SKI-er or Sk-ater. We know how to enjoy ourselves

lessonlearned

Biggles wrote: »

I don't think anyone currently qualifying for this thread will ever see a working version!

I live in hope.:D

lessonlearned

pollypenny wrote: »

I was looking for this thread last week. You did better than I, SDW,

I wonder where all the ski-ers have gone.

We went to the USA in January, DIL had to travel do we helped with the gorgeous boys. Next trip is to Thailand in April, a tour and stay, which is ideal. It's for my big birthday.

I only just found this thread......it's nice to find one that talks about fun stuff.

Happy Birthday. :j:j

Thailand sounds wonderful....have a fabulous time.

I'm off on a cruise round the Baltic in 8 weeks. Got the itinerary yesterday. St Petersburg involves a lot of walking and hundreds of steps - I had better get in training.:eek::rotfl:

lessonlearned

Hi kitty. :hello:

Hope you are well.

pollypenny

Thanks, LL, my birthday is not until April, though. I can hang on the this decade for a while.

St Petersburg is very interesting, as is Tallin.

mumps

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

My husband would have liked the 4WD, but the only one they had was too expensive. Ours is diesel. We have had diesel cars for decades, as we keep our cars for years and the diesel engines will do a lot more miles. Our Seat Alhambra did almost a quarter of a million!

He's happy however with the model we have, the 2.0 diesel. Insurance the same as the Roomster . It's this model - and that colour - the only thing we don't like!

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We tend to keep cars for years, our old Ford Galaxy is 15 years old I think. I think the Seat Alhambra and the Ford Galaxy are virtually the same, well they look pretty similar to me anyway. DH has just had a new Kia, its a diesel as well, a Carens. It is a nice drive and very comfortable, makes my little roundabout look a bit sad but it is fine for me.

seven-day-weekend

mumps wrote: »

We tend to keep cars for years, our old Ford Galaxy is 15 years old I think.

I think the Seat Alhambra and the Ford Galaxy are virtually the same, well they look pretty similar to me anyway

. DH has just had a new Kia, its a diesel as well, a Carens. It is a nice drive and very comfortable, makes my little roundabout look a bit sad but it is fine for me.

Yes, they are very similar, as is the VW Sharan. Of course the Alhambra is a VW, apart from the fact it says Seat on the front.

Our Alhambra took us backwards and forwards across Spain from south to north and back again,for eight years, as well as all the driving while we were there, on mountain roads, it was a great vehicle., fifteen years old when we gracefully retired it.

When we finally changed it, we didn't need something as big, but stuck with the VW group and had the Skoda Roomster - very pleased with that too....hence the Yeti this time for the higher driving position.

mumps

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Yes, they are very similar, as is the VW Sharan. Of course the Alhambra is a VW, apart from the fact it says Seat on the front.

Our Alhambra took us backwards and forwards across Spain from south to north and back again,for eight years, as well as all the driving while we were there, on mountain roads, it was a great vehicle., fifteen years old when we gracefully retired it.

When we finally changed it, we didn't need something as big, but stuck with the VW group and had the Skoda Roomster - very pleased with that too....hence the Yeti this time for the higher driving position.

We've had the new car for a few weeks but DH can't bear to let the Galaxy go!!!!! He is a hoarder and just hates letting things go and I'm happiest on a trip to the tip to get rid of junk. If ever a couple were mismatched :rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

mumps wrote: »

We've had the new car for a few weeks but DH can't bear to let the Galaxy go!!!!! He is a hoarder and just hates letting things go and I'm happiest on a trip to the tip to get rid of junk. If ever a couple were mismatched :rotfl:

Both of us will throw things away, we are not hoarders, but I must admit to giving the Roomster a pat on its bonnet, thanking it for serving us so well, and hoping it goes to a good home.:o

mumps

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Both of us will throw things away, we are not hoarders, but I must admit to giving the Roomster a pat on its bonnet, thanking it for serving us so well, and hoping it goes to a good home.:o

Compared to DH you are a hard hearted woman How he ever got so far in the police force when a plant drooping or an old car being sold is too much for him.

Newly_retired

This thread has been quiet for months. Is nobody spending?
DH has just bought a car, not new, 2014, but still has loads of modern technology. Struggled to make the sat nav work properly, so he is studying the handbook now. I have realised how much he relies on it. We used my phone to get us home. Instructions were clear but because he couldn't see a route on his screen, he missed a turn, even though I had just said, turn right here. I manage well enough in my car by studying a map book first, and making myself aware of routes, towns etc, and listening to my phone if need be. I don't want to lose my navigational skills.
Other gadgets include a device that stops you needing to use the handbrake if you pause on a hill. Clever. And of course, keyless ignition.
I had to bite my tongue when we pulled up a petrol station and although he said he knew which side the petrol tank is , he got it wrong! Doh! At least he didn't put diesel in, having changed from a diesel to petrol car.
I have decided I don't want to change my car. It is 6 yrs old but very low mileage so no point really. I struggle to spend money.