Station in the SAAB

SAAB again

James to Portsmouth in the Golf. Got there ok but I still worry - so I gave him duck tape and a multintool !

That will fix most things.

No Classics today

Just a SAAB to Tesco's - "Living the Dream"

Bad day on the roads

Passed three accidents today. Not nice ones either. Better late as we were than in the smash.

This Daimler cheered me up though.

Summer time at last

Classic fuelled weekend. Starting with the Alpine, then Mr E then finished off with the Ferrari in the late sun.

Sun at last

Run into work in the Alpine. Sunny at last indeed.

Great classic car day

But I'm stuck on a delayed train in 80 deg heat.

Thursday 300

330 miles. Early and warm.

Alpine in the Sun

I lie and so did the weatherman. It was cold all day and almost got blown off the Orwell bridge at lunchtime.

Thumbs-up from a lad cheered me up though.

Might have said good by to Aston V12 dreams for a while - time to be sensible.

Alpine gets a look in

Sunbeam got a run out and the rain held off - wind blasted but nice to see her out again at last.

Monotinous

OK - so Another weekend another Aston Martin V12 test drive. Not this one as it was sold.

Learnt that sports seats are not very comfortable and a blue interior is not to my taste.

They had to ask me twice to go for a drive. But the car went very well.

And my clutch is hard work. But my drive back was good too.

Aston Dreaming

Trying to think of reasons why I should not buy the V12.

Back to Ford

Focus time as it was in the way.

Another A Day

Aston again - this time in sunshine - and the long way home.

Habit forming - Another day, Another Aston

The V12 Vantage. What a car.

That's three Aston Martin Vantages in four days, the V8S, my V8 and the V12. It's a habit I'd like to keep up.

Heartland

Today I found myself in Oxfordshire - 15 miles from Gaydon. I wonder what happens there ?

Passed through Clarkson country. Obviously doffed my cap.

SAAB running well towards 200,000 k.

Ok so it's very nice

Saturday run to Milton Keynes - convinced me it was a great car

Sunday back again and then e-type in the sunshine - nice car too. 

Blue Mood

Test drove this V8 Aston Vantage S today. In blue with flappy paddles £100k+ of car.

Paddles worked very well, as well as the Ferrari 430 I drove a while ago. Not 100% sold on it but very quick all the same.

And collected mine - which felt great to drive - and the Focus as well. All in all bit of a hit on the credit cards this month.

And SAAB passed 180k

Friday Focus

Sun out - but Focus as weapon of choice.

Did ride in Golf though to the station.

Focus again

Dull day - but promise of classic action in the next few days.

Shocking news

Aston needs a new shock absorber - coverered by the service plan. Tyre, Disks and Breaks were not.

Focus booked into service too.

Expensive month all right.

Focus on Service

Focus needs a service too - sounding a bit ratt-ley on start up.

Aston in at the moment and SAAB goes in tomorrow.

Expensive month.

Monday Treats

Nigel's Mercedes W124 260E - My Ferrari 308, Jaguar e-type and Apline !

Sort of sun in the sky too.

Plus saw Ginetta G28.

Wash out again

So no Felixstowe classics on my agenda due to heavy rain - so a nice Aston interior instead.

Saturday Contrasts

Aston to Grange for it's service.

 Had a look around their beautiful cars - like the DBS.

 - then a 3 wheeler spotted near home.

Looking for a highlight

Porsche in the car park was best bit.

Train trouble Thursday

No power on overhead lines - so we all sat in silence.

Wednesday Thursday

Focus and then SAAB through the heavy rain.

Sun possibly at the weekend ?

Swimming

Focus through the rain and showers and floods.

Alpine Sun

Dappled sunshine this morning and spitting with rain tonight - dashed to work in the Alpine.

Also Golf back with a small bill.

Euro Boxes and Mad Man

Three days away in France and mostly Euro-boxes. Only highlight was this mad man in the Cobra on the way home.

No Classics

As rain lashed down on the drive.

Towed the Golf into the garage - a bit hairy.

Skip Day 2

Well it's still a good car - even though the Focus is a shit heap.

Using a Rolling skip

Or Ford Focus to give it it's proper name.

Sunday - Drive it Day dash

Quick dash in the sun to show off the very clean car.

Then down [and back] to Portsmouth in the trusty SAAB.

Saturday GTi disgrace

Tried another trip on the Gold after finding the fuel pump seemed to work. wend to a couple of miles before dying.

So towed home again.

Trains and Stops

Parked at the wrong spot - stopped at the wrong station and ended up going backwards.

No car action after yesterday's GTO-fest.

You wait all week then...

Two come along.

Highlight - Nick Mason's Ferrari 250 GTO on display in London.

Low light - the Golf broke down so we experienced the first tow of the season on the first fixed bar I had used.

Euston Road

Glad I'm not driving a classic around London in the rush hour - but I do fancy a night drive.

SAAB and Rain

GTO to go

I made do with the Aston in the sunshine.

Still feels like million dollars driving it though. This one went for $20M a while ago. Well there are only a few of them around.

Aston dash

And that was all.

Alpine Out and About

Cleaned, polished and driven about.

More April Showers

More like a weather report this week but scattered showers and cold weather are not friends to the classic car.

... and Thursday

Cold again too. Not classic weather.

Wet Wednesday

Well predicted at lease so missed out flash cars.

SAAB again

Back to work - back to SAAB - hard to get anything else off the drive anyway.

Just Rain

Too wet for classics - too dreary for anything else really - so Black SAAB modern.

A Squared

So two Astons in the household today - nice.

Alpine back in the fleet

Collected the Alpine in the sunshine from the Fens.

100 miles - drives like new - e.g. a 52 year old car !

SAAB four

Four days on the trot. Sun shining against the odds.

Collect Alpine tomorrow.

SAAB splashing

Wet day

Cold Returns

Planning on the SAAB all week - as rain and cold returns.