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Oh I had to chuckle..

On my way back from Kel’s just now and some little scrote nearly took me out at a junction. He had a car full of mates so I guessed they were probably pissed. Anyway, I carried on and then about a quarter of a mile later he does his best Colin Macrae impression as he overtakes me, driving frankly like an utter twat. Those were in fact the very words that went through my head as I though “you utter, utter twat, I really hope you end up in a ditch…”
You’ll appreciate the hilarity of the moment then as a couple of minutes later I caught up with them, which in fact wasn’t hard as he’d lost it down a hill and the car was wrapped around a fence. I did of course stop to check they were all ok, and did the decent thing of giving them a lift into town where I dropped them off outside the pub.
I did also park up and go and have a quiet word with the nice friendly policemen parked nearby.
If there’s one thing I can’t abide it’s fucking pissheads who think they are invincible. This was a classic case where it was only the fact I was a better (and sober) driver that stopped them wiping me out twice. I shudder to think what might have happened if it had been someone less experienced driving.
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New car GET!

So, I’ve finally managed to retire my old Vectra. She was a good old girl and an ace car to drive, like being on rails round corners, but with 160k on the clock the maintenance was costing way too much compared to what the car was worth.

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So, having looked around at various cars, I settled on getting one of the Mk3 TDCi Mondeos. Yes, it’s true what they say about turning 40, I am about to become MONDEO MAN!

Anyway, I fancied one of the top spec models with all the niceties that come with it, which in the Ford range has always been the Ghia. Or on the newer ones, the Ghia X, which gives you everything bar the kitchen sink. Trouble is, I was slightly put off by all the walnut trim which seemed a bit too reminiscent of my dad’s old Rover about 30 years back. Thankfully, good fortune smiled upon my budget which brought the newer special ‘Titanium’ edition within reach. Basically, the Titanium has the same level of refinement as the Ghia, except they replaced all the crappy Walnut with Brished Aluminium, added sports seats and 18″ wheels. i.e. Much more my cup of tea!

Trouble is, although the regular Mondeo is a complete Clitoris Car*, the Titanium X is pretty hard to come by, especially if you want one with sensible mileage and a full service history. We did look at one yesterday in Thornbury and I did enjoy driving it but it was pretty (very) high mileage and didn’t really feel quite right. Having made up my mind I was dead set on the Titanium X I was anticipating a bit of a headache to find one but again, good fortune was smiling on me and I found one in Southampton so we took a drive down today with fingers crossed that it wouldn’t be a crock of shite.

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(Not my actual car, but a nice pic of the same model)

It wasn’t :)

So, a deal was struck, they are sorting a couple of minor things I wanted doing on it and I should be able to pick it up next weekend.

Vroom vroom!!

* Every C**t’s got one…

Listening to: Ten Thousand Fists from the album Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed