I started my Bucket List in my early 40s items on this list were both stuff I like to do and some cars I like to drive and perhaps own. Over the years 3 cars ended up on the list. The first one was a Pagoda. I drove a new one in the early 60s in Montreal, it must have been a 230SL I cannot remember. I was finally fortunate enough to find one in 2013. The second one I added to the list was a BMW, i purchased a slightly used one in 1987 it was the 535is I drove this car till 1996 when I gave the car to my daughter and she sold the car in 2016 to a young BMW Mechanic.
In 2012 I was in Berlin and am Kurfürsten Damm near the Brandenburg Gate there is a Mercedes Store it only had room for one car and that car was a 2011 SL 63 AMG in this store full of Mercedes souvenirs such as all Kinds of model cars, baseball caps, t-shirts etc. Needless to say I purchased a model of the SL added it to my Bucket List as an item sometime in the future. On return to Canada I left the model car on the desk of my favorite Mercedes Salesman and told him “if you ever get a low mileage one in as a trade, call me” well in the early part of last May he called and said “Dieter come in as soon as you can, i like you to see something”
I did go in and low and behold there was the car on my Bucket List, one owner, lady driver, 34,000 km on the odometer. Needless to say I traded my daily driver for this car. I know this car is a bit thirsty, however, at my age I don’t worry about this anymore
My Pagoda now has a Big Brother and yes I love to drive both, I consider myself very fortunate to own two fine engineered cars.
There are other items on the list and slowly they are being crossed off
PS. One drawback there is not much room for the wife’s wheelchair, then the Pagoda is ready to step in, i only remove the spare wheel temporally and there is ample room for My wife’s wheelchair when I need to take her some place.
