Welcome to Ziggy

For the past several months, Jim and I have been driving this car:

Thank you, UIW, for looking after us so well

It had been Tony's car until he and Stella decided that they needed to reduce from two cars to one.  Stella felt that this car was too long for her to be able to see to drive safely. So they bought a Jazz, Lindsey bought UIW and it went to Townsville for a couple of years with Emily and then came back when she did. It spent a bit of time in Melbourne and then came back to Mount Helen, when Jim and I took over driving it.  I have to agree that it is quite a long car - I can't really see the very front of the car properly. Stella would have had no chance.

It's a nice car. Tony was very reluctant to get rid of it. It is good to drive and has quite a powerful engine.  I was considering offering to buy it from Lindsey so it would be properly our car.

Then Tony died. He doesn't need a car anymore.  And Stella can't drive. Her vision isn't good enough now.  So there was the Jazz sitting, unused, in their garage.  I offered to buy that instead.  It hasn't done 50,000 km yet and is six years old rather than 13.

Lindsey was heading to Mount Martha on Sunday to pick Stella up and take her to Melbourne for the night.  I hitched a ride and brought Ziggy back to Mount Helen.  It doesn't have the power that UIW has but it trundled gamely up the hills between Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat.  I think it will be happy with us - it certainly won't take it six years to get to 100,000 km!!

Welcome to Ziggy

Monday night at Hill House: