Yesterday we picked up our new car: the dark green Mazda Premacy. We took it for a test drive on Friday morning and arranged everything. Because of the APK that still needed doing we couldn't take it to the EE weekend, so we drove to Nieuw Milligen with Cora and Rene. Thanks guys!

Matthijs already changed the radios. The one from the Kia is now inside the Premacy. The old radio from the Premacy was one that could only play cassettes and it had a cd changer in the back (inconvenient). The one from the Kia can at least play cd's. We will also be collecting the battery from the Kia this Saturday after the Kia has been sent on transport to some poor country. They payed us € 125 for it!

The parting with the Kia was only a bit emotional. When we drove off with our Premacy I didn't feel anything. But then we went back to bring the spare key (which we had forgotten) and after that drove past the Kia, standing there lonely on the parking lot. I got tears in my eyes! Such a weird thing. It feels a bit (but less severe) like leaving a beloved pet at the veterinarian and knowing you'll never see it again. Even though this is just a piece of metal on wheels.

I do hope the Kia will make someone else happy. Sometimes old cars get transported to poorer countries where people drive around with dents, rust and all kinds of defects longer than we do here in 'the West'. It's either that or the scrap heap I'm afraid.

So, we're now the proud owners of a 'real' car. It does not even stand out in the row of cars that are parked in front of our block of houses. The Kia kind of mocked the Mercedes of our neighbour, with it's light color and the worn down look. Now we fit in. ;-)