After two years of being a Santy owner and loving a whole lot about the car (and the community that goes with it!), the repair costs over the course of time and now the rising fuel and tax costs mean that she is finally having to go :-( I will miss her a great deal I think.

The finance deals that they are doing on new cars now are too good to pass up, and the lure of cheap finance, 50 mpg, no MOT for 3 years and a new warranty have meant a new Renault is on order. Should arrive around the 1st May, so I have between now and then to try and sell the Santy privately otherwise she's being taken as a part-ex (will loose a fair bit of money that way but expect to start saving it vs running costs fairly quickly).