However... I am now in the final stages of getting a rather special (to me) Mk1 2000 estate shipped to me! My grandparents bought it new in 1968, and brought it with them when the emigrated to New Zealand in the '70s. They never saw the point in replacing a perfectly good car, and so it remained in daily use until last year, when my grandmother decided that, being well into her eighties, a more modern car might make life easier. When the suggestion of selling it came up, I rashly offered to take it with me to the US, and that was that.
With 200,000 miles on the clock, it's rather well-used, and there's definitely some rot in the usual places, as well as plenty of battle scars. Still, I'm thrilled to be taking it on, and look forward to owning a car that will be, I imagine, unique in the US!
