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Diary - Monday 16 May 2011

16 May 2011

Mardy Diary writes: I've got a car for sale - interested? I thought it was what I needed at the time, but it turns out I was completely wrong. You can take it off my hands for free, but the insurance and tax are a bit expensive so you'll have to make sure you can cover that.

If I'm being honest, it was stupid buying the car in the first place. The guy who sold it to me must have seen me coming - it's been nothing but trouble. If I could go back to the day I bought it, I'd say "no thanks, mate". It's always breaking down, you see - it's not very reliable at all. In fact, I've only managed to get it out on the road a couple of times this year.

Sure, on paper it looked a great deal at the time. Although I was a bit suspicious when the guy who sold it to me wouldn't let me look at its service history or get it checked out by a mechanic. But I thought, what the hell, what could possibly go wrong? So I took out a three-year insurance and breakdown cover package as I expected to have it for a long time. Seems I was wrong to do that - I wouldn't advise anyone else to make the same mistake I made. Complete waste of money.

You see, I bought it on the recommendation of a friend at the time. And I might have told everyone that he was my best mate forever at that time, but a couple of months later I went off him. Now I don't see him any more. My new best mates (I've got two now - two is better than one, right?) have told me to get rid of the car because it's no good. They're good mates, these - they can use the internet and everything. They went on that internet and showed me some other cars I could get for the same money that would be more reliable. You've got to appreciate that sort of effort haven't you? I mean, I've seen how these guys go about business - they'll definitely make sure I get the right sort of car next time. These guys are going to be my best mates for a long time. I can definitely see it.

Yeah, you might call me fickle and accuse me of changing best mates every six months, but if your best mate lets you down then what are you supposed to do? Sure, Guest Diary has had the same best mate for years, but then his best mate is more reliable than any of the ones I've had. His best mate has been giving him relatively good advice for years. OK - there were a couple of years where the advice he got from his best mate wasn't so great (I think I told him to ditch him at that point), but generally, since then he's stuck with him.

Anyway, who wants my car?