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I have written before about our car-related tribulations. We took our car for an MOT test 6 weeks ago yesterday and haven’t got it back yet! First we had to just do without… then we hired a car for a week’s holiday… then after 4 weeks the garage actually gave us their work van! Last week they needed it back (or at least needed the set of four wheels that was in the back of it!) and planned to bring our car back… but that still didn’t happen so the owner has given us his car to use instead – or maybe it’s his wife’s car (when we get in it says ‘Hello Vicky!’ ) He’s very trusting to just leave us a random vehicle (all newer and posher than ours) and believe that we can drive it with no instruction. This one is an electric car, so totally new to both of us. Yesterday I had promised to take Little One shoe-shopping after school and when I got in (first time I have used it) it was a bit of a challenge to figure out how to actually make it work! On the plus side, all this means we have a chance to test out whether we would like an electric car, if/ when we do actually buy another car. I quickly got used to it but it was odd at first as it isn’t obvious whether the ‘engine is running’ or not as there’s no sound. There’s also no gear stick, and no hand brake. And it starts off really fast from a standstill so you have to be careful not to just run straight into your neighbour’s house!! It also has conditions written on the sun visor which say that if you don’t agree to their use of your private data, don’t drive the car. Well I don’t agree (which would be a big stumbling block if we did consider buying one) but luckily it thinks I’m Vicky! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2025.