It has just ocurred to me that I've been in posession of a Midas for nearly twenty-two years (hence the subject title). When I say A Midas I actually mean TWO Midas. The first one was Q815PFE, a mk3 coupe (SA9AN3506K3011178) which I bought as a 45 hr kit from Corby in November 1989 and wrote off against a lamp post in April 92.
The second one, another mk3 coupe C33AVC (SA9AH9900G3011009) I bought second hand in June 92 (OK there's a gap but the insurance company haggled) and have kept it ever since. It has not been on the road all this time, in late 97 I took it off the road to fix the front suspension because it was making funny noises. I do sometimes do a little bit of work on it in the garage but life and my SWMBO manage to push it down the priority list. I might get round to doing Dead Or Alive on these soon.