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I enjoy tiling very much and consider myself to be very fortunate to be doing a job that is so rewarding but, everyone has other interests what are yours? I have a young family so, spend as much time with them as I possibly can, especially at this time of year with the lighter nights and the warmer weather. Another passion of mine is cars, I've always been a ford fan and have owned half a dozen of them since passing my test in 1997. When I started out tiling professionally 7 years ago I had to sell my beloved mondeo st200 to fund a van and tools etc, I have always said as soon as I get established and can afford to run another vehicle alongside the van, I'd but another. They are 14/15 years old now so finding one in decent condition with low mileage proved to be quite a chore but, after about 18 months of searching and looking at some right dogs, I finally found and purchased this. It's a 2000 W plate with only 55k on the clock and this particular version of it (the 4 door saloon) was a limited edition of only 300, according to the forums and those in the know, there are only 50 or so of them left now so I'm hoping it's a future classic that may be worth a few quid in a few years time.
 

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My friend who works on the rig and has a ridiculous amount of money has just had his escos totally rebuilt by LEGEND in Essex. Its divine.
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Cars can bring a lot of joy bri, here is mine clk 230 kompressor
 

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I like to spend as much time outdoors as possible when not at work, always been an outdoors kinda person. Winter is shooting and working my dog, spring a lot of time in garden, summer we get away in caravan as much as we can, autumn is salmon fishing.
 
I think my mates is running around 500bhp. I am not surprised in the slightest that these are up for that sort of money in concourse condition. Too many 80s kids now buying them, tuning them and ragging them. The time to buy is now if you have storage. Id pay 20k for one in mint condition but any more is ridiculous. They are defo an investment. I'd store one til I was 50 and sell then.
 
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my dog working, excuse the language towards the end :lol:
 
As for me, once I clear the van which should be in the next two months I will have some money spare so with that I would like to play more golf, take holidays and attend the gym more that I pay £80 a month for haha!

I am currently trying to piece together what I need for a music system with the help of avforums. Ive tried the sonos...the sound quality is crap if you ask me !
 

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