As mentioned before, it’s almost impossible to live in Brisbane and not have yourself a car. For our first week, we relied on our lovely parents being our taxies, and the fact that they didn’t complain suggests to me that they thoroughly enjoyed the throwback to our teenage years. Things got a little easier in our second week, when Ian very kindly handed over the keys to his gorgeous Audi A4 Avant. It’s such a beautiful car to drive, and being a diesel, it costs nearly nothing to run!
The only drawback of having Ian’s car is that every car that we looked at just paled in comparison – even the Rukus, which we really loved, looked a bit plain compared to the A4! But after visiting the Audi dealership to find out if we could afford one for ourselves, we had to put our “realistic” pants on and scale our tastes back a bit.
Thankfully though, this story has a happy ending – we met up with a lovely family at New Farm who were selling their very well spec’ed 2006 RAV 4 Cruiser L, asking a price that we were happy to pay. We gave it a drive and thought it was a winner; RACQ gave it an inspection and confirmed it was a winner. So, as of about 6:00 PM on Tuesday night, we are the proud owners of a RAV 4!
It has loads of boot space for a pram, and there should be ample room for a baby capsule in the back seat, too. Most importantly, it has a sunroof – which I’ve always wanted on a car! Yes, it feels a bit “grown up”, but I think it’s just a little bit cool, too.
His name is yet to be determined, but tentative indications are that he’ll be called “Alby”.
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Oh Alby, you are too cute. Wes loves his sunroof, so I think you’re onto a good thing there
Happy driving!
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