So when I collected the car, the seller said only one key.
Kinda disappointing as it means a £10.00 key purchase adding to the cost of buying and fetching the car.
Remember, all the peripheral costs are costs, not magic.
So train, a potential key cut, a day off work are real costs I add to the purchase price calculations, then of course there are these, insurance, road tax, recovery insurance adding up to about £800.00 yes, really, the cost of reversing off the driveway at home for the first time. These are yearly costs, so you could split them by 12 bringing you to about £67.00 per month, or £2.00 per day excluding fuel and repairs/service costs.
So a pleasant surprise when I was driving down the motorway was a spare set of keys falling from the sun visor, onto the floor by my feet, £10.00 reduced.
When I got home I noticed a Haynes Manual and original owners manual on the floor. So more moneys saved as I had intended to go buy these.
Last night I did a quick video and also got a couple of engine bay pics.
Quick video:
https://youtu.be/9WubHv51_gE
Tonight after work I washed the S10 as I want to park it on the sidewalk with a for sale sign on the screen, and clean sells.
The Astro was pretty dirty when I took it, well….. it was no worse than the S10 or my company car tbh, but washed and vacuumed made a difference.
I was standing looking at this in the back yard earlier…… even before I washed it, and it really made me smile.
This is a good looking car for sure.
So pleased I got lucky to find it.