This week I have been mostly...

Happy Christmas mate, hope mom has the most comfortable Christmas she is able to.

Tim..

Seconded.

Been in hospital over Xmas sucks, I just got home yesterday and don't have to go back till 2nd January :-)

Hope your ma recovers and gets home ASAP. If she's well enough to give them agro, this is a good sign heh. I've done a lot of miles recently, and I'm still not sure if I do have a soft touch dashboard or not...

Tell your mum to get well soon, and you and Charlie have a good Xmas.

Good order. I knew you were in but didn't know if you were in over Christmas.

Driving through the fog was kinda neat for the first ten hours... :)

If you need a break - gimme a call - I'm in the middle!

Ya that isn't a bad idea, I've tended to leave Boston at about, hmm, 20:00 or so. That means getting back for 22:30 or so.

Well, you know my number - phone on all christmas holiday!

Ya! Wretched 'phone often doesn't recognise my voice over the diesel clatter and it's almost always in my bag in the boot...

I expect I'll or we'll be going most days until Mum's out. Don't know when she'll be out of course...

"DervMan" wrote in news:458c82f0$0$32021$ snipped-for-privacy@news.zen.co.uk:

Best wishes Dervy, If mum is giving the nurses aggro, thats a good thing. With that mileage going on, you'll be glad to have the Saab, I know I was glad of the Volvo seats when I did the same with my Dad. Christmas was actually quite fun in hospital in the old days, dunno about now though ;-) Anyway, take care, and I hope she gets better soon.

The most remarkable thing about the Saab has been... well just that. Nothing. Nothing unremarkable. No sore backs, no mysterious noises, just, it's worked.

Having it wash my headlights for me is a _real_ boon in this wretched weather too!

"DervMan" wrote in news:458db281$0$31230$da0feed9 @news.zen.co.uk:

That, apart from the seats is what I miss most about the Volvo, now I'm driving a bloody base model ZX 1.9D. It's amazing how quickly the headlights get feeble with all the crap that sticks to them at this time of year.

Saab seats are very good. They didn't suit me "so" well, but they are the better of the cars I've had. And they suit almost all others perfectly.

Not just wash, but wash and wipe. That is the real bonus.