In a shock revelation this morning, I found out that my aging Nissan is going to be replaced, which, admittedly, I knew was gonna happen *sometime* but not quite as soon as.. "oh your new van got ordered today, it'll be ready next week"
which is nice, because the Nissan, although bullet proof and still going is starting to get old and need spending money on, and it only has 70bhp, which gets produced by a noisy, thirsty (low 20's) n/a 2.3 Diesel... the new van, a Fiat Scudo Maxi, which has actually restored my faith in their build quality - seems they've got their act together at last has 120 horsies coming from a 2.0 turbo Diesel, which is all modern and quiet.... Itll be very pleasant not having to wring it's neck to get up the hill on the way home