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As some of you will know, I've had a 600 craving for quite a while now. I tried buying one back in 2014, but actually encountered a car that was so bad, I turned it down. I'll recount the tale. I'd sold the Maestro van, and offered to deliver it to Birmingham International. That's because I'd spied a 600 diesel for sale in Coventry. Truly, this was perfection, described as full MOT etc, etc. I went to view it before I parted company with the van. I'm glad I did. The place I pulled up to was one of those truly awful garage/trade sales places, where the building barely seems to be standing. Worse, the car was not even there. It was in their storage yard. I began to worry even more. We went over in my van. It wouldn't start. We went back to the garage and grabbed the shittest pair of jump leads I've ever seen in my life. Somehow, we coaxed enough electricity down their ruined ends to get the thing running. I let the chap drive the van so I could have a first drive of the Rover. It was quite nice actually, though the brakes were scraping with rust and it had clearly been sitting for ages. So much for full MOT. Nonetheless, I checked it over and risked a photo. At this point, the manager turned up and I was able to have a 'word' about the car. He was bald, and insisted on wearing sunglasses even indoors. He was quite aggressive, but I think he said that the car would be MOTd for sale. Not ideal, as I needed to drive home in it that day. I quickly hopped back in the van and drove away to a friend's house, where I found a car on Facebook to buy instead (the white Rover 400). A few months later, I revisited my dreams and ended up getting sidetracked by XMs for 18 months. Clearly, buying a Rover 600 after the XM would have been foolish. Instead, I bought lots of cars with utterly shit suspension instead, so I could recalibrate my spine. I reckon I'm now ready to buy. So, I started scouting about. I'd really like one in a pretty colour. To my mind, this is one of the most attractive saloons there has ever been - all the more remarkable when you consider how dumpy and plain the Accord that it's based on is. Bargains seem to be everywhere, and metallic blue really is the colour to have. Like this. What a beauty! Bidding at just £150. Shame about the thump up the arse. Bumper only damage? I think not... I'm ruling it out. This one is very attractive too, though they want £995 for it. That seems optimistic to me. This one is only £200, but is described as "VERY DIRTY". It does have only 47k on it, but Stockport is not a convenient location. Others are on my list, but I'm not revealing details yet. Suffice it to say, I'm very hopeful that I'll be arriving in London on Friday in my new steed, before heading back home in it on Friday and then heading to France on Wednesday next week. Let's see what occurs!