I have never been into cars , only interested in one that works , is safe to drive and gets me from a to b

I have had a mini , another mini , a mini metro .......I am not driving a mini metro , an astra and a Ford escort

I have taken over the family Ford c max , its ten years old and has done 45000 miles

Its a bit too chunky for what I need but I can go fishing , take stuff up the tip , naff off to Tenby for a weekend, drive down the city etc

Its got a small patch of rust that needs looking at and the passenger side electric window needs sorting

Its harder to park than a fiesta or clio but its more solid and has more space and I hate those land rover discovery four by four beasts

I spoke to my mechanic the other day and he reckons with regular winter services and not bombing off to Birmingham every other weekend I could get another 100000 miles out of this , the zetec engines are like the vauxhaul ones , real workhorses . If I don't have to get another car for ten years I will be well happy.

The only hassle is 200 Road tax but thats nothing compared to buying a new car every four years , I dont understand why people do that , or spending loads on finance

I feel sorry for young people, one of my mums carers has to pay 800 quid a year to insure her 1.1 runaround