@DVee8 I always had a bit of a thing for them when they were launched, bearing in mind I’m now 34 and hadn’t quite reached my teens at that time, they had a huge appeal to me.
Agree the retro styling is bang on right now, but it also doesn’t looked too out of place in a car park for a car of its age - I popped for a swift pint at the local earlier on and sat in the beer garden, I was looking at it in the car park and it it blended in, whilst still having something a bit different about it.
I think for me, booting it around some back lanes earlier today it left me grinning from ear to ear - considering I have an E55 AMG in my collection which also does has the same effect, but in a very different way, the fact this car made me feel that way has sold it to my heart already. Anyway, enough of the soppy bullshit 😂
I do think as the years have gone on they’ve attracted a following, are definitely a modern classic in my eyes and much like the Audi A2 thread on here, have a certain appeal that I feel just can’t be explained.
It does mean however, that I need to buy something else capable of daily duties. As a family of 5, a 4 seater isn’t exactly practical. Good job the missus is on board and doesn’t mind her car being the general dogsbody hack for now 😉