Reply to "The first month of daily Longchamp experience"

Since autumn is approaching and I got a good offer, I've bought a winter-car, non-DeTomaso. That means that soon my daily driving in the Longchamp will take a winter break. So I thought I'd just round off this experience, let you know how it was to drive after the initial experience and repairs.

I'm glad to say that it's still fun to drive, I look forward to it every time. And that's pretty amazing, normally if you buy a fancy new car, the joy is great but it wears off, just like the joy of marriage . But I can truly say that for me it hasn't worn off yet. Maybe the occasional drive in my wife's 2.0L Chrysler Stratus helps, compared to driving that car (the lack of power described by a friend: "when you push the accelerator it's like stepping in a dog turd"), my Longchamp feels like a super car.

But one thing has changed. There are no more repairs. I can't remember doing anything else than washing it for months now. At the start there was something almost daily, later it was enough to spend Saturday mornings fixing, and lately nothing. Maybe the occasional engine tune up, I live by my web page. But in the last couple of months, nothing. Maybe it's like taming a wild horse, when it realizes that you're persistent, it slowly gives up and just does what you tell it to do?

So no more snow for the Longchamp, and probably no more parking in the center of Copenhagen. But I still want to drive it most days, it won't become a garage car again.