Still Here - Just not doing much typing :{

Hiya all. Sorry for the length of time since my last Blog. Slapped wrist and all that!!! OK I was just being lazy.

The car is great, I have now done over 2000 miles in it and this coming weekend will be taking it for it's first outing with the caravan. We will be going up to Banchory in Scotland. It is just to the west of Aberdeen. It is an area of the country that I have not been to before so I am looking forward to it. It is about 3 hours from where I live (just to the West of Glasgow) so it should be a good run for the motor.

One thing that I have noticed is that I do not get the mileage out of it that I did with the Peugeot. I used to get 2 weeks out of a tank full but this one has to be refilled each week. Not quite the same amount but still noticeably less miles per tank (and it is a bigger tank!!). The Peugeot used to give me about 40 miles to the gallon. The Kia must be about 35-36. Now that does not sound much but when you do over a 1000 miles a month it adds up. OK I am not doing the heavy miles of a Commercial Salesman but that is basically just commuting to and from work plus a few trips at the weekend.

So much for that moan

The weather outside is glorious and I do not want to be in the office. Where I work has no natural daylight and is cooled by Air Conditioning so I never know what it is like outside till I go home.

The weather is supposed to last till the end of the weekend so I should get some benefit with the caravan. What it will be like next week is another matter.

Anyway byeeee for now.

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

It's My Turn

Well, after much deliberation and a couple of visits to my local Kia garage, I have finally plumped to lease a Kia Sorento CRDi XE diesel. The paper work is in progress and, barring any issues with my credit status, I should have a new vehicle withing about 2 weeks. Yay!!!!!! Anybody want to buy a 6 year old Peugeot 406 HDi Estate Rapier (90BHP)?

The local garage couldn't match what the lease firms could and this way I don't have to find a substantial deposit and have a finance agreement for the next 5 years (again). I did my last car for 5 years and it really is a long time to keep a car. What with depreciation, running costs etc. The lease will be an interesting experiment. If I don't like it, I only have 2 years with the car, if I do like it then I can get a new one every 2 or 3 years.

I am not bothered whether I actually own the car, as long as I have access to one.

My wife is on my case though, as I HAVE to sell the old car quickly. When I bought it my previous car took ages to sell and she was doing her nut in with it parked in front of the house. Once I get a date for the new one I suppose I will need to start advertising it locally.

Byeeeeee.