Car shopping

We phoned up about the first 2 cars on the list before driving out to see them only to find the first one had been sold and the 2nd one had very high milage. A little down hearted I logged onto the internet one last time before leaving the hotel for the day, just to see if there were any new listings.

And there was. Half an hours drive away was a car that ticked all the boxes PLUS, it was red!

It rapidly rose to the top of the shopping list and we telephoned the garage to ensure it was still for sale and it wasn't a mistake.

Yes, it was new into them that morning, so much so that they hadn't even started to clean it ready for the forecourt but we could go and have a look if we accepted that it needed a valet.

As we drove to the garage it was difficult for Neil not to have high hopes he had found his perfect car. I so didn't want him to be disappointed when we got there.

As we pulled up at the garage we looked around for it but there seemed to be everything except the red Jaguar. We spoke to a sales guy and he told us it was parked in the carpark around the back and he would bring it round.

As it drove into view I knew there would have to be something really wrong with it for us not to be buying it. Neil looked at the car in the same way that he used to look at me when we first met. He was smitten from that first glance.

And why not, it was a beautiful car. A wonderful rich red, cream leather and wood trim interior. It was an automatic with satnav and just so much luxury.

'Would you like to take it for a test drive?'

Would we? Rather!

It purred, as a big cat should as Neil drove it onto the country lanes. I sat in the back with the pups and felt like Lady Penelope with Neil as my Parker.

There was no doubt we had found the car of Neil's dreams. He was a very happy boy.

When we got back to the showroom we started to talk the deal. It became very interesting when they asked us whether we had anything to Part Exchange. Neil jokingly said we had, and pointed to the Kia. We expected them to laugh at us and continue on with the deal, but they didn't. They told us they had a contact that dealt in LHD cars and could they take a look and then phone him to see what he would offer us. Within half an hour not only had we done the deal on the Jaguar but we had also agreed a deal on the Kia and got an extra £500 for it.

All we had to do now was wait for the phone call later in the week to tell us the car was fully valeted and ready to be collected.

Neil was like a child waiting for Christmas Day to arrive.

Bless!