Engine Punk

Everyone should have a scrap buddy. Rob Robinson-Collins is mine. You'll have heard about him before on this blog and I do what I can to be his scrap buddy. This is how it works. If either of us becomes tempted by a desirable piece of scrap, they ring the other up and enthuse all about it. The scrap buddy's job is to offer wise counsel to the scrap addict and generally talk them out of temptation and get them back on the tidy uncluttered road to impossible self-righteousnes. "Right," says the scrap buddy to the scrap addict. "All you want is one car and one bike and that's it." Of course, it never works like that. We always start out with the best intention but before long the scrap addicts enthusiasm gets the better of both of us and the scrap buddy will interrupt the ravings of the scrap addict with a small but significant question. "How much did you say they want for it?" Or "And has it got any shiny bits with it?" ...

A sign has appeared in the window of Liskeard library. "Beat the Credit Crunch - borrow books from the library!" Obviously it doesn't apply to The Horsepower Whisperer, because it isn't available from libraries - yet - but this just goes to show what difficult trading conditions there are at the moment. But it won't last for ever. Apparently there are 7 steps in impinging on your potential customers awareness before a sale is made. So while the credit crunch is on I must impinge like a looney.