« Reply #20 on: 12 August 2025, 18:20 »
Something like the XJR sounds like an ideal retirement project. Charismatic and fixable on a driveway for most routine jobs.
There’s one up on axle stands on my estate being fettled with here and there. Tucked away nicely on the driveway which no doubt annoys their neighbour as it’s a shared drive! Not as much as the bloody great Range Rover he also parks taking up most of the road though
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Anyway, my previous rambling point being any expensive purchase can cost a lot of money in losses in the short term if not held onto, but hopefully look after you in the longer term if you keep it.
Unfortunately neither myself or Watts have had posh jobs with company car freebies so had to do it the hard way. In my case I did lots of small hop changes turning cars over rapidly as that was the only way of doing things bringing up a family where if a large car fund was gradually built up (for less frequent) changes the money would’ve been reappropriated by others for other expenditure long before a car was purchased!
Watts is more “slow and steady wins the race” but saving up that way tends to make one want hold on to the money and deliberate long and hard about spending it.
Money takes far longer to save up than it does to spend.
Can’t wait to retire myself either. There’s not a day goes by where I don’t consider putting that letter in to HR. When I do the Golf will go and be replaced by something simpler and older and I’ll mostly walk everywhere (as I’ll be living on a shoestring!)
I think I’ve rambled on enough in here.
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