ON THE ROAD AGAIN Well, not actually on the road again as we were never off the road but having a new car means we'll be on the road a bit more often enjoying ourselves. Picked the new car up a few days ago and it's so lovely - Mazda 3 Maxx Sport Auto. It has all the bells and whistles and we will never get lost because it has an inbuilt sat nav. Can't wait to do a decent trip down the coast. It was sad to see my old Mazda 626 go but it was 16 years old after all and gave me good service. I got that car secondhand when it was 8 years old and in the time I had it, I didn't have one single repair job and you can't say that very often with an older car. The dealer when checking it over couldn't fault it - not a scratch on it anywhere and inside it looked as good as new. We traded in two cars for this new one. The other car traded in was also a Mazda 3 in red but a Neo hatch. It was only 3 years old and had very low mileage, 14,000 km. It was a manual
