Unveiled
At the main Nissan dealership, I picked up our new car today. Bizarrely, it had been covered with a big red cloth sheet and I had no idea it was ours until the car salesman, Andrew, unveiled it when all the paperwork had been done. "It's not every day you buy a new car!" he explained. Minus the red cloth, our vehicle looked very handsome in his metallic gun metal grey livery. He was spotless and manufactured in England too - up in the north east near Sunderland. Like Old Andrew in Melbourne, Young Andrew was a nice guy and I was happy to deal with him. He talked me through most of the car's main features without boggling my mind. The new motor is a different kettle of fish from Clint entirely. To begin with, there isn't a key and there's no traditional handbrake either. There's a touchscreen with satnav and camera functions. There are switches for heating the seats and the steering wheel though today in northern England such facilities were mo...