Thread: Converted

Finally after nealry six months off the road I started work on getting the gearbox fixed on my SIII today and it got me thinking...I like this analogy.

"Buying a car is a lot like choosing a Religion. There are lots out there, good ones bad ones and plenty of salesmen to tell you which one's the best. Some, people go through life wanting the ultimate car, wishing for one that they could love and keep until the day they die but never finding that perfect vehicle.

Others ignore the problem, sure they might buy a car but they never think about it, it's in the subconscious, it might get serviced but always by the dealer, any slight hiccup and it's sold on for a newer 'better' car. Still others buy a car to impress, they might not have millions but they'll do the best they can with the money they've got, only to sell out for the next best 'unique' car to come along. Most people probably fit in one of these categories, some car owner’s end up being a combination of categories.

Very few however fit into the last category, those owners who truly love their cars. This small and unique group may often seem quite strange. Despite extreme difficulties, breakdowns and other problems the owners will keep their car running at all costs. Often they will experience ridicule and scepticism, sometimes exclusion and always a distinct lack of appreciation for their vehicle. The real problem is that despite everything the owner might say (I've got a car that will go anywhere, looks great on the red carpet or the red desert, acts every part like a natural despite the task from a beach buggy, a paddock basher, a workhorse, a commuter, a romantic convertible, and even a classy wedding car that the Queen would be proud to travel in) many people can only see the perceived negatives.
Unreliable they say when adventure is the word to be used, inconvenient when in reality walking everywhere is your fitness training, unsafe not realising you probably can't go fast enough that an airbag would have an effect. Perhaps the hardest aspect for these car owners is how difficult it is to convince others that their car really is worth all they do for it, sometimes brilliance has to be experienced in order to be appreciated."


I'm converted, bought another Series today the third, the second went to parts to help the first (a SIII) live on but this one, well it's being pencilled in for a rebuild.

As for the car, it's a SII and has been modified somewhat. May have come from Cober Pedy mines? Anyone know anything about possible history?