► I’ve just bought a new car. No, not a brand-new one – you know me better than that – but a new to me car. Those of you who’ve followed me over the years may not be that surprised to learn that I’ve gone back to Volvos, but this one represents a bit of a departure. As you can see, it’s a Volvo C70 convertible – and I absolutely love it! I’ve actually been following the listings for these since late last year; the original plan was to try and buy one by the end of February to, hopefully, avoid buying an open-topped car in the height of summer. However, for various reasons (including, really frustratingly on one occasion, my now-replaced laptop freezing at a crucial point in online bidding) it’s only just happened.
I’ll tell you more about the actual car in due course, for now I’d like to concentrate on some rather interesting stuff which the purchase, and observation of the market leading up
