I have to do what?

Ron, our mechanical guru

Now, I know some of you don’t know me, so let me be totally honest. I am not known for my technical or mechanical prowess. I am very capable of doing many things but reading a manual and figuring out how things work is not my bag. If something works I’m very happy, if it doesn’t, I phone someone or never use it again.

Now because my fellow Travelling Pharts live in Australia it is down to me to buy the cars. Hilarious yes! Slightly barking. Totally. Especially when the car has to be ‘’a farcically small vehicle of 1 litre or less (we will allow up to a 1.2 if you’re a bit weak) ….and no more that £11.50…’’. You get the drift, an old banger!

After a couple of weeks of looking on Auto Trader and Gum Tree at what looked like very suitable cars I skyped Pete, Debs and Ron and said ‘when I go and look at these cars, what am I looking for?’. ‘Oh just check the engine is OK’ Pete said. My breathing grew deeper, my heart raced and my palms got sweaty. The engine? I thought. That it has one? I could manage that. That it was in good condition? How the hell would I know!

Mmmm…several days passed and we skyped again. ‘Hi Guys, if I’m really honest, I’m happy to buy the cars but I really don’t know what I’m looking for!’ Luckily we have Ron on our team and he is chief mechanical guru. He has a mechanic friend in the UK who agreed to find the cars for us (and breath…). If not, I’m the back up plan! Oh dear!

So after months of research and deliberation we have arrived at a short list of possibilities.

Vauxhall Agila

Vauxhall Corsa

Suzuki Swiss

Nisan Micra

We want two exactly the same so that we only need one lot of spares ad preferably for less than £500 each! Watch this space for updates!

Until the next time.

TTFN

Alison