Hi all,
I've been lurking on this forum for sometime but this is my first post. For the last year or so, I've been learning to drive ""” I'm not by any means a young driver but my wife and I have two small children and decided that it was time to finally get our driving licenses (city dwellers!). We had decided that, once I got the license, we would need to get a car but it had to meet a lot of criteria (small, cheap but reliable, safe, good environmental credentials""¦). The up! on paper seemed to tick all of those boxes and it was at the top of the shortlist. In fact, thinking that one day we might be driving around in an up! actually motivated me through the long ordeal of learning!
So last week, I sat and passed my driving test (I was over the moon!). A few days later we dropped into a dealer to see the VW up!. My main worry was the boot ""” so I brought along some suitcases and bags to see what would fit ""” and I was pleasantly surprised ""” we could get everything in! Then on Thursday we had a test drive ""” wow! What a lot of fun it is to drive! My wife was equally impressed ""” she described the car as having a lot of character which is very true I think.
So Friday, I went to the dealer and we bought our first car! It's a white High up! Blue Motion with all the options including the sunroof and it will arrive in about 2 1/2 months. Can hardly wait. We hesitated some time over the colour (black looks great too but so does white ) and also the sunroof (do we really need it?!)
Anyway, I expect I will be an even more regular visitor here from now on so just wanted to say hello to all!
I've been lurking on this forum for sometime but this is my first post. For the last year or so, I've been learning to drive ""” I'm not by any means a young driver but my wife and I have two small children and decided that it was time to finally get our driving licenses (city dwellers!). We had decided that, once I got the license, we would need to get a car but it had to meet a lot of criteria (small, cheap but reliable, safe, good environmental credentials""¦). The up! on paper seemed to tick all of those boxes and it was at the top of the shortlist. In fact, thinking that one day we might be driving around in an up! actually motivated me through the long ordeal of learning!
So last week, I sat and passed my driving test (I was over the moon!). A few days later we dropped into a dealer to see the VW up!. My main worry was the boot ""” so I brought along some suitcases and bags to see what would fit ""” and I was pleasantly surprised ""” we could get everything in! Then on Thursday we had a test drive ""” wow! What a lot of fun it is to drive! My wife was equally impressed ""” she described the car as having a lot of character which is very true I think.
So Friday, I went to the dealer and we bought our first car! It's a white High up! Blue Motion with all the options including the sunroof and it will arrive in about 2 1/2 months. Can hardly wait. We hesitated some time over the colour (black looks great too but so does white ) and also the sunroof (do we really need it?!)
Anyway, I expect I will be an even more regular visitor here from now on so just wanted to say hello to all!