where to start...
First of all, Barney car is no more. :(
The quote for repairs was £3668 (!) and the insurance wouldn't match that, so he was written off. Much sad.
As well as much sad, much hectic searching for a new car - had to be automatic, a high seat for Mum to be able to access it, couldn't be silver (drove my friend to distraction, she kept finding me bargain cars online, but I wouldn't have them 'cos silver! Couldn't be purple either, 'cos that would be a betrayal of Barney, other than that I wasn't fussy!) We were time constrained, because as soon as I got the insurance check, I'd lose the hire car, so it had to be sorted swiftly. Much driving around and sitting in cars followed, including one day we drove for a couple of hours (having checked the car was available before we started) only to get there and find it had been sold an hour earlier!
Anyway - I am now getting to know Teddy. He is a Black Ford Fusion, with 38k miles on the clock, very smart and shiny. He has privacy glass/blacked out windows in the back and my friends say it looks as if I am driving President Obama about. (I tried to get a little Barack Obama noddy head or doll figure to chauffeur, but they are almost impossible to get in the UK (for a reasonable price anyway.)
Insurance remains a battle - not so much the claim, that has gone through smoothly, but trying to get cover for the new car... My existing company have been nothing but trouble, demanding money in ever increasing amounts each time I called. This is still an ongoing war.
Next... did I mention buying a new mattress? I ordered it just before the car it us. It was delivered on Thursday. I was up at 6 as it was due to be delivered from 7am. It arrived at 12 (!) and despite me having taken the measurements of my bedframe to the store and had the man check the size, the mattress was WAY too big. Yet more telephone complaining and I now have to wait in a) one day next month for the mattres sto be removed and b) wait until the 21st JULY for a new one to be delivered. Not impressed.
Hmm.
Still, at least it is being dealt with.
I'll tell you about work in a locked post...
The quote for repairs was £3668 (!) and the insurance wouldn't match that, so he was written off. Much sad.
As well as much sad, much hectic searching for a new car - had to be automatic, a high seat for Mum to be able to access it, couldn't be silver (drove my friend to distraction, she kept finding me bargain cars online, but I wouldn't have them 'cos silver! Couldn't be purple either, 'cos that would be a betrayal of Barney, other than that I wasn't fussy!) We were time constrained, because as soon as I got the insurance check, I'd lose the hire car, so it had to be sorted swiftly. Much driving around and sitting in cars followed, including one day we drove for a couple of hours (having checked the car was available before we started) only to get there and find it had been sold an hour earlier!
Anyway - I am now getting to know Teddy. He is a Black Ford Fusion, with 38k miles on the clock, very smart and shiny. He has privacy glass/blacked out windows in the back and my friends say it looks as if I am driving President Obama about. (I tried to get a little Barack Obama noddy head or doll figure to chauffeur, but they are almost impossible to get in the UK (for a reasonable price anyway.)
Insurance remains a battle - not so much the claim, that has gone through smoothly, but trying to get cover for the new car... My existing company have been nothing but trouble, demanding money in ever increasing amounts each time I called. This is still an ongoing war.
Next... did I mention buying a new mattress? I ordered it just before the car it us. It was delivered on Thursday. I was up at 6 as it was due to be delivered from 7am. It arrived at 12 (!) and despite me having taken the measurements of my bedframe to the store and had the man check the size, the mattress was WAY too big. Yet more telephone complaining and I now have to wait in a) one day next month for the mattres sto be removed and b) wait until the 21st JULY for a new one to be delivered. Not impressed.
Hmm.
Still, at least it is being dealt with.
I'll tell you about work in a locked post...