FARE THEE WELL WEE FOCUS, FIVE YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE . . . . JUST ANOTHER BLAND, AMORPHOUS, MODERN CAR YOU SAY . . . . GIVE A SHIT I RETORT . . . . FIRST BRAND NEW CAGE I'VE EVER OWNED, ALL OF MY OTHER RIDES BEING FROM '71 AND EARLIER . . . . NO MODS OTHER THAN 18's, LEATHER, TINTED GLASS, AND LOWERED FOR THE CORRECT STANCE . . . . HEAT WHEN IT'S COLD AND COOL WHEN IT'S HOT AND NO FUCKING LEAKY WINDSCREEN SEALS !!!

YEP, COMES A TIME WHEN THE IMPRACTICALITIES OF OLD CARS JUST DON'T CUT THE MUSTARD ANYMORE. ONCE I JAGGED A DECENT STRAIGHT GIG I HAD NO HESITATION IN GARAGING THE '65 VALIANT, WHERE THE '70 ZC FAIRLANE AND '71 GTR HAD SAT BEFORE IT, FOR SOMETHING PRACTICAL, THE 'COOL' FACTOR OF BREAKDOWNS AND BLOWN APPOINTMENTS LOSE THEIR ALLURE . . . . THE SAME AS THE CONSIDERATIONS I TOOK INTO ACCOUNT WHEN BUYING THE PURPLE PENIS, IT'S BEEN A KILLER LITTLE TOOL, EXCEPT FOR NEEDING TO REPLACE ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS AT 75K AS THEY WERE MADE OF COMPRESSED BILLY GOAT'S SNOT. 130,000 KLMS AND IT'S BEEN A FUCKING HOOT . . . . TRADED IT TODAY FOR THE CURRENT MODEL, NOT ONE SINGLE MOMENT OF REGRET, WHEN IT COMES TO A RELIABLE WORK VEHICLE, YOU CAN STICK LEAKY WINDOWS, BROKEN DOOR HANDLES AND CONSTANT TINKERING UP YOUR PERIOD CORRECT ARSE . . . . THIS AIN'T 'COOL', BUT IT WORKS JUST FINE.