...Dean MacNess, a classic US car enthusiast, who bought it after getting a raise. He owned the Ford until 2012, taking it for pleasure rides until selling it to...
...a Ford executive, Jordan Ross. He was looking for a good-condition 20th century Ford, as his family used to own a 90s Taurus and remembers it fondly, and picked this specific T-Bird. He still keeps good care of it, and has decided to make it his official daily since then. New Story: 2010 Fiat Novo Uno In 2010, a Brazilian family of 10 were looking for a few recent cars that they can use as family cars. One of them was the Nuvo Uno, their first and main pick. In 2013, they decided to move out to America as they wanted to have much higher-quality lives. The Novo Uno was sold to...
João Abreu. He is a 26 year old delivery guy who needed affordable and reliable car. He's still owning this car and saving money for something newer. NEW STORY: 2005 Peugeot 407 SW 2.0 HDI Mr. Hans Becker is a fan of French cars, so he bought brand new grey Peugeot 407 SW 2.0 HDI in 2005. He has 3 kids, so he needed a big car, which can accommodate his whole family. Plus he wanted to replace his old, beaten 1996 Renault Scenic, with 300K kms on clock. He kept the 407 until 2009, and passed 185K kms with it. In 2009 he sold his Peugeot to Meier Autohaus, used car dealer in Essen, where he lives. Person who bought that 407 that year was...
...Michael Stahl, who wanted a relatively cheap, but new, family car. He used the Peugeot as transportation for his family of four (five since 2013). In 2011, the injectors were rebuilt, and in 2014, the turbocharger joined them. In 2015, with a fifth child underway, Mr. Stahl sold the Peugeot to buy a Ford Galaxy. The 407SW was sold for €2790 with 269kkm to....
Radovan Simović, a used car dealer from Valjevo, Serbia. After transporting to Serbia, he fixed some things on it, and put on sale for 4350€. Buyer of that car was...
...Radoslav Krstić, a writer who wanted a relatively cheap diesel midsize wagon. He still owns the 407SW, and isn't thinking about selling it yet. New car: 1948 Cadillac Series 70. In 1948, Augustus Remington, a British colonialist landowner in Egypt, bought a brand-new RHD Cadillac Series 70 limousine to be chaffeured in. He had it for the next four years, but in 1952, after the land reform, he decided to return to the UK and sell his car. The new owner was...
Mohammad Badawy, private clinic owner from Cairo. He kept the Cadillac in mint condition. In 1973 he sold the car to...
...Hussein Rahal, a real estate businessman looking for a relatively cheap vehicle to be chaffeured in. The Cadillac fit the bill quite well, despite its age, and was used by Rahal for the next nine years. In 1978, the orginal engine seized up, and was replaced with a 2.8 Mercedes unit for easier part availability. Unfortunately, in 1982 the business went bankrupt, and the Series 70 was sold to...
Seeing the inactivity, I've decided to start a new story. Pick this one up or continue the Series 70 one, your choice. Mark Jallman: Mark was born in 1958 in Bristol. At the age of 17, he got a hand-me-down car - his dad's V8 1969 Rover P5. While it was a comfortable executive sedan, its V8 consumed sizable amounts of petrol and its reliability left a lot to be desired. Because of that, in 1977 he sold the Rover and got a smaller, yet still relatively fancy, car - a...
Thomas Baynes, a manager of Deloitte. He owned the car since then as he loved it. 1975 Ford Cortina V6. He hated the car tho, for it's bad driving quality. So he sold it after a year later for a...
(How would he replace an older Rover with a nearly-new car not sold in the UK?) ...1969 Datsun 510 estate with uprated twin carbs, wider tires and lowered suspension. He quite liked it, but the rustproofing left a lot to be desired, and in 1981, the 510 was sold after developing some rust holes. The replacement was a...
...Aston Martin V8 Vantage. He found the car to be a fun British "muscle car" and kept it as a daily for a while. In 1990, he found opportunities in America (Anaheim, to be specific) and decided to move out of the United Kingdom. That also meant he had to leave his Vantage behind. After moving into Anaheim, his first choice of car now being in the US was a Buick...
(A college kid with a high-end supercar?) ...Grand National. Not a GNX, just a 1985 T-Type. He had it for the next four years, but in 1994, his wife Paula was about to have a child, so he sold the Buick and bought a more family-friendly car - a...
...Chrysler Town and Country woody. It was suitable enough for the family, with the extra space, and he enjoyed the V6 the T&C had. He kept it for 6 years, when the car started to feel outdated, he decided to switch for something a bit more modern of the same market - a...
... 1996 supercharged Toyota Previa. It was successfully used by the Jallmans until 2010. In that year, they decided to replace it with a newer used relatively sporty 3-row car - a...
...BMW X5 4.8i. He still owns the car even until today, and hee never really wanted to replace it. NEW STORY: 1994 Audi A8 V8 Quattro It's Feburary 1994. Audi launched the then-new Audi A8 in Geneva Auto Show. Then, Martin von Flemmen, a top-level executive from the Deutsche Bank immediately pre-ordered one at the show. After several months of waiting, the black car finally came and he often drove to his company and back. He also sometimes drove it to his mother's home in Osnabrück, from his home at Berlin. In 1999, he was found dead at his home for unknown reasons. His family sold his car to...
...Martin Halmüller, a young up-and-coming manager. He wanted a car that would look prestigious, but not cost as much as a new A8. The car was in his possession until 2003, but a string of oil leaks and a transmission rebuild made him switch to a Lexus LS, like his best friend did. The Audi was then sold to...
...Cesare Wolff, a Italian-German CEO of a small banking company based in Passau. He was looking for a nice torquey ride, and the A8 fit his requirements. He colored it dark black and added a CEO sticker to the back window, and kept for multiple years. On July 4th, 2010, the Audi A8 was eventually bombed in a targeted attack which got the car written off, though Wolff was able to escape the car and survive with only a few third-degree burns. He now owns a 2005 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic. NEW STORY: Gyöngyike Kató Born in 1969, she's currently a famous Hungarian artist. At the age of 18, her father gave Kató one of his cars - a 1977 BMW 520i. She kept it for as long as she was in art school. Finally, in 1993, she was able to marry to Benjámin and buy a nice house in Debrecen. As her husband had plenty of money inherited from his family, she was able to sell off the 520i to get a more modern German vehicle, a...
.. ... 1988 Mercedes 250E sedan. Shortly after buying it, her art started to be displayed in galeries thanks to the family connections, but she was no ordinary nepoticist - she had a lot of actual skills. After her art started giving the family good income, and her husband's business roared on, in 1999 she bought a nicer car - a...
