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I’ve just had an unexpected trip to the big land to the east. A vague need (desire?) for a 4x4 has been niggling in the background for several weeks but I finally got tired of just looking at Ebay, so in went the bid and we disappeared to the pub while the geeks sit with stop watches and put in last minute bids. Four hours after the auction closed we discovered we were the new owners of a 15 year old Daihatsu. The car was handily located in Edinburgh, handy because half of Coll was going there for the rugby, so a choice of lifts! I stayed with a friend I hadn’t seen in longer than a very long time and almost got to play with the four wheel drive in the snow. BUT the M8 was crawling along, it took 2 hours to get from Edinburgh to the edge of Glasgow. And by then the snow was gone.
I don’t understand mainlanders. They wonder how we cope if the ferry misses in extreme weather, and then accept that disruption over an inch of snow. Bonkers! Anyway, I’m very pleased with the car but if I ever buy another I am not going to fill the back with dirty wet coal and then try to sleep on the front seats, it is too narrow, even for vertically challenged people like me. I’ve never wished to be shorter before in my life!