twobears

Does anyone honestly do this when driving a normal (non vintage car) on the roads? I have a reason for asking

Painful!!

Funny I hate weddings. Hopefully I'll never have to do it again

I'm so sorry to hear your news

Well done commander

Sorry to hear your news

Thanks Jetpilot and Humpy I stayed in a little village near Bridport for a couple of nights last week and had a look round the area but it would be nice to take a drive back to Dorset once I pick up my new car at the weekend. I am keen to drive it and it would be good to have a purpose to the trip as well. I might see if I can book a B&B.

Thanks Jetpilot I am after rural rather than coastal but it would be nice to be nearer to the sea than I am at the moment. I like Lyme Regis and other pretty seaside places but I don't think I would cope very well with tourists getting under my feet if I'm honest! I think that Devon and Cornwall would be too far off the beaten track for me, although they are both lovely counties.

Oh yes, I had forgotten the location of the Zed Shed How could that possibly happen?

I am idly thinking of where I would like to move to in a couple of years time and have been wondering about Dorset but am not sure what it is like to actually live there permanently. I've been on holiday a few times, near Poole, Milton Abbas and Bridport respectively and I feel 'at home' because it is so rural but I would love to hear from a 'native' with good and bad points. I can probably live anywhere in the country in a few years time so it is difficult to make a decision because I am not tied to anything in particular. Any sensible advice would be welcome - thank you

It would be good if it happened at McDonald's because I go there a lot! I only ever get myself a drink (diet coke since you ask ) so I would probably be out of pocket because lots of people seem to be feeding an entire village if the amount of little brown bags handed through their car windows are any indicator

Well done marzman and everyone else who is trying to get up the career ladder. Best of luck to you all and keep us posted please

Chris, you really are too kind

I promised that I had made my last 'sad and emotional' post so please note that I currently have my fingers stuffed in my ears and am singing, "Can't hear you, can't hear you"

How heartwarming It really makes a difference when people are kind to you. I hope I am a kind person. I normally try to be

Mm, I will hang around on the forum yay /boo , but I am getting even more misty eyed about Mr Zedders now and can't seem to stop myself going over to the window to take yet another look at him every few minutes. Maybe once he's gone I will feel more settled? At least my new car is in a beautiful blue as well and I am sure that there will be fun to be had with it. I was watching reviews of the ST3 last night and the reviewers seemed to be enjoying themselves for the most part. I just wish I knew how I was going to feel once I had made the swap. Maybe I am worrying unnecessarily? I just keep remembering what it is like to drive Mr Z on a track and it makes me sad that I will probably never get the chance again Sorry, I really must shut up and stop whinging on now. Let this be my final 'woe is me post'

I guess it's nice to know I'm in good company

Aw Graham, don't say that I am no stranger to crap decisions regarding cars. I bought an elderly P38 once and lasted less than a week before deciding that I could not drive (wallow) another foot in the horrible thing and I have only had the car I'm driving now for 10 weeks so I am losing loads of money on it but I just can't get on with something so underpowered. Whenever I try to make a 'sensible', 'grown up' decision it seems to backfire. Maybe I am just immature? Bockaaarck, I have always kept my little "Two Bears" cardboard name from Wales in Mr Zed and will be taking it out and saving it

Er, I might have done

Thanks for the clips - I remember both of those songs. I used to gallop round my garden over my home-made jumps pretending to be Black Beauty when I was younger, at least a couple of years younger than I am now

I'm still waiting to grow up and be sensible so I'd say 'spend, spend, spend'. You weren't expecting to receive it so just enjoy yourself. I am jealous by the way - ha ha

I've been for a long drive tonight and am feeling quite emotional about having to say goodbye to my favourite car ever, later on this week I am hoping that I will love my new Fiesta but I am slightly worried that I will miss Mr Zedders more than is healthy. I know it is the sensible decision because I really can't get him in the garage and my stupid neighbours all seem to have dyspraxia so, sooner or later, someone will take a chunk out of my car and I will want to smack them I let Mr Two Bears drive for a couple of hours and he got out saying that he was 'tired' and 'his legs hurt' and, when I laughed, he muttered something under his breath about me 'obviously being twice the man he was' He is getting another Land Rover in the fullness of time, an automatic and something that he can trundle round happily in because that is what suits him but I really feel that Zed suits me and my way of driving. On the odd occasion that I have managed to drive on a track I have always felt that Mr Zedders and I somehow became one. He is like a big, powerful horse in many ways. Ok, I'll get me coat

Thanks lmc

DoogyRev, much as I love maple syrup I will not be smearing Mr Two Bears' 'thing' with it because that could lead to something untoward ... wasp stings perhaps

Ok, thanks very much for the advice Zeus I hope I am allowed to do this bit of the process myself Will post photos once it is complete but don't hold your breath as Mr Two Bears is hardly ever at home to work on projects.