Swans Mate For Life

We have been a three car family for years. The Volvo for the long trips, usually packed to the gills with instruments or children. A Golf each for Sarah and me. As a system it worked well. Sarah’s car, high mileage but immaculate, mine squalid and latterly running on hope and prayer.

They both died within a week of each other, leaving us with the complicated problem of how to dispose of the carcasses, and what the dickens we replace them with.

I am scouring Facebook marketplace for a bargain but everything seems to have tinted windows and lowered suspension; not the sort of traits to suggest careful ownership. Very obviously these are clearly cars that have been remapped, redlined, and regularly tested against the laws of physics and common sense. I bought a Volvo once, flipped open the sun shade and found an engineer’s guide to the local railway, this car proved to be a much better investment than the Volvo I bought from a house in Swansea with ‘Vote Corbyn’ sprayed in three foot letters on the wall. That car barely needed seatbelts; passengers tended to stick to the upholstery of their own accord.

And so, the hunt begins—for not one but two VW Golfs, with the improbable hope they’ll see us through the next nine years. I’ll miss mine. It was, in many ways, a donkey, but a loyal one. And as with all donkeys, it’s the reliability that stays with you long after the smell.

Our latest Amati Affordable sale is now live – https://app.amati.com/en/auction/1126-amati-affordable-24th-25th-september