Love hearing these stories.
Mine was a few years ago in 2014. I was 26. Bought a Demolition Man for 1250 from a young guy who was moving house. He had two other machines that he was selling at the same time for similar prices - Flinstones and GNR. He recommended that DM was best for a new machine owner so I bought it. I love my DM to death, but if I could go back in time... I'd have to admit I would take the GNR