I’m excitedly looking forward to my new car. It should be here this week. Big and shiny and fast and laden with gadgets, whilst still being quite good carbon footprint-wise, I can’t wait.
This will be my second brand-new car. There is something great about a new car, the smell of it and it being so lovely and clean and knowing that no-one has thrashed the car before you do.
So in preparation I decided to give my current car a bit of a valet at the weekend. You know, get all of the stuff like fire extinguishers out, and hoover it up a bit, so that when I swap keys the recipient gets that new car feel, albeit with a second hand car.
So I spent about an hour hoovering the car out, getting rid of all the parking receipts stuffed in to the pockets, and the assorted ipod accessories from the glove compartment. And when I finished, it felt like a new car, and I have since enjoyed driving it far more, and been in a better mood getting in to a lovely clean car every day. After all, this one is only 3 years old, and is a lovely car, it’s no surprise really.
And it just got me wondering, if I had valeted my old car more often, perhaps I would have gotten that new car feeling I love so much on a more regular basis?
