Bath Time

It's 16C outside today, blue sky and sunshine. That's almost 61F in old money. Even though we've enjoyed a mild and relatively snow free winter so far, today is the first day that looks and feels remotely like spring.
And when the sun shines, my thoughts go to....... the Car Wash!

 I should have taken a "before" picture. Poor Bluebottle was filthy. He was looking very sad and uncared for. But he's all shiny now.... until the next bad weather day.

Bluebottle

Meet Bluebottle. He's my new 2009 Mazda 3 Sport GT. My very first brand new car ever!

He's got a 2.3l engine, with 5 speed manual transmission. He's Electric Blue. And he's got tons of those newfangled thingummyjiggers that my previous cars didn't have, like electric windows, sunroof, air conditioning, cruise control, CD player, automatic lights and wipers.... I could go on and on....

He's been with me now for about 6 weeks. He's a peppy little chap, and I love him dearly. I try to park far away from other cars to keep him pristine and dent-free BUT... disaster has struck!

I don't know when or where it happened. Some idiot b*****d drove into the back of poor Bluebottle in a parking lot somewhere and then drove away without leaving any note or apology or I.D.
I noticed the dent yesterday.
What a coward.