Of Vexatious Vee-hickles May 16, 2007
Posted by Jen in : Journal , trackbackOnce again, my oomph has been crumbled and left out for the birds. The reason? I have been car-shopping. Oh dear, silly old me.
Me: Hello, I’d like to buy a car please.
Garage Man: What sort of thing are you looking for Madam?
Me: Oh, a silver one please, with a CD player and power steering?
Cue churlish sniggering, especially when I mention the paltry sum my insurance company have finally stumped up. Deary, deary me. But. I found a car. Ok, so it wasn’t silver. It didn’t have a CD player either. But it hadn’t been far. And I’ve also had recent practice in driving a red car. PAS, low mileage, jolly colour - what more could a girl ask for? (PAS indeed - hark at me! Learning the lingo, see? Not as daft as I look, me.)
Up I rocked to test drive my new car. Why I thought that a garage called AXLR8 would be found next to the gleaming Audi and Lexus showrooms, I’ve no idea.
The grubby garage man handed me a bent old key, not bothering to speak lest his fag drop from his drooping lips. He pointed towards a clapped-out deathmobile. I politely took it for a drive. For, oh, approximately three and a half minutes. Only one bend, luckily, as I almost ruptured my spleen during said manoeuvre. PAS my arse.
Still no car then. Jiggering jalopies, will this motoring misery never end?
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Oh, its horrible trying to find a decent car on low funds……..good luck!
Where is the profile, please!!!!!
Jen cars only come in big or small and nice or naff colours otherwise they all look the same to me. Hope you get a good one soon
Never pay the asking price.
Figure out how much you want to pay for the car and tell them “If you can get the price to (insert figured out price here), I’ll but the car right now”.
Also….I know you’re struggling to find a car soon, but the best deals will always be found towards the end of a month.
Oh Liz, you’re so right. Mind you, I’m not good at doing anything on a budget! Oh, um, profile, yes… just trying to think of something interesting to say about myself.
Karen: There was me thinking size didn’t matter!
Bedshaped: That’s fab advice, thank you! I’m so ignorant in these matters. End of the month… now that’s interesting… cheers for that.
Jesm, you is interesting………don’t think just write!
Cars are like computers; they are only wonderful when they work and presenting you with no problems… Hope you find one soon.
JJ
Liz: Done it. Emailed. Made myself sound like a git. Sigh.
JJ: Sigh. That just about sums up the car situation.