Hi
Just joined as am looking to purchase a Williams, when the right one for me comes along. To give you a bit of background (if anyones interested ) I have just waved goodbye to my Mini JCW which I loved in order to put money towards my forthcoming marriage. I have been looking for sometime at what car I would like to replace it with, weighing up the pro's and con's of the Willy, Mk1 172 or Peugeot 306 GTI-6/Rallye. But once Mini left it was an easy decision . It falls on deaf ears with most people but I know you guys will understand what I mean, most cars are just cars no matter how fast they are or how well they handle. My Mini wasn't like that, it had bags of charcter which made it more of a person/friend and as such it was loved and had the best of everything and cleaning the car was a weekend affair which I actually enjoyed . No disrespect to owners of any of the other cars I mention but to me that is what I imagine Williams ownership to be like. I appreciate that they have to be maintained possibly more than other cars but when you love something that you own it doesn't seem to matter too much. I only did 2,000 miles a year in the Mini and for a car worth so much it was just a waste and the car was slowly depreciating on my drive. With the Williams it would be such a nice feeling knowing that you are looking after such an iconic car and helping keep one going and that actually doing so few miles would actually help keep it fresher for longer :D .
Anyway, sorry for going off on one there but I do have a couple of questions I wondered if anyone can help with
whilst I appreciate the technical differences between the Williams 1,2 and 3 how does the ownership of each differ? I did read a thread where someone mentioned Williams 1 were money pits.
Also can anyone point me in the direction of a decent specialist in the Dorset area (I live in Bournemouth).
I am in no rush to buy one so can afford to wait for the right one to come along. I did see one for sale on here which I think used to be owned by Daz an owner or so ago. That would have been ideal but sadly missed it :(
Sorry for such a long 1st post
Cheers
Matt