Butters,an inhabitant of this board,once lived around the corner from where Dame Vera Lynn was born and brought up. The area was badly damaged by bombing in the war and by the 70s was quite run down.
That's my Corolla. My 1st car was an old 1994 Corolla wagon that was my mom's and a year younger than me. She gave it to me when I headed off to Uni and I had it up until 2019 - hit 25 years old, 500,000 miles. I was doing an oil change every 10,000 miles because why waste oil. LOL. No rust. Never needed a mechanic and then the electrics went completely in one hit and it just wasn't worth fixing. At that point, the tires were worth more than the car so I traded it on on my new....Corolla. I was thinking of a small truck, like a Canyon or something, but Toyota had some sorta sale and 0% finance so I was, like, ooookay. Totally reliable anyhow, and I love the seats. Really comfortable. Great for city driving but if we ever do our thing and get some land and build out of town it's an F150 for sure. Need something that can handle winter roads and snow.
Yeah, I agree with Wat that you need to increase your budget a tad.
You can get decent projects for not a lot of cash but you don't need a Jag-in-a-box. Think non runner barn find, they're out there.
No, just No There's a reason that rear end has collapsed and you don't want to know!
To Londoners, especially any under 50, The Wolseley is a restaurant on Piccadilly. It was built in 1920 or thereabouts as the car company's London showroom. If some discerning gentleman invites you there, go, its pretty good though possibly not quite so trendy as it was 8 or 10 years ago. It's very handy for a meal if you are going to the theatre. My wife likes it: the usual procedure is that she buys tickets for a show - then says "where shall we eat?" I faff around a bit knowing what she wants. Then, as often as not, we end up at The Wolseley, though it's quite a while since we were in London together.
