Hell will freeze solid before ever I own a THIRD BMW sedan.
Jaguar COULD cover the ground fast enough to put me up for a year and a day as a Felon in Virginia twice-over and then some.. ever I were to slip the leash and LET it
I dare not.
So it's a nice, safe, ride wth a TON of good grip at Daily Driver speeds, all-weather.
And ever-pragmatic Ford owned them at the time it was built. So even as a 2005 model year? I just buy the parts. Some are even common to ignorant "Transit" vans!
It has so far proven cheaper to keep in good nic than the same-year 2005 Chrysler Town & Country Touring .. about due for the crusher ,"as usual"... because.. I do NOT want a next owner's widow sueing me when the brake lines rot through, "as usual"!
Yes, We have a confiscatory-high Personal Property tax on newish vehicles.
The 2005 XJ8-L is still paying-up, even at an age old enough to have its own damned driving license and put me out of work!
The MOPAR is NO LONGER hit. Came out from under, age fifteen. Also NOT... "all aluminum", ergo RUSTS ... same as a Portia or a Beemer does!
Ain't you GLAD you got docile no-backtalk Bridgeports instead of what I've had to work with?
People. Arrogant-stoopid Seniour Executives among the worst of all.
"P__ there's a limo outside to take you to IAD. These are one way First Class tickets to London. Your office in Miami I've already ordered sanitized. My staff will clear your flat and ship whatever is there."
"You can't do that! I don't report to you!"
"My orders now. Or the FBI in the morning."
"WTF ever gave you, Six, and those idiots at Langley the idea you could bid a secure private network for the Medellin Cartel as a money-spinner but not-only and operate out of the FBI's designated US-Domestic patch without their knowledge or involvement?"
"Fumble, Bumble, and Incompetent is not the same as deaf, dumb, and blind!"
"They are PISSED!"
He made the flight. And the connection onward. Not another word.
I was yet young then. I THINK all the players are safely dead.
Of old age.
If not violence?
Or of Corporate winding-up to bury too many skeletons in too many closets?
Never a dull moment...