Oops. Just managed to push a bit of cheese deep into this keyboard with the pen with which I was trying to fish it out. No wonder these things don't work for long!
Ahem, where was I? Oh, cars. Right. We want to buy a car when we head back to jolly old England. Our carbon footprint has been sparkly clean for far too long, and now it's time to zoom around the West Country visiting delightful pubs farmers' markets. What to buy? We have a few, simple criteria.
1. It must be reasonably cool, so that our sophisticated friends from the Smoke don't laugh at us.
2. It must have enough "poke" to "get us out of trouble."
3. It must be cheap (me).
4. It must be red (PJ).
Now, What Car? magazine hasn't been much help in narrowing down the field based on these criteria. Clearly, the Mini is the prettiest car, but there are a couple of problems. It's quite small and PJ isn't. And it's the car of choice for estate agents and ad execs, and do we really want align ourselves with these two minions of Satan? (Sorry, Clive.) After that, the cars all look the same. Three-door/five-door. Golfs versus Peugeots versus Renault. 205, 206, 305, 306. We don't have a clue. Our past cars are a Fiat Uno, Toyota Corolla, and Wolesly Hornet (me) and a Fiat Panda (PJ). Our years of watching Top Gear have taught us only about supercars and the folly of driving through Alabama, not about what car to buy to go to Sainsbury's and Cornwall.
Suggestions?
1 comment:
Toby says you need an Alfa Romeo 147 - they always look good in red, can have poke and aren't *that* expensive (see Autotrader.co.uk for details). Alternatively go to CarGiant in White City and take a wander - they have hundreds of used cars that PJ can make sure he can fit in.
Post a Comment