Not any longerandmcit wrote: Jim, you're not leaving it hanging like this now! What's the story!?
In fact Andrew, you're just about right with what you've determined already!It is indeed Richard's and I've know the car for as long as I've had an Activa myself. I first saw the car when I visited Richard to have my rear balancing sphere changed and admired it then.
Ages ago, Richard let slip the fatal words that he was thinking of selling it. I immediately said that if he ever did I'd have it, no question. Could I please have first refusal. In truth I never thought Richard would ever sell such a lovely example and I was in no great rush as if it ever happened, I'd want mine to go to a good home. Anyway, it all fell into place with Gareth wanting one and Richard deciding to sell. The deal was done.
My old Activa is good mechanically and all the expensive bits are good but cosmetically it is not the best and I'm not a bodywork person at all. I can do the oily bits no problem at all but paint and all that is totally beyond my abilities. To put it bluntly, I'm hopeless with paint, polish and all the rest of it. Secondly, I'm not struck on the dark grey colour and I'm not really the world's no.1 fan of MK2 Xantias. Many MK2 area are a stonking great improvement over the MK1 but overall, I prefer the look and feel of a MK1 and as you know, I just love the red. I also find it a bit difficult swapping between my MK1 estate and a MK2 Activa as too many controls are slightly different, like the horn and radio controls for instance, with irritates me. Silly I know but there you go, that's me
This is the car...
Taken at last years CCC National. Since the picture was taken, Richard has swapped the orange side repaters for MK2 clear ones and they look rather good.
Had Richard's not come up on the market, I would not have sold my old one as I did not relish for one moment going and buying another "unknown" Activa and suffering the pain of getting it to my liking. I spilt a lot of blood, sweat and tears over my old one getting it sorted and had no stomach for going through it all again. I know Richard's is a good 'un and I'm content that Gareth, you are getting a good 'un without going through the same trauma as I (and no doubt others) have when entering the world of Activa ownership
Another Activa Andrew? Tell us more!!!andmcit wrote:I'm just about to take the plunge with my fifth - yes a red one!!
) which has created an issue over parking, insurance/tax etc so one of my fleet had to go. 
) then I may sell the V6. I wouldn't have sold the Activa to anyone, it had to go to a good home as I've spent so much time and effort getting the car straight, two brand new balancing rams, ten sphere's, four tyres the list goes on and on, added to which its fitted with every optional extra including leather electric seats, A/C and sunroof, winter pack, CD changer and most surprisingly everything including the heated seats works 
