Up for sale again

After my last post I have been told my old 2000 is back up for sale again after a re-spray. It looks a bit pink to me after the re-spray and I'm not too sure about the plastic hub caps, but it does look better for being in one solid colour again. You can see the full advert here

A departure and some new arrivals

Long time no update again. With the 2000 through it's MOT and a new nose cone fitted I decided it was time to move it on. I've had some good times with this car, the 2008 RBRR being one of the highlights, but it came to a point where it was being used increasingly for daily driving only and I was not getting so much fun out of it, that and the fact that with it's Witor exhaust system it is quite noisy for daily driving. So after the nose cone of the 2000 had a few top coats of paint it went up on a few car for sale websites. The next day I had a call to arrange a viewing and a couple of days later a deposit was put down. The 2000 is now a few more miles West along the M4 with it's new owner, who plans to re-spray it before too long, something I never felt up to.




The GT6 is reliable, but I did not want to have to make it a daily driver, so instead I set about finding a replacement for the 2000. My mind was fairly open about what to get, but my preference was for something rear wheel drive, comfortable, reliable and a bit more modern, without being overladen with electronics.
In the end I decided to plump for a 1983 BMW E21, it has a 1800cc slant-four engine, with a carburettor and a distributor, but fortunately no points. So far I have covered over 1000 trouble-free miles after replacing the fourteen year old tyre and knackered wiper blade it somehow managed to pass a MOT with.




Oh, and the other new arrivals, the farm dog had a litter of puppies about six weeks ago, so we now have seven Welsh Border Collie puppies, all of which, bar one or two, have found homes already.

At a week old




and five weeks