I guess for some people getting a new car is pretty
uncomplicated. They know what they want
and they go and buy it. Not so for
us. We had our Vauxhall Astra for nine
years and had never really thought about other cars during all of that
time. So when we decided it was time to
change we did not know where to start
So the last month has been devoted to researching which car
to buy. Hours spent on the internet
comparing VW, Peugeot, Opel, Seat and Ford.
Countless visits to showrooms, both in UK and here in Spain.
Then what to do with our old Astra. It’s in perfect working order, for its age,
but is right hand drive. Worse still, it
does not have air conditioning. This
joint disadvantage apparently makes it of no value at all locally. We could have sold it privately, but that
can be a minefield in Spain. So we
wanted to part exchange it. But no one
was interested.
Then we found Dunia, the sales lady in our local Seat
showroom. Seat was my first choice, but
it took about six weeks for Jan to agree.
Dunia was patient throughout and extremely helpful. She even managed a good exchange deal for our
old Astra. And when we picked up our
brand new Seat Ibiza she made us feel like we had bought the car of the year.
