T-H-E-C-A-R

The school that I will be teaching in is too far away from my home for me to get there easily. There is no public transportation services. And that means that I have 2 options: either I rent a car on a long-term basis, or I buy a car. After much research, I have discovered that not only is it less expensive to buy, but also to buy a new car rather than a used car. So, after even more research, I found the car I would buy. It is called a Toyota Aygo, and is a "micro-car." It gets more than 60mpg, and is tiny. I ordered it yesterday, and it should be here sometime in September. I'll still have to rent a car at the start of the school year, but for a lot less time than I thought. Here are some pictures of my exact specification.


The outside, which has 4 doors. There is enough space on the inside for Ashley to fit, but it will only ever fit 4 people.

The back, with the tiny trunk. It produces 106 g of carbon per kilometer, which means that I only have to pay the lowest amount of road tax each year. This is good.


The inside. Yep, the driving stuff is on the right. I have discovered that this disturbs me most when I am trying to flick the windshield wipers on, because I end up messing with the turn signal instead. My brain hasn't figured out that I need to think about which side the wipers are on yet.


And the inside from the door. This car is also nice because it has the lowest insurance rating possible, which means that the insurance on it will be low.

These pics are not of my potential car, because it has not yet been built. There is so much demand for this brand that there is a 6 week backlog. It's nothing fancy, but it is safe, inexpensive (comparatively,) and ecologically friendly. It will happily get me to work and home. Don't worry, we still intend to keep walking everywhere locally, though. Our town is so compact that it would be silly to drive. But we may well get to go and do more sightseeing when we own a car. Here's hoping.