tisgrim

Good for you Voodoo, stick to your guns man (although a dayglo Moose on the pavement might focus attention... )

Voodoodanny, never underestimate how blind the public is when it comes to looking for anything (I include myself). Anyone in retail will tell you the same. Thats why shops have big garish displays. So quick fix is to get a flashing "Seasons" sign and paint the shop something dayglo. Or wait on word-of-mouth. Hope you can afford to wait

Spent a few years doing that better car, better car thing, studiously ignoring the massive depreciation, outrageous service costs, insurance and whatnot - "its only costing me a tenner a week in petrol". Then got lucky enough to get a job 2 miles from my house so cycled in. Kept car though as you have to have a decent car don't you - "if I'm going to be sat in a jam then I might as well be in comfort". Only costing me about a quid a week in petrol now as I never used it. Then worked out that it was actually costing me the equivalent of about 5 grand a year of my gross salary to run it. Well, wash it. Thats me working a day a week to support my car. Sold it soon after that. So I suppose I can understand the arguments for car ownership - public transport is inconvenient, cycling dangerous, walking too slow - but can't really get my head around how much we willingly spend on cars. Shopping at Ikea, DFS, Matalan (maybe) etc raises no eyebrows but turn up in your Skoda...