out at T junctions, the tourists surrounding the car as I return to it even if (especially if) I've parked next to some supercar which the tourists are ignoring, the family feel of other owners, the view over the bonnet, the laughing as the rain drips on my knee....oops, wait a minute, forget that one.....
Nick
Twelve lines of text to describe 33 or so years ownership
Last edited by nick w; 18/12/24 03:59 PM.