Yay, new car! Arrrgh, power steering!

[Blackstar]

Woo finally have the Vectra, now dubbed Rocky. Had a shot in it last night for the first time and scared myself stupid, i've been without and fancy mechanical bits whilst driving for 6 months. So when i went to go round a roundabout without thinking i reverted to using the lovely muscles non-power assisted steering gives you, big mistake, i don't think i've ever seen my dad look so scared.

The thing feels like a racing car, 1.8 totally destroys 1.1 (obviously). Not used to the pedels yet, Mindy required heavy footed antics, Rocky has a clutch that would go through the floor if you breathed too hard. Feels hooge as well, was like parking a bus in works car park but i managed first time.

One thing that was a real shock tonight was filling up with petrol (after i found out the hard way which side the cap was on). Put in £30 worth, and went from the light being on to half full! That amount of petrol wouldn't even go in my old car £25 filled it to the top!

I miss my cd player though, Rocky only has a retro tape player and a radio. This will hopefully be sorted though, if Martin ever bothers to come up here.

Hopefully get some pictures soon.