04-09-2016, 09:01 PM
New car saga.
Last Saturday, in a parking lot, I backed into somebody. I hit their bumper. With the hatch door -- at license plate level. Far enough to detach part of the inner lining. No visible scratches on the other bumper.
Since the car is nearing 10 years old and un-denting it would be a significant portion of its value, we decided to trade. I found a reasonable new car, but SWMBO wanted a different colour (white instead of tomato) and the dealer located one with some extra features that we wanted. We arranged to get money and talked to our insurance agent.
Saturday morning we came back from coffee to a phone message that the salesman had been expecting to see us at 9:00. First we heard. So we cleaned out the old car, picked up a bank draft, and went to dealer. Then found that we didn't have insurance OK. Called agent -- no answer because of Saturday. Worry. Person who was supposed to call us and agent hadn't. Insurance agent called back and assured us that we would be covered. All very anxiety making.
So now we have a new Ford Focus hatchback (previous car was the last wagon sold in Ontario) with lots of bits that work, a BACKUP CAMERA, and other bells and whistles. And a thick manual that covers bits that we don't know if we have.
Tonight we went to a Baroque concert -- more Latin than I've heard in one day since high school -- and parked 4 spaces away from anyone else in the parking lot.
Back to railway construction tomorrow.
Last Saturday, in a parking lot, I backed into somebody. I hit their bumper. With the hatch door -- at license plate level. Far enough to detach part of the inner lining. No visible scratches on the other bumper.
Since the car is nearing 10 years old and un-denting it would be a significant portion of its value, we decided to trade. I found a reasonable new car, but SWMBO wanted a different colour (white instead of tomato) and the dealer located one with some extra features that we wanted. We arranged to get money and talked to our insurance agent.
Saturday morning we came back from coffee to a phone message that the salesman had been expecting to see us at 9:00. First we heard. So we cleaned out the old car, picked up a bank draft, and went to dealer. Then found that we didn't have insurance OK. Called agent -- no answer because of Saturday. Worry. Person who was supposed to call us and agent hadn't. Insurance agent called back and assured us that we would be covered. All very anxiety making.
So now we have a new Ford Focus hatchback (previous car was the last wagon sold in Ontario) with lots of bits that work, a BACKUP CAMERA, and other bells and whistles. And a thick manual that covers bits that we don't know if we have.
Tonight we went to a Baroque concert -- more Latin than I've heard in one day since high school -- and parked 4 spaces away from anyone else in the parking lot.
Back to railway construction tomorrow.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.