One More Car, One More Rider

Flew solo at work today... a quiet one & not much to report on that front

We will soon be a two-car household again, after financing came through for the Loved One's new small car. After her last car was written off by a neighbour in either a spectacular display of motoring incompetence, or a drunken stupid stupor... & after a less-than-satisfactory experience with a 1968 vintage VW Beetle, we're going with a 2013 Mazda 2, which we test-drove yesterday & the dealer made us an offer too hard to refuse, so we didn't

It was certainly a better choice than the Toyota Yaris ~ a car I've never been a fan of, from a Manufacturer I've also never been a fan of. The salesman at the Toyota place didn't do himself any favours either. Having been told that we were interested in the larger-engined model, with the extra features & that we'd like to drive one, he led us down into their garage & put me behind the wheel of the smaller-engined basic model, then climbed into the back seat & spent the whole ten-minute drive pointing out all the features this one didn't have that the model we wanted did have & that the larger engine wouldn't have had as much trouble with the hill I'd just driven up... So why exactly am I driving a car that I don't want & didn't ask for??!!

By contrast, the Mazda we drove was exactly what we wanted, felt better, drove better & was $5000 cheaper. It was, like the Toyota salesman, a no-brainer

We went to Brookvale Oval this evening to see our home team play terribly & lose... then had our usual Game of Thrones dinner & show in the usual good company

A busy week ahead ~ birthday dinners, music sessions, a formal dinner... Plenty of food for soul & stomach

Oh boy...