For Sale Austin Princess & Renault 6 £550

[MrDuke]

Angyl, just stop looking at this thread altogether (assuming you haven't already). You know full well that people are going to be chipping in with well-intentioned stuff that you don't want/need to hear, you've stated all the necessary info in the first post, and if anyone's serious about buying they'll send you a PM. Go and make a pot of brutally strong Lapsang Souchong and scream at next door's kids for a bit.

[lincolndanny]

Have a quick pocket shuffle and normal service will be resumed....

[D Spares & Tyres]

To be fair, I did offer to buy the Renault in a previous reply rather than a PM. i wasn`t taken up on it

[vulgalour]

I am shutting this particular garage door until I can face opening it again.

 

Radio Silence.

[Talbotman]

Depression is a strange old beast and it effects many people creative such as Angyl. Running and driving and maintaining old unpopular shite by its very nature could be considered by many to be an anarchic 2 finger salute to the world in itself. But it's hard work..mentally trying to keep up on things...maintenance..spares stocks...what will go wrong next etc etc etc. If we were up for an easy life we'd all be driving sherpa coupes feeling seudo self satisfied with ourselves for driving a classic. But we don't....we love Austin Princess's with suspension parts made of rocking horse poo, Shonky old twin turbo Maseratis, a world where a Matra Rancho carries more currency than a Ferrari Gto. But it can be a slog.....in old school terms the world loved vhs....but we'd all love Betamax. Why have a Pc when a Mac was surely much better...but with much less software available in Curry's and Pc world..? We all have different skill levels..and yet we all have our own sets of hopes and aspirations for our motors. With 3 different cars with 3 separate ideals all running at once...I just think Angyl has reached a bit of a crisis..not just in workload but also in the ability to achieve his vision and ideals. I think his last comment was more of one of his own personal frustration rather than a direct criticism from those that have aired their considerations on this thread. I've always enjoyed the trials and tribulations that his threads on his cars have provided and hope that he will continue to do so. Let's give him the time and space to clear his head and perhaps those more local to him could lend an ear or a hand to perhaps help him achieve the ideals he wants to achieve with his cars if he does eventually care to keep at least one of them.

[chrisjvm]

Depression is a strange old beast and it effects many people creative such as Angyl. Running and driving and maintaining old unpopular shite by its very nature could be considered by many to be an anarchic 2 finger salute to the world in itself. But it's hard work..mentally trying to keep up on things...maintenance..spares stocks...what will go wrong next etc etc etc. If we were up for an easy life we'd all be driving sherpa coupes feeling seudo self satisfied with ourselves for driving a classic. But we don't....we love Austin Princess's with suspension parts made of rocking horse poo, Shonky old twin turbo Maseratis, a world where a Matra Rancho carries more currency than a Ferrari Gto. But it can be a slog.....in old school terms the world loved vhs....but we'd all love Betamax. Why have a Pc when a Mac was surely much better...but with much less software available in Curry's and Pc world..? We all have different skill levels..and yet we all have our own sets of hopes and aspirations for our motors. With 3 different cars with 3 separate ideals all running at once...I just think Angyl has reached a bit of a crisis..not just in workload but also in the ability to achieve his vision and ideals. I think his last comment was more of one of his own personal frustration rather than a direct criticism from those that have aired their considerations on this thread. I've always enjoyed the trials and tribulations that his threads on his cars have provided and hope that he will continue to do so. Let's give him the time and space to clear his head and perhaps those more local to him could lend an ear or a hand to perhaps help him achieve the ideals he wants to achieve with his cars if he does eventually care to keep at least one of them.

Faith restored ... Thank you 'Talbotman'

 

This forum is what it used to be etc etc

[Mr_Bo11ox]

No it isn't, etc

[stripped fred]

I will just add that as a relative newcomer on here i've enjoyed Vulgalour's posts from day one and I agree that some time to clear one's head and take stock is sometimes the best thing. Although I only have a small amount of cars compared with lots on here and they are all mostly working there is a level of stress associated with keeping on top of them. It's a bit like an addiction, a compulsion, for which there is no cure! I suppose it can get on top of all of us at times what with the other stresses we have in life but I know the people on here are a supportive lot. There's much more of a community feel to this site than any other I have been on, sort of like alcoholics anonymous for car nuts. I would certainly lend a hand to help out if there was anything I could do.

[dollywobbler]

Some outstanding* understanding of mental illness in this thread. Thanks for a great post Talbotman. 

[Rusty_Pug]

i say bring one... or both down here because im sure graham would love another car in the garage and the ax needs an old friend to talk to when i'm not there, now im full time she's sat under a car cover and is feeling down right now, she needs the attention, which i believe the 6 can give
if i knew more about other cars other than citroens and peugeots i'd take on the 6 as a second project but would be after the ax is finished of course. 

[Volksy]

Some outstanding* understanding of mental illness in this thread. Thanks for a great post Talbotman. 

 

I suffer from depression myself, sometimes to the point when a point of stasis and darkness is the only way that one can possibly entertain, or escape, the notion of continuing with even getting on with the simply mundane factors of life, such as eating, leaving the house etc. 

 

I do not like 'support' but sometimes a poke in the ribs does bloody work. This is an open forum, and should be treated as such, illness or not. 

[D Spares & Tyres]

We all must have some form of mental illness to be here. Have you seen my car collection? that can`t be normal behaviour

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Apparently this is normal:

 

 

http://www.bmw.co.uk/en_GB/topics/owners/offers/3-series/saloon/retailoffers.html

 

 

 

Yep. five grand deposit, 400 quid a month for the foreseeable future and you still have to pay ten grand at the end of the never ending tunnel to own the fucking thing.

 

I'll leave that right there. Throwing twenties at a tatty Princess is the mark of a genius in comparison.

[MrDuke]

To be fair, it's only £300 a month. Let's not be drawing unfair* comparisons.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

To be fair, it's only £300 a month. Let's not be drawing unfair* comparisons.

 

 

£300 on a rapidly depreciating asset just so you can end up like 5'876'987 other 320d owners, twenty grand in and looking down the barrel of a very expensive out of warranty repair scenario.

 

 

2200HLS please. In Denim blue with Denovos.

[MrDuke]

I was being ever so slightly sarcastic there.

[MarvinsMom]

if you're after a 2.2 princess, can i have a series 3 allegro 1300, l or above in something like russet brown or champagne beige please?

 

pretty please?

 

i promise i'll be good and wash it an love it an clean up after it, honest!!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I was being ever so slightly sarcastic there.

 

 

I did wonder, but failed to give you the benefit of the doubt. Soz M8.

[Noel Tidybeard]

if you're after a 2.2 princess, can i have a series 3 allegro 1300, l or above in something like russet brown or champagne beige please?

 

pretty please?

 

i promise i'll be good and wash it an love it an clean up after it, honest!!

if you want that can i have an allegro 3 1.5/1.7 hls in pagent blue with a vinyl roof please

[sloth]

fuck i know what its like to lose mojo. i have too many shitters ive saved. currently there is the triumph 2000/2500 ST in my avatar a 300 quid ebay find thats become a 3000 labour of love/pain/heartache (new engine lasting 1 week...) a volvo 240 which i took a good engine out to replace it with another. 3 years ago. there is an escort mk2 that needs alot of work but owes me nothing and was saved from becoming a hyundai i10. there is a few others that also need work. ive sold many on to better homes. ive sent a few over t'bridge. ive got depressed when fixing cars, mainly the one in my avatar. i suffer from anxiety and depression which i medicated by buying chod. im not saying your the same mate. i hope you find some space to do what you want and end up happy in a space that suits. who knows, a year driving the xantia and another better princess may come your way. or a horsey horseless.....

[Split_Pin]

Who was it on here that once said that "waking yourself up every hour each night and setting fire to £200 must be what it feels like to own a (Citroen) DS"

 

I think owning any older car must be like the above to a greater or lesser extent so I can see how the breaking point is reached from time to time.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I took two of my BMW E36 collection in for MOT's today.

 

Both passed. Without bribery or fellating the tester.

[captain_70s]

Who was it on here that once said that "waking yourself up every hour each night and setting fire to £200 must be what it feels like to own a (Citroen) DS"

 

I think owning any older car must be like the above to a greater or lesser extent so I can see how the breaking point is reached from time to time.

To simulate Triumph Dolomite ownership you set fire to £500*, scrape all the skin off your knuckles and then invite all your mates to point at you and laugh.

 

*£200 for repairs, £200 because it won't appreciate like a DS and £100 British Leyland tax.