Reply With QuoteEvery year I buy multiple cars (I have a problem.... similar to my addiction to watches)... this years most exciting purchase (but not the most costly, if that's what your asking) is a MK1 Golf GTIOriginally Posted by proby24
I imagine a lot of watches will pop up on this thread.
Mine would be a hand-made Chef's knife I picked up in Osaka from Tower knives back in Feb.
TOWER KNIVES OSAKA - タワーナイブズ大阪 － 新世界の包丁専門店
Address: 1 Chome-4-7 Ebisuhigashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 556-0002, Japan
Will post a picture up later when home.
Every year I buy multiple cars (I have a problem.... similar to my addiction to watches)... this years most exciting purchase (but not the most costly, if that's what your asking) is a MK1 Golf GTI
This by a mile
These 2
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Apple AirPod headphones, bought on a whim but i'm really impressed with them! makes a change as technology often disappoints - certainly apple stuff.
Cobra Max 3 wood, paid £70 for the best 3 wood I've ever hit!
New E63s AMG Mercedes. Absolutely awesome performance. I love it!
I was going to say my Golf R, but actually it was our holiday to Jordan.
Wasn't cheap (although possibly less than some here spend on a weekend break!), but probably one of the top 3 trips we've ever done!
M
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The ex-demo Canon 7D I bought in the summer. it's at least five years old but had fewer than 1000 shots on it and still smells like new.
Also the ticket to the Aviva final at Twickenham last May.
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A Steinway Model B piano. I am not rich by any measure and this purchase took a fair bit of saving, a generous inheritance and a little bit of borrowing. However it is fantastic and I have aspired to own one since I first played this instrument at 16.
Love to hear more about this story. Did you play a few before deciding, where did you get it, how does it sound compared with your old upright, how did you get it into the house etc.
I'll post more information and a picture when I am less mobile. Just to note that I previously had a Bechstein Model B grand which you can find details of elsewhere on the forum (and see bring played on my YouTube channel).Love to hear more about this story. Did you play a few before deciding, where did you get it, how does it sound compared with your old upright, how did you get it into the house etc.
Two things. Not 'materials'. Two things that make me (us my wife and myself) so proud:
- My oldest son's 2nd place on the Dutch Nationals sailing and his 5th place on the World Championship - and we know how much he sacrifices for that.
- My youngest (Asperger) re-inventing himself: starting 'to look beyond himself': trying to find friends, realising that he's not going to live with us forever, figuring out what he wants to do with his life / study at the uni: astronomy. Another thing we're proud of!
Menno
A 2002 Gibson Les Paul Studio. It was a case of it finding me rather than me finding it. I had been pining after a Standard but a house build this year means the guitar/watch fund is at an all time low. Then the Studio popped up and an incredibly good price and I just couldn't resist. It had sat in a case for the best part of 15 years and was virtually unplayed. It's cherry with gold hardware, a combo I would have never chosen but absolutely love now. It plays and sounds like a dream.
Two things for me this year.
Wood burning stove, I feel a bit like an old man saying that as it is not exactly a "cool" purchase but I absolutely love it!
and my little MG Midget for the fun factor
2yr old Bitcoin
Fantastic!
First in a two part present: seeking Alfred Russel Wallace. Taking a trip to Halmahera and hiking into the forest to see Wallace's Standardwing bird-of-paradise, Tarsiers in Tangkoko and then diving in Lembeh with Bobbit Worms (where they filmed Blue Planet II). Second part will be 2019's trip to follow Darwin. You can take the boy out of zoology, but you can't take the zoology out of the boy. Probably.
Probably my Beolab 5s.
Tickets to see Queen in concert in the Summer- it was great.
The joy of getting 4 tickets to see Peter Kay was short lived
Membership of The Royal Academy of Arts for a family friend.
Membership of The Royal Institution for the family.
I got married. So it has to be the ring on my finger.
(And Maybe also my Lotus Elise Cup 250)
Flu jab.
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Either the Naim Muso or the Todd White painting hanging in the dining room.
But the best arrival by far, was my first grandchild.
It’s not the Boys room so can’t say.
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17 year old MGF. In great condition but does have a few maintenance jobs that need doing so it’s a mini-project, a fun convertible and hopefully a future classic - all in one.
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Looks like a charnwood c4 olli. Smooth choice.Two things for me this year.
Wood burning stove, I feel a bit like an old man saying that as it is not exactly a "cool" purchase but I absolutely love it!
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Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Amazon Echo and a couple of Drones are my most used purchases this year.
Maybe an F-type Jag next year!
Apart from watches.
Bought tempur mattress/pillows and a roomba.
Given coffee machine.
It is indeed David! I am impressed by the stove spotting skills! :)
Air tickets out to to my son's place in Florida.
We are treated like royalty and have a wonderful time.
Cheers,
Neil.
Gutted the bedroom back to bare boards and refurbished it. Last room in the house last tainted by the ex wife. Gf appreciates that. Also the tempura mattress is just sublime. Like sleeping on a cloud.
New M3CP just coming out the detailers.
Got my sons certificate for grade 5 clarinet with distinction from his music tutor today! He is very happy with it! Worth more than anything to me
Health for me and my family i was given
I have a custom made knife done as we speak by a friend
I'm hoping it will be the Quentin Blake Matilda illustration that I have bought wifey for Christmas - guess we'll find out on Monday...
lovely action on those handles. use that bad boy in good health mon vieux
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Looks lovely, but won't it be filthy again in a couple of days?New M3CP just coming out the detailers.
M
Yep, but the ceramic coating makes it a breeze to wash and because it’s scratch resistant makes it less of a worry putting it through a decent hand car wash.
This for me - love it!
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Firebelly fb1?
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
A dodgy shirt???????This by a mile
Al
New M3CP just coming out the detailers.
That’s not playing the game! (Unless someone has actually bought a private yacht)....
I’ve got nothing...............
Well you now have a picture of a black M3CP. How lucky is that!
Will look up the details later - but it looks great! (Always liked the 4-dr M3, even when it was a smaller car)
Al
MX-5 NC
Martin OM-21.
Rob.
F.T.F.A.
Contura 51L
Andy, you bought a baked bean!
Had a 172 then a 182 (cup pack) some years back. Great fun!
For me, best non-watch purchases this year: Jura E8 & Golf R Estate. Oh, and I have a Charnwood C4. Didn’t realise they were held in such high regard!
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