for sure, spesh when i ahd to gpo out and buy a vauxhall as an everyday drive, and keep it long after the cossie has gone cos you're skint (i was a real shitter 2 lol)
i just managed after 2 years to get another decent car, an ST170 (not a cossie though lol) and some fucker decided to put a fuck off dent in the bonnet one night. nice