wedding anniversary, the second

[percival]

We went to a lovely Vegetarian Gujarati restaurant in Nicholson Square, Edinburgh, Ann Purna. I had vegetable korma to die for and finished off with a low-cal yoghurt-nut-saffron mix.

Yum!

In the evening, we scoured car magazines - Which Car? Guide, specifically - for an affordable, reliable, low-fuel-consumption vehicle. We've narrowed our choice down to Nissan Almera (as recommended by slowfox), Nissan Micra, Ford Ka, Ford Fiesta, and Ford Mondeo. Everything else is either too expensive or not reliable enough. I'm assuming responsibility for the car search, even though I don't have a driving licence. This is the secret for a happy marriage, folks - he leaves her to deal with the outside world, while he cleans the kitchen :).

Comments

[cynthia-black.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you have a good arrangement there, percival!!

Re cars: I know I said before that the Almera might not be roomy enough if you're looking for family potential, but Nissans in general are very good (after K-reg. Before that they're liable to rust). I've got a fairly old Nissan Micra 1.3 LX, and it's a brilliant little car! It's economical - I get around 40 mpg, even though most of my driving is to/from town - reliable and, having a 1.3 engine in a car that size, it's pretty nippy too. And it's still in the cheaper bracket for car tax, being under 1400cc. A friend of mine has the 1.0 litre version, and she gets a good 45 mpg out of it most of the time. So if it's a small car you want, I can definitely recommend the Micra!

[apel.livejournal.com]

This is pretty much a bit ditto to what Cynthia said. I've got a Nissan Micra with the smaller engine size and it's a good little car. While it won't hold a double bed, the back seat does fold down so you can get a surprising amount of rubbish in the back if you're only 2 people.