JenGog's Guestbook

too many computers
Gone are the days when you looked under the bonnet and knew what was under there . This one is the same . You can swap it between so many different modes of driving . Glenn is investigating sports mode which apparently sounds awesome and goes faster. I just cant be bothered with it all . My MINI is bad enough . Everytime it tells me my tyres need air I have to get the manual out to reset the computer . I never remember from one time to the next . I swear I was happier before all that technology . Now I dread seeing the screen light up blue and tell me my tyres need some attention I used to be oblivious until I looked at them and thought they are flattish . The IT guy spent an hour setting it all up to do what our favourite things are but in all honesty we would have needed to be there four hours I reckon to cover everything . Trouble is it is a five hour round trip to go back and to be honest I doubt they would want us back to go through everything in minute detail . The car recognises Glenn when he gets in and he can get it to do what he wants . He enjoys reading up on it whereas I never read anythign until it goes wrong :) . Good to hear things are good with Linda now .

sat nav
I think ours took up up the fastest way as the roads are better . The coast road would have been pretty but slower . Glenn has not had chance to work his way round anything much in the car yet . The thing is complicated beyond belief . He is reading the manual at the moment . But apparently with BMW they dont go into detail . You have to buy a much bigger version of the manual to learn how to change things on the computer on it . I have said "Leave it all alone ". Its safer - just drive it as it is set up LOL . Too much gadgetry for me . Hope Linda is Ok now she is home .

Had to check it out
Good old Mr Google gave me the answer - in Vice Squad a year earlier . Cant imagine anyone saying it with such panache as Clint Eastwood .

clint
Our seaside towns do look rather drab at this time of year . It was good to see the sea though. I dont think I can compete with Bryson . We tried asking her to take us to to A55 expressway . She seemed to prefer to take us to the E55 in Europe .:) Wishful thinking . Not sure what to call the car . Did you work out why we called it Clint ?

automatics
Hi Jackie - the deed has been done . Glenn has bought a BMW M135i X drive . It has the automatic and the parking assist . I have to be honest I have driven automatic before and really hate them . I am a lover of a gear box and really dislike automatics . He loves it . I keep telling him we cant sleep in it , cant eat in it and cant pee in it .LOL. Take it you are in Spain . How is it over there ? weather horrible here today - wind and quite heavy rain .

moving on
Hello Bob - yes I have felt very down losing Gabby. I think we are both a bit emotional. The house is full of her bits and pieces and I have been trying to throw out what we will not need . We will get there . Glenn is loving his new car . He is finding it easy to drive and a lot less hassle than Gabby. I know its the right thing and we have been talking of trying Eurostar to Amsterdam at some point so yes there is a change coming up. Life moves on and we have to move with it . Will get used to it . I am looking forward to hearing your adventures in the next year . Travel goes on doesnt it .

knees and things
Gosh you did well seeing all those castles . It must have been a tough trip. We have been looking a new cars and it seems most performance cars like the VW's, the BMW's and the Audis (all German) have paddles to change the gears and or automatic transmission. We looked at ordering a new one but it seems we might have to wait 6 - 12 months for delivery . We sold Gabby and went down to Warwick today and test drove a new BMW. Not the colour we wanted nor was it manual but in the end decided to buy it . We take delivery on Wednesday . You are right that we have exhausted travel in Europe in the last 10 years and as Glenn has reached almost 76 he is finding it not as nice to drive in Europe as it was a few years back . Hopefully his knee will improve not driving long distances . We shall see . He is not keen on flying so there might be some problems but we will have to try something different . We still have some places we need to visit and its too soon to give up travel . Have you any more plans ?

Lighthouse of the world
Thankyou for adding it . It has a wonderful backstory .