Actually a 2011 Peugeot 207 1.6 HDi Active SW. Totally not what we went in for, it was over our budget but it just came down to within it. Paid a deposit today, got to go back and settle up over the next couple of days.
It has just about none of the features that we said we wanted but it has one that we definitely needed but weren't looking for - more room. It's an estate; not an estate as I remember them, but a lot more room in the back than all the other cars we'd been looking at. Think of how many boxes of comics I can bring back from Mum and Dad's next weekend!
Also it has a tow bar, so we'll probably get a caravan now. Almost certainly. Won't we?
It doesn't have bluetooth on the stereo that's on there at the moment, though it looks like it has all the fittings. The stereo that's there looks ok, has ipod connection and things, but importantly it's basic ISO fitting shape so I can pull it out and get a fancy one in there when I have the money. Or I could probably make do and try my raspberry pi car stereo idea again, now I have the audio connections.
We test drove four cars today, and each of them in turn had one of the features we were looking for, parking sensors, bluetooth integration, remote control stereo, built in sat nav, all sorts of fancy things, but none of them drove as well as this one. That's the main thing really this one is a lot more like the hire car we have right now, to drive.
Speaking of the hire car, I sent off the log book for our car to the insurance company today, officially transferring it to them, so I guess when they get that they will pay us for it, and from that point we have four working days to return the hire car. So we might well have it over the bank holiday weekend, nice. If that's the case not sure which one I'd take to Mum and Dad's, probably the new car still anyway.
Out tonight! Seem to be out a lot at the moment. Going to Blooms with some friends, but starting in RockSalt and then also hopefully going to Kipps Ale House.
raspberry pi: Credit card sized super cheap computer, awesome.
💬 You could always borrow the trailer from U/Trevor and clear the loft!!
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