Out for lunch!

We had a bit of a shock today when we discovered the identity of ET's first owner. We received the V5 logbook through the post yesterday and this morning Keith asked me to Google the name of the owner, a company called ERAC Ltd. We found out that this was Enterprise Rent-a-Car which would explain the slightly higher mileage for a year old car.

We were both furious as this should have been explained to us by the dealership when we were looking to buy the car. There is some argument that ex-rental cars have been maintained well but little ET could have had many, many different drivers and we might have changed our minds had we known the truth.

I looked on the internet and discovered that a dealership in Middlesbrough had been fined £4000 for not telling a prospective buyer the truth about a car's first owner, i.e. that it was an ex-rental car. I called the Hyundai dealership and the man I spoke to sounded very sheepish. I was put through to the manager who gave us three options: two years' free servicing or £300 in lieu of that, or a complete refund, which is something we didn't want as the car matched Sophie's wish list perfectly and what a hassle that would be, to take it back!

To be honest, the manager sounded very arrogant so I informed him that we would be talking to Citizens' Advice on Monday with a view to contacting Trading Standards. We were all very angry but we still love the car and it's already part of our family.

Sophie and I went to Market Harborough at lunchtime and my daughter drove, which was great because I had a glass of wine in Pizza Express! We chose the doughballs to start along with 'Nduja Arancini, little risotto balls with 'Nduja sausage. They were delicious! We each had a pizza for our main course and by the time we were finished we were stuffed!

We had a wander around the shops but it was very cold and we didn't see anything we liked so we went home. It was lovely to curl up on the sofa in our warm living room and relax before it was time to go and pick Mike up from work.

For dinner in the evening we had Beef Stroganoff and afterwards we watched a film called Berlin Syndrome, which was very good, if a little long!