It is so easy to forget how limited you become when you have no car. Legs, as a form of transport are only useful if you both know where to go and what you want is in reasonable distance. I would never venture off alone here though car or no car. Back home my excuse would have been safety or something vague but realistically I have absolutely no sense of direction. Occasionally I surprise myself and make a good turn but mostly, anyone would be better following a blind person than following me.
Most of our search for a car was done online on various site but it is really not the same as seeing a car and you dont get any sort of feel for it so we hit the streets with Peter and Dave to hunt down a car. We drove a 1989 Toyota landcruiser but it was unconfortable, old and overpriced so we moved on. Luckily the next place had a sign that couldn't be missed and we pulled in at "Melbourne's cheapest cars" for a look around. They say that car salesmen are the lowest of the low but sales people always suck me in and could get me to buy anything (including nail care sets), so I am glad I was not alone on this trip!
We saw lots of cars that looked good and narrowed it down to 2: a Jeep and a Holden (an Australian make) and test drove both. The Holden won and we are now proud owners of a dark green Holden Jackaroo Wagon. It's road worthy test and repairs have set us back a long way and the registration that will take place on Monday will do the same but we are happy with the car. I keep looking at it and thinking wow its huge!! I guess if one is used to driving in a pumpkin, that unfortunately failed to turn into a coach, then a V6 4x4 is going to look on the large side!!
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