Bloomin' Car!

I have been luxuriating in the fortunate position of having a company car for the last five years. Some of which I detested (horrid '53 toyota avensis which severely lacked power) and some of which I loved (2.2 turbo diesel Honda Civic with lots of toys, heated leather seats etc. which I still miss, sniff!) But never the less having a fairly new car at your disposal for a few extra taxed pounds is extremely handy. Having lost my last job, I am now cutting about in my old car, a twelve year old Rover 200 (sexy?). As previously blogged this has had some set backs, smashed windscreen being one. It was slightly unreliable and after my sister's father-in-law had spent 3 hours trying to get it started one day, I decided to bite the bullet and put it in for a new battery and exhaust etc.

I was beginning to get used to motoring again. My previous job ensured that I travelled around 500 miles a week. So a couple of weeks without a car was quite restricting. I am the type of person who also doesn't know the first thing about public transport, I haven't been on a bus for about ten years, I held up the queue annoyingly, in the rain, trying to ascertain how much it would cost to go into the centre of Glasgow and where exactly they stop! So with the car now resonably reliable I was a busy little motorist once more, catching up on all the things that I hadn't been able to do.

I was gaily accepting invites left, right and centre because now I had the car and could fulfil these commitments even in the terrible weather of late. However, today en route to my mates leaving-lunch the car wouldn't start. Now I know that it isn't the battery as the starter motor is firing away but the engine refuses to catch. So I had to do something I hate and let down people who were expecting me.

But there is a larger issue at stake here. In a couple of weeks I will be rejoining the work force. I have a lovely new job (read scary and ambitious) which is based over on the other side of the city. I will really need to have my own transport for this as I will be working long, possibly irregular, hours and part of my job will be meeting with colleagues based all over the west Glasgow area.

So what to do, potentially pour more money away trying to make the Rover reliable and roadworthy, buy a cheap banger in the hope that it is less of a money pit? I really am not in a position to get into car finance currently. Not to mention that my tastes in cars slightly exceeds any possible budget at present.

So here I am browsing the internet from the confines of my flat in the hope that someone will be trying to offload a VW Scirocco, Civic Type R, Audi A3 or mini Cooper S for a few quid. Dream On!!!!!