18 great years...

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by smitstui » Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:06 pm

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.

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by Sanjøy » Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:46 pm

You should buy a bottle of malt from the era.
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Re: 18 great years...

Post by campbell » Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:52 pm

Sanjøy wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:46 pm
You should buy a bottle of malt from the era.
Rather have the car. Enough bloody memories lying around the place as it is :damnfunny

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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Re: 18 great years...

Post by rossybee » Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:51 pm

campbell wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:52 pm
Sanjøy wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:46 pm
You should buy a bottle of malt from the era.
Rather have the car. Enough bloody memories lying around the place as it is :damnfunny

Clearing down the garage feels like clearing down an old relative's house. Or a child's old bedroom. Utterly weird.
So why couldn't you buy the car back from the insurer?
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Re: 18 great years...

Post by campbell » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:26 pm

Long story. Very difficult call in the end. Trying to move on. And clearly failing.

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by Sanjøy » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:29 pm

campbell wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:26 pm
Long story. Very difficult call in the end. Trying to move on. And clearly failing.

cheers

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This would help, bottle of Lagavulin with UJI engraved on it.
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Re: 18 great years...

Post by campbell » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:34 pm

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...
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Re: 18 great years...

Post by rossybee » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:12 pm

campbell wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:26 pm
Long story. Very difficult call in the end. Trying to move on. And clearly failing.

cheers

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by Ferg » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:10 pm

campbell wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:52 pm
Rather have the car. Enough bloody memories lying around the place as it is :damnfunny
Clearing down the garage feels like clearing down an old relative's house. Or a child's old bedroom. Utterly weird.
:(

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.. :thumbsup :cheers

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by campbell » Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:53 pm

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 Image

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 Image

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by Tim S » Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:43 pm

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

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by istoo » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:14 pm

Campbell

Sorry to hear about this, glad you walked away.

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Re: 18 great years...

Post by campbell » Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:32 am

Thanks Tim and Iain. Appreciated. Def keep using them. Even if it's a Nissan ;-)
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Re: 18 great years...

Post by Andy G » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:44 pm

Sorry to hear this Campbell.

But my word it had a good innings!
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Re: 18 great years...

Post by Corranga » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:29 pm

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!
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