In June 1991 I completed my A-Levels and all I wanted in life was to become a Radio Engineer for the BBC. It was a small dream… that was shattered after a day trip to London and a very bad job interview.
The BBC didn’t want me, I had no backup plan and the UK was in recession. So being the responsible type, I went off on holiday with my girlfriend.
My Dad, being the awesome and responsible type, spent the time I was away contacting Universities to see what options I had. He felt that with no jobs available my best option was to stay in education so that when the economy turned I would be in a good position.
What’s this got to do with cars you ask? Well I’m getting to that…
I returned from my holiday and the very next day my Dad drove me to Bournemouth University for an interview and the path that got me where I am now began… I was to study a Bachelors degree (with Honours) in Electronic Systems Design.
My parents weren’t rich, I had a girlfriend with a year left to go at college and I had a part time job, so the decision was taken that I would stay at home and drive the 30 miles to Uni each day and to do this my Dad would help me upgrade my car to something more suitable.
We quickly found a sale of repossessed cars and amongst the boring grown up cars was a very tidy 1.6 litre (which was very exciting at that point, a jump form 60bhp to 90bhp carried real status!) Ford Escort in Black. 5 gears, electric windows and by the time I was done with it – a Kenwood Stereo with a nice pair of 16x9s and an MDF reinforced parcel shelf… a great car for my 60 mile round trip.
A great car in which I had four years of top fun and covered many miles. E806 XPP I miss you (a little)
Dreams, cars and dreams about cars 
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