Writing this on the train to (hopefully) pick up a top tier mainstream oddball auto - a 2001 Fiat Multipla.
I was going to do a 'try and guess what car I've bought' but realised most of you are in bed right now.
There is no great story behind this but I'll type it up anyway as I have an hour to kill on the train and the thought of doing actual work is painful.
To cut right back, I've had a thing for these ever since seeing them in Wheels magazine in what must have been 1998/1999 and reading Robbo wax lyrics about them. If I'm not mistaken it was in his top 10 cars in one of the annual round ups.
Fast forward around two decades and I find myself looking to move to the UK. It was at this time I began looking at all the odd shit I couldn't buy back at home or shit you can buy for mad cheap here.
This is how I ended up in the Boxster, should probably have been how I ended up in a 911 but unfortunately I'm not baller enough.
The Boxster was almost one year ago to the day and I was getting restless.
For some reason I've had a thing lately for E36's. Specifically a grey bumpered red coupe with sunroof and no spoiler in immaculate condition.
These are somwehat thin on the ground but as sick as I am, I enjoy the search.
I've looked at Multipla's on and off over the past four years and have flirted with the idea from a distance. Effectively, most gen 1 Multipla's are fucked. Just wrecked interiors from years of family duty and just as disgraceful exteriors.
One casual facebook marketbook search later and somehow I've stumbled upon 'the one'.
Clean black exterior, red interior, basically one owner, full service history.
I'm aroused.
Drop the guy a message, as well as some enabler friends of mine. They were strongly on board.
It's at this time I find out from one of my enabler friends that someone in his circle is also looking for a Multipla. Said gentleman has also messaged the seller.
This multipla MUST BE MINE.
I write another casual, non-desparate message to the seller.
HE RESPONDS.
Get chatting to him, its been taken in as part-ex. car checks out, I try not to sound too excited at things he says.
For example, seller 'it's actually a nice car, shame about the interior though', me 'what's wrong with the interior, the ad didn't say anything about interior damage?!?!?', seller 'the red, it's absolutely awful. It's mint but absolutely awful', me (an absolute sucker for red interiors) 'Yeah, what a shame'.
Bloke was actually 10/10, straight shooting mechanic with some bants.
Anyway, he's holding it for me right now. Will see if he's still 10/10 once I go and see it, this thread may be very short if not!
En route with Xmas sandwich and backup wheels. I've been stranded in some fucked up places before, always bring a skateboard or secondary form of transportation now. Old Alfa's have scarred me terribly.
Will update post inspection.
Andrew
I was going to do a 'try and guess what car I've bought' but realised most of you are in bed right now.
There is no great story behind this but I'll type it up anyway as I have an hour to kill on the train and the thought of doing actual work is painful.
To cut right back, I've had a thing for these ever since seeing them in Wheels magazine in what must have been 1998/1999 and reading Robbo wax lyrics about them. If I'm not mistaken it was in his top 10 cars in one of the annual round ups.
Fast forward around two decades and I find myself looking to move to the UK. It was at this time I began looking at all the odd shit I couldn't buy back at home or shit you can buy for mad cheap here.
This is how I ended up in the Boxster, should probably have been how I ended up in a 911 but unfortunately I'm not baller enough.
The Boxster was almost one year ago to the day and I was getting restless.
For some reason I've had a thing lately for E36's. Specifically a grey bumpered red coupe with sunroof and no spoiler in immaculate condition.
These are somwehat thin on the ground but as sick as I am, I enjoy the search.
I've looked at Multipla's on and off over the past four years and have flirted with the idea from a distance. Effectively, most gen 1 Multipla's are fucked. Just wrecked interiors from years of family duty and just as disgraceful exteriors.
One casual facebook marketbook search later and somehow I've stumbled upon 'the one'.
Clean black exterior, red interior, basically one owner, full service history.
I'm aroused.
Drop the guy a message, as well as some enabler friends of mine. They were strongly on board.
It's at this time I find out from one of my enabler friends that someone in his circle is also looking for a Multipla. Said gentleman has also messaged the seller.
This multipla MUST BE MINE.
I write another casual, non-desparate message to the seller.
HE RESPONDS.
Get chatting to him, its been taken in as part-ex. car checks out, I try not to sound too excited at things he says.
For example, seller 'it's actually a nice car, shame about the interior though', me 'what's wrong with the interior, the ad didn't say anything about interior damage?!?!?', seller 'the red, it's absolutely awful. It's mint but absolutely awful', me (an absolute sucker for red interiors) 'Yeah, what a shame'.
Bloke was actually 10/10, straight shooting mechanic with some bants.
Anyway, he's holding it for me right now. Will see if he's still 10/10 once I go and see it, this thread may be very short if not!
En route with Xmas sandwich and backup wheels. I've been stranded in some fucked up places before, always bring a skateboard or secondary form of transportation now. Old Alfa's have scarred me terribly.
Will update post inspection.
Andrew
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