If I had to sell my Abarth Stradale I don't know what I'd do. It's one of the family now and each of my kids has asked me to leave to them in my Will, despite me being in the best of health and only being 43!
Last year I was hit hard by the recession in the UK Construction Industry and worked for only one day a week for almost the entire first seven months - not easy with a huge mortgage and three little mouths to feed - but it was my problem and nobody was about to help me out of my situation - and I mean nobody. So, in order to make ends meet I had to sell my silver Racing, much to the disgust of my kids who I was actually funding
Fate is a fickle mistress and now I find myself gainfully employed and earning the most I ever have - but because of my 'bad patch' I am reluctant to rush headlong into another car purchase for purely financial reasons.
To be honest, if I sold all of my 131s my wife would leave me and my kids wouldn't talk to me - and I'm deadly serious.
My wife Wendy has always known that I come with a Fiat 131 - end of! And my kids have grown up with the Abarth and the orange Special = both of which I am extremely lucky to own out-right now.
I guess what I'm saying is, don't ever stop believing that you can own a 131, or any other car of your dreams, you'll get what you want if you want it badly enough