Guest posts: Brett McKenna – McKenna on motoring
Dear Motoringists,
Settle down, settle down, enough with the small talk. Let me introduce myself, my name is Brett McKenna and I will be writing a little guest post for Darren, mostly because he couldn’t be bothered to do one himself.
I will start off with a little family history. I come from a family whose main interest is cars, my father owns and operates an MoT and vehicle repair centre. As such I have been privileged enough to have been carried in and driven a variety of motoring delights throughout my life, but for what will be my first guest post I would like to draw your attention in particular to one car, the Ford Focus. In my next few posts we will get onto the tricky subject of the cars my father has owned!
The first car I ever bought was a black 56 reg Focus back in 2007, she* was perfection, everything a gentleman could ever wish for in his first car. Stylish, economical and fun to drive. However our love affair would not last long as she would be ripped from my hands in an accident, through the untimely courtesy of another family member, only two months into my driving career (more on this in a later post).
After this I went through a rather cosmopolitan wardrobe of cars: a Vauxhall Astra, BMW 3 Series, Mini Cooper S and a Lexus IS all culminating in the form a Ford Focus that currently sits on my drive.
But what is the point I’m making here you might ask? Well it’s this: no one in my family has ever held onto a car for more than two years.
Is this because we are bored easily or have more money than sense? No, quite simply we all love cars and probably waste far more money on them than any man should.
Yes we may get distracted by the luxury of a Lexus or the speed of a Cooper S or even the temptation that Vauxhall might just be that little bit better, but we all know where it ends. It ends in the birthplace of modern motoring itself, Ford.
After all these years and all these cars I can say none satisfy me as much as what a Ford does. I think at heart man has a yearning for solid build quality and practicality, all of which ford offers at a reasonable price. I know VW does it as well but the Germans can just miss out on that rustic manly factor which is just inherent with Ford.
What will the future hold for me then? Who knows no doubt I will flirt with other cars and be tempted away by the sleekness of Madame Aston Martin, but when I am 60 I will be driving a Ford. I will leave this driving world the same way I entered it.
*You’ll quickly pick up that Brett was born with a medical condition where he must personify his motoring idols – Darren
Glad I’ve filanly found something I agree with!