Beep Beep Beep Beep Yeah!

So I've been and gone and done it. I bought myself a shiny new car!

I tried to be sensible, but in the end I couldn't resist something a little bit sporty.

Honestly - I did try to like the grown up cars. I test drove a Toyota Auris (yawn), a Honda Jazz (I can't bring myself to own a car called a Jazz) and a Honda Civic. The Civic was OK, but I didn't love it. And the model I could afford was just... too... sensible!

Besides, at the beginning of my casual 'just looking', I saw it. The car I really wanted. Shiny and sleek and pretty (well, I thought so, anyway). So, I booked a test drive, and it was just as much fun to drive as I thought it would be. In fact, just sitting in it, I knew that was the one.

So, what is this mythical automobile? A Vauxhall Astra, that's what! I know! An Astra! I used to own a bright yellow old-style Astra - the engine blew up at the Glastonbury Festival. And I never imagined I'd own another one. But my secret favourite car was a bog-standard Cavalier that I always really loved to drive, and it seems to me that the new Astra is the old Cavalier.

Anyway, this is sounding like a boy's blog! So the thing that you really need to know is the colour: Panacotta. Pearlised silvery beige to you...

And finally... the most important consideration when making this kind of decision: they've got a great ad!