We were looking for a car primarily for my wife to use. We both like automatics, so we were just looking for a nice car with an automatic.
We found this 405 GTX 2.0 automatic:










Despite we actually quite liked the car, I sold it a year later because I gave her this as a birthday gift:



It proved to be too impractical for everyday use. That's why we sold it when we found this:











It was another 2.0 GTX Automatic, but this time a break. At the time of purchase, I did not yet realise how rare they have become in England. But I later checked on howmanyleft, and it turned out that there were nine!
You can imagine how devastated I was when this happened on our summer holiday in Germany this year:



This was to be expected in a sense, because the Germans drive like total lunatics. I will never again drive a car in this country. I know what I'm talking about, I do motorsports for over 30 years. This includes rally and stock car racing, so I'm certainly not a wimp. but driving in Germany is certain death. It's a mystery to me how there are still people alive in Germany.
Anyway, I checked the howmanyleft website again, and this time, there were three left.
So I abandoned the idea of having another 405 GTX 2.0 automatic ever again. I looked at a 406, but don't like it. The 405 is simply better.
Imagine my surprise, when another 405 GTX 2.0 automatic estate was for sale, and not far from where I live! I bought it on the spot:



One of three!
Look:
http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/v [...] 5_gtx_auto