A 20 or 30 year old Volkswagen is often better-made than a new one.

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

When i was 18 I had a Alfasud. One of the original hot hatches. Went like a rocket, cost me more to insure it than to buy it in the first place. Rotted away in the end.

First car? Triumph Stag bought for £500. Looked lovely but needed a lot of love as everytime you as ortrd one thing something else gave up. Sold for £575 so not all bad. Since then a variety of odds and sods. Current daily is a Kadjur.

Middle aged crisis is a 1972 Citroen DS all low slung chrome and French excentricity. Been slowly bringing it back to as good as it gets.

The Ital was a successor to the Marina - not a great advert for the car. A Daily Telegraph feature from 2018 informs us that by then there were only 11 such cars still licensed to run on our roads. To be honest I don't know how that compares with other models from that period but you would have thought there might be a few more being run as "classic" restorations. It was introduced in 1980 and probably shared its death throes with BL as a whole.

As for the Zephyr I wonder whether that was the Mark 1,2,3 or 4?

I had a mk 3 cortina, then a mk 4 and a 5, I’ve had 2 Orions and a focus, I think there’s a pattern emerging there somewhere, but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is

Made in Bromley

First car was a 1962 Singer Vogue Estate.
I saw one at the Classic Car Show a couple of years ago, and it wouldn't surprise me if it was the only one left in use.

A few years later, I treated myself to a Rover 3.5 Coupé. I didn't have responsibilities then.

Today's fleet comprises a 1973 Triumph Stag (3.0l auto), and a Hyundai Kona Electric, which replaced a Jag XE last November. The Jag was fantastic - but I don't miss it now I have the Kona.