Down the Bog

We’ve been saving quite a lot of money recently by not going shopping like we used to since our vehicle, a Dodge Caravan, gave up on us. For a while we were getting by on using it for short trips but then the engine really started to struggle and smoke so it was time to say thank you and goodbye.

That was a couple of weeks ago and since then we’ve only gone out when we had to and despite relying on cabs and public transport we certainly saved some money because we just weren’t going anywhere to spend it! I cycled to work and maybe I got fitter although I swear it was actually killing me.

Still, it’s all in the past now because we picked up our replacement vehicle yesterday. A Ford Taurus LX 2002 model. So it’s five years old but with our budget we were limited by choice and this doesn’t seem a bad vehicle at all. It’s very early days so I’m sure there might be a surprise or two along the way but hopefully nothing too unpleasant. It seems to be well equipped with everything working but feels so low to the ground after driving around in a mini-van for the best part of three years.

To be honest I’m already missing the van but it is nice to be back in a saloon again (or a sedan as they’re known over here) and the main thing is that we’re fully mobile again. Oh, and back to being poor too. Ho-hum such is life.