Ben30R Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hard desission. I had a Reliant scimitar for something like 14 years. Day one. it would have made a nice chicken shed except they would have drowned. Over the time I rebuilt everything , did the body work, converted it to diesel and it ended up with a 170 Bhp BMW 2.5 td engine. I used it more than the everyday car for years. It was quick, fun and a raw driving experience.... Family arrived. I bought a campervan which needs to be in the garage or it will dissolve...and ate up my spare time. In the last 2 years I averaged 200 miles. It failed it's mot and it needed more time welding than I'd spent driving it over 2 years... It hert but I sold it. 2 years later I really needed something fun again..... Westfield. If you sell it when life changes you can buy a later one... Maybe something far more exciting . I'm pretty much got the ideal car spent a fortune on it the last few years. Suppose I'm very lucky that I don't need the money as such but the wife see it differential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Car Electronics Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Here is my man-maths: Depreciation - nil Tax - £250 Insurance - £150 MOT and servicing £100 Total cost to not use is £500 or £10 per week or less than 3 pints. No brainer - keep it! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikef Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Mine only gets taxed for 7 months a year and my insurance is £95 Closer to £300 a year all up I reckon. Couple of decent nights out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 They're cheap cars to have sat in the garage too. I enjoy the spanner time which can't be said for the other cars in the fleet. I enjoy the upgrades and seeing the effect they have. Whilst the westfield doesn't get driven an awful lot it can still keep me entertained. And occupied at work planning the next upgrades... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959grantura Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Mine has been usage wise bit of disaster since ownership last August , I got as much as I could in before the summer finished but in hindsight garaged it way too early waiting for "perfect" conditions to drive it . Had a big winter job done on the engine which took forever to get back which ended up being May , once back again had limited use due to car sharing for work with my heavy pregnant niece but manage to get some sprints and trackdays in at the weekends then the head gasket blew start of July at castle combe Sooooooo kinda bit peeved really for something that owes me 15k sitting broken in the garage ha,ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Part of my old Saturday routine was to do the weekly shop for my mum, every Saturday morning. If it was dry, great top down, pick up shopping, have a blast over the cat and fiddle, if it was wet, leave the top up go shopping, blat over C&F! Currently sat in my sisters lounge in Harrogate, took six hours to drive up here yesterday, as I took the Westfield up through the lakes then back across over the Buttertubs Pass etc. Going to go and have a look at the Ripon Classic car thing in a bit, then back home in the rain You can use them if you want to! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Back home again now, the quick route, mainly motorway from Leeds. Rained a little on the motorway, but it was ok, as traffic was flowing well, so most of the rain just went over the top of the cockpit. Got heavier, both the traffic and rain at Rochdale, so as roadworks looked like it might cause some slow queueing, stopped at the services and put the hood up, did the last hour home like that, in the drizzle for a bit before it dried. It was fine. I'm reasonably dry, no wet patches, thanks to ear plugs, my ears aren't ringing! And it was a great weekend, made far greater by having a Westfield as part of it. Oh and saw three Westfields at the Rippon Classics show, but couldn't see the owners. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Oh and saw three Westfields at the Rippon Classics show, but couldn't see the owners. If one was red with black bonnet and a cage, that would be Chris S from our area, with his dad also in a westy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Yeah, there was a red one with black bonnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriss1455 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 That would have been me dave. If I wasn't at the car I was probably diving out the rain (again) mine was the caged one with black bonnet the other red one was my dad's and the green one was a father and son who built it in 1990 I think again with anyone who has a Westfield they were very friendly. Was a nice bit of banter between us and the catering van owners who were walking past aswell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjoau Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1500 miles in 4 months. Use it every week, multiple times if weather allows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 That would have been me dave. If I wasn't at the car I was probably diving out the rain (again) mine was the caged one with black bonnet the other red one was my dad's and the green one was a father and son who built it in 1990 I think again with anyone who has a Westfield they were very friendly. Was a nice bit of banter between us and the catering van owners who were walking past aswell Yeah, had just been raining. In Ford geek mode, I've never seen four or five Capri 280 run-out models in one place before, I still have a soft spot for those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Here is my man-maths: Depreciation - nil Tax - £250 Insurance - £150 MOT and servicing £100 Total cost to not use is £500 or £10 per week or less than 3 pints. No brainer - keep it! Makes complete sense to me. Ask yourself, or the wife, how much depreciation your normal daily tin top costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 or my mrs handbag collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.