Robert, I got another Mini. Here she is:
http://daggle.com/080925-214512.html

So what did you buy next?

So what car did you end up buying now…did I miss that somewhere?

Oh the memories! I had a smurf blue 2CV longer ago than I care to think about, as a starving student nurse in London. Before that I had a sit-up-and-beg 1947 Ford Poplar so the 2CV was quite a step up.

Oh the memories! I had a smurf blue 2CV longer ago than I care to think about, as a starving student nurse in London.

Chevy Chevette – My mom had one. What a P.O.S.
We were on a trip to Abbotsford (BC) About. When driving between the Ferry and Abbotsford along the Highway 1, I remember mom had the gas to the floor and we were just barely doing 60km/h (100km/h zone). Were we ever glad to see that car go away!
For me I started out with a 1979 datsun 280zx, then a datsun 1972 240z, followed by a 1986 VW Golf, 1996 Honda Civic, 2007 VW GTI, and now the family mobile – a 2008 Mazda 5.

Thank you. You have helped push me over the fence. I am going to buy a Mini at lunch.
Cheers!

Wasn’t your De Sol metallic bluish green?

Aah the chevette. Not many people arrive in America for the first time, climb into a chevette and are then asked to shove a plastic bag into the hole in the floor. Made it memorable though!