New Car – So many options!

by Alan Cole · Monday, November 20th, 2006

As mentioned elsewhere my rusty old transit van has just about reached it last legs, so it is time for a new car. We therefore spent Saturday morning looking around showrooms in Aberystwyth. Trouble is I want it all, I need something big enough to fit lots of stuff in, reliable enough to ot breakdown but I’m also getting older and wnat a little bit of comfort too.

The original plan was somethng like a Kia Sportage as you can get them fairly cheaply. After comparing that to a Freelander I’m was pretty much swayed to pay a little more just to get the extra luxury and styling of something else. The Freelander Sport I tried was really nice. it looked good on the inside and out, the driving position was good, I even liked the wing mirrors (I hate poxy little wing mirrirs!). But I phoned Brad (my brother) who owns a garage and asked him what he thought of the Freelander and he told to not to touch it as ‘it has a k-series engine which is useless’.

Well. I take his advice on such things as it is likely to be Brad that I turn to when things need servicing/fixing so that looks as though the Freelander is off my list of options. The Kia Sorento looks nice but I can’t afford them, so I’m now looking towards a Mitsubishi Shogun. I have to try one first, but that looks to be my main option now.

Originally I was going to get it in conjunction with a large trailer for my windsurfing kit, but I’m moving away from that idea as it is very rarely that I need to go anywhere with my windsurfing kit and if we are going to the Isle of Man ir anywhere else on holiday I can always take some stuff on a roof rack… That will of course mean we need a shed to store my windsurfing kit in!

Phew… All of this just to replace a rusty old transit van!!