My first week as a Range Rover owner and all in all a fairly good week. I will summarise in my normal florid manner with a few headings because I love the sound of my own typing.
What Have I learned
I have learned that I absolutely lurve my Range. I love the way it drives, the way it looks, the way it sounds and so on. This is actual love.
I have learned that it is more like piloting a boat than driving, corners are sharper and roundabouts a lot smaller in a Range, and not many people clean the roof of their cars properly.
I have learned (learning really) to drive slower and to waft around a bit more instead of rush everywhere. I have learned to love driving again.
I have also learned that I will never be rich with a Range Rover. I had a call from Bill Gates the other day asking if he could borrow £20 for petrol.
What do I regret?
That I never got one of these beasties a while ago, that I am (thus far) too scared to take her off road, she has a magnetic attraction to petrol stations and I regret that I didn't try harder at school,( instead of spending all my time try to attract Beverley M's and Sarah M's, Debbie T's... attention.) I regret not trying harder at work, ( instead of trying to attract Chantalle B's, Helen J's, Alison W's, Sue B's... etc attention) and I regret I never tried harder in life ( Instead of trying to attract Katie W, Toni N's, Anita G's, Carol G's... etc attention.)
Had I tried a little harder maybe I could have had a newer Range Rover. (probably not an Evoque)
What have I spent?
So far, obviously the £%@#&" for the car in the first place which i thought was okay. Plus £240 for a new spare key, £200 for the re-installation of the LPG system. Plus £600 for a new set of Goodyear Wranglers ( Tyres not jeans) Plus £10 for a large tin of black hammerite paint. Plus whatever a weather strip for the drivers door/ window will cost. Plus whatever a respray for the bonnet will cost. That is to say nothing about the transmission service that I am going to have done, and the engine service that I will have done.
What is my conclusion.
To paraphrase Charlton Heston
" I will give you my Range Rover keys when you can pry them from my cold dead hands"
I told you, it's love.
