Thursday, February 11, 2010

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!

6 comments:

  1. Congratulations!! It is so cute (okay I have been here too long when I call a car cute!) A reward for all your hard work.

    Did you leave the plastic on the seats like all the others do when they get a new car?

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  2. Definately 'wine' - as feel huge urge to buy some when look at it. Speaking of which - my runnaway to your cottage should probably take place on a Friday night - any free during the next month (not tomorrow of course)??

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  3. Congratulations on the new car! The Honda Freed are very good looking cars! We saw one last week and my husband mentioned how nice it was.

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  4. awesome. I look forward to sitting in it soon

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  5. My car is Subaru Legacy, and 9 years old. I will replace it a new car in two years. Now, I am considering Honda Freeda, thank you for good information.

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  6. Nice! My sister-in-law has one and we go out in it all the time. It can fit 3 carseats and my big bum as well. :)

    Enjoy!

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