Longest wannabe Bongo owner ever..
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:33 am
Hello all, after many many years I’m finally a Bongo owner, here’s my story..
Way back in the late nineties I passed a car garage near Newquay in Cornwall and saw lined up outside a row of strange looking vehicles.
Curiosity forced me to do a quick u-turn and we went back. My wife, kids and I spent the next hour crawling in and out with an enthusiastic salesman telling us all about the marvellous Mazda Bongo Friendee ‘Moving Cottage’.
Once back home in Lincolnshire I registered on the Bongo Fury site and became even more desperate to own one, sadly I never did and my User login lapsed.. until now.
This weekend I finally bought my dream, it’s a ‘98 Bongo in white and silver and we’re really looking forward to getting out and about with it.
Though my kids are now all grown, they remembered the day we first saw a Bongo and have been eager to reacquaint themselves, our grandchildren were mad keen to try it too, they were squealing with excitement as I raised the roof and they climbed in.
We’re looking forward to some adventures and maybe meeting other Bongolians on our travels.
Cheers, Mick (probably the world’s longest ‘wannabe Bongo owner’).
My thanks to Ian for reenergising my user profile.. much appreciated.
Way back in the late nineties I passed a car garage near Newquay in Cornwall and saw lined up outside a row of strange looking vehicles.
Curiosity forced me to do a quick u-turn and we went back. My wife, kids and I spent the next hour crawling in and out with an enthusiastic salesman telling us all about the marvellous Mazda Bongo Friendee ‘Moving Cottage’.
Once back home in Lincolnshire I registered on the Bongo Fury site and became even more desperate to own one, sadly I never did and my User login lapsed.. until now.
This weekend I finally bought my dream, it’s a ‘98 Bongo in white and silver and we’re really looking forward to getting out and about with it.
Though my kids are now all grown, they remembered the day we first saw a Bongo and have been eager to reacquaint themselves, our grandchildren were mad keen to try it too, they were squealing with excitement as I raised the roof and they climbed in.
We’re looking forward to some adventures and maybe meeting other Bongolians on our travels.
Cheers, Mick (probably the world’s longest ‘wannabe Bongo owner’).
My thanks to Ian for reenergising my user profile.. much appreciated.
I know which garage you mean, they no longer sell Bongos, but I'm glad you found one at last. In my experience, grandchildren love Bongo adventures.
