Not much opportunity for nature photography with poor weather and clatting about with car, changing insurance, etc... Did manage one photo of a parent Starling setting off having just fed one of its brood:
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Stay There While I Find More Food
Yesterday was not a good day car wise. Twice I had a real struggle trying to engage reverse gear. Not nice in a tight parking space close to a car in front when that's the only direction mine wants to move. Took it to my local garage this morning fearing a gearbox or clutch job. The most probable diagnosis was clutch. Had to leave it there as it finally refused to recognise reverse at all. As it was due for a service and MOT test the consideration was would it be worth having all that done on a 17 year old car. So I had a look at the cars for sale and liked the look of a very reasonably priced used Honda Jazz. Test drove that in the afternoon and found it to be to my liking. A bit of a change from a Mitsubishi Charisma but with my low annual mileage it will do the job for £100 a year less in road tax.
Not much opportunity for nature photography with poor weather and clatting about with car, changing insurance, etc... Did manage one photo of a parent Starling setting off having just fed one of its brood:
Not much opportunity for nature photography with poor weather and clatting about with car, changing insurance, etc... Did manage one photo of a parent Starling setting off having just fed one of its brood:
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not familiar with a honda jazz as that model is not sold here, but i'm a die-hard honda driver for the past 30 years.
ReplyDeleteTWG: I would have had another Mitsubishi but they are much more expensive. The Honda looks great value for money.
DeleteHope you got the car issue all sorted out. We don't drive ours very much either; it is a 2001 and has less than 80,000 miles on it. We like it so much and found it so reliable that we shipped it to Belize when we moved. We hope to get a few more years out of it.
ReplyDeleteIs that an apple tree the starlings are in?
Wilma: Collect the Honda tomorrow.
DeleteYes, that was one of next door's apple trees.
I know a couple of people that have the Jazz. They seem fine but most modern cars are.
ReplyDeleteYou caught the starling flying.
Adrian: The bird took off just as I pressed the shutter - pure luck.
DeleteWe have a petrol Honda Jazz and are very pleased with it. Very versatile and the rear seats easily fold flat for large items. Its economical too with 45mpg on local runs and upto 60mpg on longer trips if you keep it about 65 mph. Ours is auto so a manual maybe more economical.
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