- Joined
- Jun 29, 2015
- Points
- 74
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
- Model of Z
- 3.0 Roadster + *cough* MX5 project
Hello everybody, I'm Poprin (Paul). People do call me Poprin in real life so that is also totally acceptable, possibly a story for a later time! I'm 33 and I live in Telford, Shropshire.
I've been a petrol head for as long as I can remember, I spent most of my student loan and money I earned through my 20's buying various cars and being regularly told off by the parental units for wasting my money! I think by the age of 25 I had owned 27 cards since I passed my test at 17!
But then... I got all sensible... Was in quite a lot of debt and landed a decent paying job. So I worked my socks off and paid off all my debt, sold my MGB GT that I had at the time and my Golf GTI daily driver and joined the armies of people on the motorways in their non descript euro boxes. Then I bought a house...
Then... I got a bit ill, thankfully not too seriously but was in a bit of a bad shape for a while. After that I had one of those 'sod it' moments and threw caution to the wind. I went on the hunt for a roadster, an MX5 at first as I had owned one in the past and they are to be fair great little cars. I thought about a Z but decided it was probably a little ways out of the non-existent budget that I had. But then... I found my car.
It was a bargain, it needed a little work but it drove well and I fell in love with it at first site. I've now owned the car for about 4 months, covered almost 3k miles and the love affair has only grown stronger! It's a bit of a work in progress but it is totally presentable, and mechanically it is tip-top!
Would love to get involved in some meets and club events, already I have frequented several car shows and meets in the local area and am a regular at the Shelsley Walsh Breakfast Club.
I've been a petrol head for as long as I can remember, I spent most of my student loan and money I earned through my 20's buying various cars and being regularly told off by the parental units for wasting my money! I think by the age of 25 I had owned 27 cards since I passed my test at 17!
But then... I got all sensible... Was in quite a lot of debt and landed a decent paying job. So I worked my socks off and paid off all my debt, sold my MGB GT that I had at the time and my Golf GTI daily driver and joined the armies of people on the motorways in their non descript euro boxes. Then I bought a house...
Then... I got a bit ill, thankfully not too seriously but was in a bit of a bad shape for a while. After that I had one of those 'sod it' moments and threw caution to the wind. I went on the hunt for a roadster, an MX5 at first as I had owned one in the past and they are to be fair great little cars. I thought about a Z but decided it was probably a little ways out of the non-existent budget that I had. But then... I found my car.
It was a bargain, it needed a little work but it drove well and I fell in love with it at first site. I've now owned the car for about 4 months, covered almost 3k miles and the love affair has only grown stronger! It's a bit of a work in progress but it is totally presentable, and mechanically it is tip-top!
Would love to get involved in some meets and club events, already I have frequented several car shows and meets in the local area and am a regular at the Shelsley Walsh Breakfast Club.
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