i totaly agree with you there buddy, i had a mk1 escort for my first car after passing my test in 1988, then i moved onto hot hatches and such like got another escort which was a complete screamer of a car, and sold that when my first child arrived and now they are teenagers and my youngest chil my son is now 7 and he loves his cars i have bit the bullet and bought the one i have now and was the dearest car i have ever bought, and my god how the prices have changed