New Car

I have been meaning to write about this since Sunday, but rain and darkness prevented me taking a photo.... For Christmas I was given a photo of a car stuck onto a piece of polystyrene and on Sunday the real thing finally arrived Considering the whole world seems to be in a recession we had to wait quite a few months after we ordered it for it to arrive. Perhaps the subsidies the government are offering at moment to get some of the older cars off the road are working! Anyway, on Sunday we said goodbye to my 15 year old car and collected our new Honda Freed. Having never owned a car which is less than 10 years old it is quite exciting to have a new toy which only had 2km on the odometer when we picked it up. Of course within a few days it has already driven over 300km, but I have been impressed with the fuel efficiency and the quietness of it is great! I can now listen to music, check out where we are going on the navigation system and see how "Eco friendly" my driving is. Having air conditioning which actually works without making the car overheat in the summer is also going to be a huge bonus!
Unlike the majority of people in Japan I chose not to have a white or a blue car... mainly because I can never find them in the car park! Chris kindly called it "wine" colour - my husband refers to it as "red bean" colour... only in Japan!