Car: sold!
I am a bit gutted about it, I have to say, I bloody loved that car and I didn't get quite as much for it as I would've liked, but then it did need a few things doing. One of the tyres needed replacing immediately (the guy that bought it took it straight to a local tyre place as it wasn't so much bald as a racing slick), one of the side skirts needs realigning, the bonnet arguably needs a respray (many stone chips)... anyway, it's done and my financial position doesn't look quite so glum.
True to his word, my amazing younger brother (who I'm living with at present) immediately got on the phone to his insurance company and added me to the insurance for his '98 Toyota Celica. Even better, he has actively discouraged me from buying another car just yet, as he's told me that to all intents and purposes I can just take it as and when I like, which I wasn't expecting. To be fair, the guy works in London and rarely ever uses his car, it can literally sit on our drive untouched for months at a time, so in a way I think he's just glad it'll be getting some use. All he wants in return from me is for me to pay for the tracking issue to be sorted out (it veers very slightly to the left at the moment) and to give it a clean. Other than it being a bit grubby and the radio not remembering stations programmed in (I'd imagine it wasn't installed properly), the car is great and drives brilliantly, certainly I can't argue when it's being provided effectively for free!
Adding to the awesome, I was talking to my family about how surprisingly lovely to drive my bro's Celica is. My dad then took me to one side later and told me that if I wanted my own, bearing in mind that even the latest shape Celicas are not too pricey nowadays if you're happy settling for the 1.8 VVTi, he'd gladly help me financially to buy one. I'm going to leave it a few months at least though, see how things go with sharing my brother's car.
But wait: there's more! I've spent the last week or so chatting to a really lovely girl online who lives fairly close to me, we've been getting on brilliantly and are planning to meet up on Tuesday. Also, she's a trainee manager at Kwik Fit and reckons it'll cost about £31 to sort out that tracking problem!
Could it be things are finally starting to work out a bit nicer for me? In fact the only downside lately is I've been ill since last Monday night, originally with stomach bug symptoms, now with flu-like symptoms. Not sleeping very well with endless fever-dreams, constantly feel like I'm running a temperature, it's a bit shit. But hey ho, hopefully I'll recover in time for Tuesday.