18 great years...
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Hi Campbell,
I am gutted reading this, must be one of the longest elise ownerships and another S1 will never be the same as owning yours for 18 years
At least you are ok and hopefully something else will come along that can start a new chapter in ownership.
Cheers,
Stuart.
I am gutted reading this, must be one of the longest elise ownerships and another S1 will never be the same as owning yours for 18 years
At least you are ok and hopefully something else will come along that can start a new chapter in ownership.
Cheers,
Stuart.
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Rather have the car. Enough bloody memories lying around the place as it is
Clearing down the garage feels like clearing down an old relative's house. Or a child's old bedroom. Utterly weird.
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So why couldn't you buy the car back from the insurer?
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Long story. Very difficult call in the end. Trying to move on. And clearly failing.
cheers
Campbell
cheers
Campbell
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This would help, bottle of Lagavulin with UJI engraved on it.
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You are keen on this Sanj aren't you?!
Well if I did, would prob be the Edradour. One of the first meets I ever took the car to was at that very place. In Oct 99 IIRC.
Depends on the parts sales. We'll see...
Well if I did, would prob be the Edradour. One of the first meets I ever took the car to was at that very place. In Oct 99 IIRC.
Depends on the parts sales. We'll see...
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Ross
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1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT
Now browsing the tech pages
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1972 Alfaholics Giulia Super
2000 Elise S1 Sport 160
2004 Bentley Conti GT
Now browsing the tech pages
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I do think you need to find something related to focus on. While I didn't crash my S1, I had to let go of it and was much more gutted afterwards than I thought I'd be. I've been fortunate enough to replace it but I still hang on to the S1 in my mind. Maybe that's why I haven't changed my Avatar, and I haven't even got to clearing out parts yet. The new car is different and will never replace the feeling of the old one. But its also something to enjoy and focus car thoughts on. Doesn't matter whether you find a 1.5k MX5 or go nuts on a new Lotus, find something to care for, it'll make you feel better..
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Wise words, Ferg.
The bottom line is, there is no budget to even run a cheap MX-5. It's utterly critical that I preserve every penny of the capital from UJI. One day, this will help put us back in something special. And I'm not fool enough to think there is any such thing as free motoring, regardless of what experts may say about "rock solid residuals" or "investment potential". So have ruled out several interim vehicle ideas already
So "alternative focuses" include my golf handicap, a range of DIY or other home projects which Lisa has decided are "important", keeping the remaining (still very nice fleet) in good nick, and probably doing a lot more cycling.
Obviously I hope to stay connected to the Scottish Elises community and related antics. And my track day involvement was already sporadic at best anyway. So will just pop along to spectate or pax from time to time. Might hitch a ride to some further afield gigs just for the craic but that's also budget-dependent.
I should know The Change Curve well enough (and I do!). I'm still somewhere on the downslope, maybe near the trough - which at least means "gradual acceptance" is next
The bottom line is, there is no budget to even run a cheap MX-5. It's utterly critical that I preserve every penny of the capital from UJI. One day, this will help put us back in something special. And I'm not fool enough to think there is any such thing as free motoring, regardless of what experts may say about "rock solid residuals" or "investment potential". So have ruled out several interim vehicle ideas already
So "alternative focuses" include my golf handicap, a range of DIY or other home projects which Lisa has decided are "important", keeping the remaining (still very nice fleet) in good nick, and probably doing a lot more cycling.
Obviously I hope to stay connected to the Scottish Elises community and related antics. And my track day involvement was already sporadic at best anyway. So will just pop along to spectate or pax from time to time. Might hitch a ride to some further afield gigs just for the craic but that's also budget-dependent.
I should know The Change Curve well enough (and I do!). I'm still somewhere on the downslope, maybe near the trough - which at least means "gradual acceptance" is next
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Hi Campbell
Belatedly seeing your news here. So sorry for you, but as others have said, glad you’re ok.
I know I’d be in a similar situation were anything to happen to mine. It must be 14 years since I got my S2, and I know I could never afford another or anything remotely similar but I’m just about hanging on to Elise ownership while nothing too expensive happens.
But all we can do is keep using them – and better that you were doing that than it’d been holed up in a garage and polished to death.
Funny how attached we get to our little wheeled bathtubs.
Cheers
Tim
Belatedly seeing your news here. So sorry for you, but as others have said, glad you’re ok.
I know I’d be in a similar situation were anything to happen to mine. It must be 14 years since I got my S2, and I know I could never afford another or anything remotely similar but I’m just about hanging on to Elise ownership while nothing too expensive happens.
But all we can do is keep using them – and better that you were doing that than it’d been holed up in a garage and polished to death.
Funny how attached we get to our little wheeled bathtubs.
Cheers
Tim
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Campbell
Sorry to hear about this, glad you walked away.
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Thanks Tim and Iain. Appreciated. Def keep using them. Even if it's a Nissan
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Sorry to hear this Campbell.
But my word it had a good innings!
But my word it had a good innings!
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Gutted! Not sure how I missed this. I hope your plans come to fruition in the longer term.
These threads usually end with most of us saying it's only a car and at least you walked away OK etc, but 18 years!
These threads usually end with most of us saying it's only a car and at least you walked away OK etc, but 18 years!
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