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I’ve been having far too much fun lately. Over the summer I’ve been able to pick and choose between four very different cars I’m running, I’ve spent more time than ever before travelling in them and I might even have indulged myself a bit more than I should have along the way. It’s all about to come back and haunt me so there’s only one thing for it. Yes, it’s time for a fleet review – something’s got to go.

I’ll rule the Maestro out straightaway, it’s worth more to me than it’ll ever be to anyone else and I just couldn’t bear to part with it… ever. It’s a similar story with the ministerial Rover 800 Sterling. A decade old it’s hardly worth a fortune but it is a supremely comfortable machine that fits me like a tailor made suit. I’ve enjoyed my brief flirt with Allegro ownership to the point of wanting another but it’s moving on and the space on my driveway is now filled by a rather dull and indestructible Saab 900 I acquired on this year’s “Staples2Naples”. The sensible thing to do would be to use it as a winter hack but if the truth be told, I’m already pretty bored with it. Sadly the car’s worth less than the petrol in the tank.

So does anybody want a Triumph? You can’t imagine how much I don’t want to do this, the Spitfire’s a beautiful car and one I feel privileged to own. Unfortunately it’s far too good to take out in anything other than fine weather so it’s a static exhibit most of the year and that’s just a waste.