My firstdriving commute of the rest of my working life happened today.

[linda_joyce]

Last Thursday Beth and I went looking at cars for me. I didn't find anything in my price range for the specs I wanted and came away empty handed. On the other hand Beth did, she has a brand new Chevy, used to be Daou(or however it was spelled). She got a good price on it and so didn't bother with asking for a trade in on her 10 year old slug of an Astra, she said until she find some one to take it off her hands for spare parts or I find a car I want I could use it for work, so today I drove to work. The bypass wasn't as traumatic as I expected but I think I'm the only one who was keeping to the speed limit. Even crossing from one side of Newport to the other was reasonable, my driving instructor having taught me the back street ways that miss the traffic foul ups, it was the road into Bettws that had me swearing. There are traffic calming obstacles in place on the main road into this place in the form of speed bumps, every two car lengths, I know this estate is full of unlicensed boy races but NCC has gone for over kill. If the suspension on this car wasn't borderline before it is now. My first driving commute of the rest of my working life happened to day and I was exhausted before I started and 45 minutes early for work.

Comments

[jekesta]

Oh yay for a car you can use! I hope you find one of your own that you like soon. We have roads covered in speed bumps as well, I wouldn't mind so much, but they're awful pointy ones that used to hit the underside of my old car. Boyracers have a lot to answer for.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

The ones here are the wide flat ones with steep sides, it's like driving over a small wall.

[inyadreems.livejournal.com]

Oh speed bumps. They're for driving fast over, that's why they are called speed bumps.
;o)

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

And one day when I want to wreck a car I will try that.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Go you! (But not too fast!)