Old flames of the internal combustion kind

[brrm]

"Wouldn't it be a coincidence if I saw my old Rover 100 here, I was thinking, while driving through the Esporta[1] car park. (It was here that I handed over the keys to the new owner).

Lo and behold, there it was. The poor thing had out-of-date tax, a dent in one door, and was missing half the shiny new hubcaps I had bought for it. :-(

I'll probably never get rid of a car again now, for fear it might go to a bad home ;-)

[1] a gym in Summertown, North Oxford