18 January 2010

Eileen (98) buys her 23rd Ford

A woman from Co Galway has just bought her 23rd Ford car from her local dealer.

Eileen Lovett has been bying her cars from Higgins MotorPark/Higgins Garage since 1929. Her latest purchase is a 2010, for her daughter.

Mrs Lovett is 99 years old this year and began driving at the age of 12 in her home town of Clifden.

She bought her first car for herself at the age of 17, a Ford 14.9 model. Even at 98 she can still list the registration numbers of all 22 of her previous purchases.