SierraCharlie

I appreciate the sentiment but the car is a very expensive garage ornament. I would never pay more than £10,000 for a commuter, £500+ for tax and those outrageous brake pads/discs costs for keeping a canal barge from hitting a wall. It was his "i made it so i can afford it" car, I need it out there being loved and driven up the revs by someone who can also afford that kind of unnecessary luxury. It lingers around taking up more room than a Range Rover and in a way it's like keeping him around unable to grace the tarmac. As you say he was loaded with knowledge and all to happy to dispense it, I do the same even if it bores my friends. I learned so much from him and it paved the way to where I am now with my cars. Seems like everywhere he went he was acknowledged as friendly, funny and well spoken - I can only aim to be regarded as highly as him in my circles 🙂

Delighted to tell you that the car sold to the first person to show up looking at it. He said it's exactly as advertised and took no time in saying he wants it. Very happy with the buyer, he's from the same cut as myself and my father, and will take great care of it. He and a few others thought the advert was hilarious and helped bring their interest, boring "basic" ads lack personality. Over the top is entertaining, and keeps people reading to the bottom. Tango passed in January and I had the pleasure of driving the car for about 1,000 miles but decided very quickly it isn't for me. I just wanted to drive his prized car, listen to his iPod, remember him and put it through some action before selling it on to a wealthier owner who can take care of it properly. I drive a racing V6 MR2, and a cheap(ish) boosted daily driver that I built myself - as you can probably see from the advert photos. Driving an expensive super saloon is like dangling a Rolex out of the window that I was gifted and didn't earn. £16,800 was not overpriced it would have sold for £17,500 maybe £18,000 but my patience is thin. RE: the Bose system, I was only describing from memory and someone messaged to let me know it was the ML upgrade, not Bose. Adaptive suspension perhaps not but certainly feels like rebound settings are harder in Sport than normal, immediately noticeable when going down crap roads or motorway. If you don't think the car hunkers down immediately on pressing Sport and appears a bit harder, then you perhaps have ancient butt cheeks 🙂 I appreciate the kind words for my father, he was very fond of the car and we took great care of it together. It has since been clayed, polished, coated and kept pristine by myself and my friends. I read his old posts on here and was delighted to see how much like me he was while I was away at university and missed a lot of the IS250 stuff. I'm amused you thought a funny OTT advert would delay the sale, I think any other person would have taken it immediately as well.