I've had, or had access to a lot of cars. More than 40 for sure. Some were mine, some were my wife's and some were company issued. Some of them were pretty good too, including the one I have now.
But the one i have probably the fondest memories of was the the least likely candidate for that award in some ways. The car I "miss" the most is our long lost Mk 1 Fiat Panda. Now I guess what I really miss is being at the age and stage in life I was when we had it. It was the first "new" car I'd ever bought and it felt great to do that and for the first time to be able to afford to.
At this time of year I seem to remember it more, perhaps because it manfully carried a 9' Christmas tree on its roof from a snowy Scottish forest to our first flat in Edinburgh. Maybe because it ferried us and our skiing gear to Switzerland for oh so on the cheap skiing holidays and back on a number of occasions. Is it that it was so ridiculously simple to drive, park, chuck the seats out and use as a van, load bikes in the back, go on "adventures" in... I don't know really, but I do know I loved that wee car.
Like I said, maybe I'm more remembering being the young guy I was when I had it but I've never really felt as fond of a car since.
What is/was your favourite?
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