I'm buying a new car - a Smart car! There's quite a long waiting list because they're in high demand at the moment, but I should get mine early September. I'm very excited about it. :D I've been thinking about getting a new car for a while now and after a lot of extensive research into just about every small car you can imagine, I thought the Smart sounded best suited to my needs. I enjoyed the test drive, so decided to go with it. I only really use my car for driving to and from work and for errands, so I don't really need more than two seats. Plus, the Smart is very economical and is in the lowest tax band, so I will save a lot of money. With a tank of petrol now costing me £50 (I only have a 40 litre tank), I need to think carefully about the cost there. Plus, I'm all for helping the environment in any way I can. I also want to "update" my car because my current car doesn't have very many features... not even a CD player or remote locking.

I've decided to go with the Passion model, so that I can have the air con and nicer interior cloth, among other things. I'm getting it in yellow to really stand out. :D In the meantime, I'm preparing my current car for sale, making sure it is as good as possible. I'll be getting it serviced soon and have already touched up a few chips in the paintwork, put on new wheel trims, vacuumed and generally cleaned up the interior and cleared out the boot (trunk). I washed it at the weekend and have taken photos ready for the ad. I don't want to advertise it too soon though or I'll end up without a car for a few weeks. I just hope it goes for a decent price!