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During May 2008

A few notes and comments from Tanya

Just a bit Jealous !!	I mostly decided to get a new car because Andria got one We were both driving around in little white hatches ... with broken air conditioners ... and hating them Then she got a new one and I was jealous

	I have had my unit a year now and got a valuation done to see if I could use the equity in that It turned out to have increased in value by $51,000.00 So I applied for a top up to get a new car

Test driving the Rio	Just something cheap to buy and cheap to run I only go from Manunda to town each day with the odd trip to Redlynch or Trinity Beach I was looking at the five door Kia Rio which was $13,990 drive away I took it for a drive and liked it

Dressed to see her Bank Manager	I hadn't made any decision and didn't want to until I had received the money from bank because I figured that saying I could pay cash for the car would help with negotiating

Tanya's impressive Engine	I was reading Saturday's paper and saw the add for the Holden Barina being the same price as the Kia Only three doors but a bigger engine - not that I know anything about that side of cars I went in and took it for a test drive and loved it The bigger engine made a difference to driving it and it was really roomy for a hatch It has a cute spoiler and after taking it for a spin I was sold

Tanya 'wheeling-and-dealing'	I did some 'wheeling-and-dealing' with the salesman and managed to get it for $14940 drive away including $200 trade in for the Festiva Plus window tinting, paint protection and rust proofing!! It's the demo model so I am actually buying the car I test drove and as it has been on road for the week as a test drive vehicle I got a bit of a discount there too

The very honest and genuine Salesman	I think I managed to get a good deal because it was my salesman's first sale He has only been on the job a month

Tanya's Ford Festiva and click HERE* and HERE to see some photos*	-----------Air conditioning !! -----------Power steering !! -----------A working stereo with controls on the steering wheel !! -----------Electric windows !! -----------Electric mirrors !! -----------Central locking !! -----------Cup holders !! etc, etc, etc It's definitley going to be a change after sixteen years in the Festiva

C'mon Summer !!	Bring on summer ... I have done the last three without air con !!!

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NOTE
Tanya's car is a bright and firey 'chilli red', and most of the photos below show off this colour perfectly
However, a couple of them do have a little bit of an 'orange hue' in parts of the photo
I can only surmise that this is due to taking the shots in full sun, with reflection etc giving this result
It does not really affect the photo - just mentioned in case someone thought the paintwork looked a bit funny!!!