AN ONGOING PERSONAL EMERGENCY!

Now I’ve reached my mid-50s, it seemed I should have a mid-life crisis – or as a newspaper recently put it ‘an ongoing personal emergency.’ Either way, after a lifetime of driving Astras and Zafiras for sensible family reasons, it seemed reasonable to do something not entirely sensible. But only in a relatively cautious way, which is why I was thinking about a two-seater convertible, so long as it was for less than say £3000.

So why an MGF/TF rather than the clearly more sensible MX5? Three reasons, really. Firstly at 6ft 2in I just don’t fit into an MX5. Secondly, MGF/ TFs look nicer – they just do. And thirdly, if the desire is to do something not sensible, then why not embrace this by buying a car with the