Thursday 1 March 2007

I done It!!!!!

I have finally done it. My NEW CAR is sitting in my driveway. All brand new and shiny with that new car smell. Mind you that won't last long (grin). I have already doubled the mileage on it (not difficult when it only has delivery mileage on it).

This is the first time I have ever bought a BRAND NEW car. Normally they have been a year old to get the price down etc. but this time I just went for it.

I will be getting a tow bar fitted on Saturday.That will be an early start (well for a Saturday). The car has to be there by 8.00am for them to complete the work by lunchtime when they close.

It was indeed the Kia Sorento XE that I was talking about earlier. The size and height of the thing is taking a bit of getting used to but I'm sure in a weeks time (or less) it will all seem perfectly normal.

So far I have stalled it twice and 'kangaroo hopped' it 2 or 3 times. Luckily I was on my own at the time to save my embarrassment.

It has an 80 litre tank so if I ever have to fill the tank from near empty it will cost me a fortune. My previous car (a Peugeot 406 HDi estate) has a 70 litre tank and that would last a couple of weeks before I would fill it back up. It will be interesting to see how I get on with this new car.

Byeeeee