{"id":148,"date":"2006-11-20T13:20:15","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/new-car-so-many-options\/"},"modified":"2006-11-20T13:20:15","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T13:20:15","slug":"new-car-so-many-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/11\/new-car-so-many-options\/","title":{"rendered":"New Car – So many options!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As mentioned elsewhere my rusty old transit van<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The original plan was somethng like a Kia Sportage\u00a0 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’.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

Phew… All of this just to replace a rusty old transit van!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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