Gazing at my other special piece of machinery the other day.....
and comparing my reasons for owning it with the zed.....
it occured to me (and cover your eyes petrolheads) that I get these things pretty much only because I like the look of them.
I remember when the z3 was first released my then neighbour had preordered one and when it came I knew that one day I would have to have one. That day was pretty far off as wives, kids, finances and other assorted complications got in the way. I had already had a couple of juke boxes before the Ami Continental 2 that you see here but I had lusted after one ever since seeing the one in the film Ghost.
When I finally got the z3 I had done some research on them to make sure they weren't complete dogs but other than that I didn't really care about scuttle shake, tramlining or any other drawbacks that some people complained about. I just wanted to be able to sneak a peek out of my bedroom window and see it parked on the drive. I do of course enjoy driving it - the sound probably more than anything but its the looks that do it for me.
The jukebox when compared with a quality bit of hifi kit probably sounds terrible but when its lit up in the corner, not even playing.....well what can I say.
I've had a couple of motorbikes in days gone by that were bought pretty much on looks alone and pure kerb appeal when you buy a house seems to in my case outweigh other disadvantages.
Any one else out there buy on looks alone (not including women)(or men) - thats dangerous territory.
Merry Christmas,
Dave
and comparing my reasons for owning it with the zed.....
it occured to me (and cover your eyes petrolheads) that I get these things pretty much only because I like the look of them.
I remember when the z3 was first released my then neighbour had preordered one and when it came I knew that one day I would have to have one. That day was pretty far off as wives, kids, finances and other assorted complications got in the way. I had already had a couple of juke boxes before the Ami Continental 2 that you see here but I had lusted after one ever since seeing the one in the film Ghost.
When I finally got the z3 I had done some research on them to make sure they weren't complete dogs but other than that I didn't really care about scuttle shake, tramlining or any other drawbacks that some people complained about. I just wanted to be able to sneak a peek out of my bedroom window and see it parked on the drive. I do of course enjoy driving it - the sound probably more than anything but its the looks that do it for me.
The jukebox when compared with a quality bit of hifi kit probably sounds terrible but when its lit up in the corner, not even playing.....well what can I say.
I've had a couple of motorbikes in days gone by that were bought pretty much on looks alone and pure kerb appeal when you buy a house seems to in my case outweigh other disadvantages.
Any one else out there buy on looks alone (not including women)(or men) - thats dangerous territory.
Merry Christmas,
Dave
