Change of Vehicles

A little time ago I posted a couple of pics of a Volvo XC60 that I was about to buy, however not being great at waiting, the 7 weeks came and went and finally I had a call from the dealer to let me know that the Volvo had a manufacturing delay and I would have to wait another 4 weeks!!

Whilst I was waiting I decided that I didn't need it so I am afraid I told them where they could stick their 4 week delay and on the spur of the moment I decided that a road bike was in order so I popped down the local Yamaha dealer and acquired a nice new 600 Diversion. I now use it for the 50 mile (each way) commute to work which is fun and also saves on the parking fees at the office!

A few other things have also changed at the Dawson house.... The wife's Mini was just coming up to 3 years old and was ready for changing so we decided to change up to a spanking new Cooper S with her own spec which we can use as our 'going out' car and that finally opened up an opportunity to get the van that I have been trying to get her to agree to for a couple of years.

I looked at a number of options and decided that the ideal vehicle was something between a VW Caddy that drives like a car and a Mercedes Vito or VW Transporter with a second row of seats that would be a bit more practical..

I looked around and decided that an ideal solution would be a VW Caddy Maxi with the 140 bhp engine. The one that I have got is the maxi Life with dark windows. I can remove the 3rd row of seats and fold up the front row to leave a van that will take 2 bikes easily and yet still be a usable every day vehicle that is as comfortable as a car to drive.

Pics are of my new vehicles. The Caddy comes tomorrow and will get its first trip to a trial with bikes inside on Sunday when we go to Builth Wells for the next Sammy Miller round..