Driving Change – One Year On
Posted: Wed 27 November, 2024 Filed under: Domestic, Driving 2 Comments »One year ago today, I finally got my new (to me) car delivered. The farce that surrounded that whole purchase was a nightmare – and it gave me great joy to see that Cazoo collapsed fairly soon afterwards (although I wasn’t responsible for that)
Thankfully though, the car itself has turned out to be a bit of a gem. I got it with 16,000 miles on the clock, and it’s now on 41,000. (Yes, I remain a daft bastard who drives *way* too much!)
I was nervous when I first got it – it’s a ’16 plate, so that mileage was exceptionally low, and I did wonder whether it would be a bit seized from being massively underused. But right from the delivery day – where I took it out for a 60-mile motorway round-trip just to make sure it was OK – it’s been fine. It seemed to say “Oh, this is a better setup!“, and settled happily into being a high-mileage car .
It’s had two services (20 and 40,000 miles, as recommended by the handbook) and the MoT, and everything’s been fine, which is exactly what I was hoping for.
All told, very happy with the entire thing. Let’s hope it does me well for a few more years!
Given that mileage, it sounds like you might be well again then? Hopefully?
In general, yeah, doing OK. The lingering cough is pretty much gone (it’s taken two sets of nasal/sinal sprays that did sod all, and then just three monthgs of it gradually fading) although on occasion I get a little surprise one, just for fun.
It *has* had a longer-lasting effect on health – I’m slower in walking, and also more easily knackered when breathing still takes priority, but I’m going to be working on that from here on. But yes, all told I’m doing OK.