Travelling in style

We travel in style, in our new Skoda Superb, compared to our old car, our modest Citroen Picassa.   The small people carrier with the raised front seats so that we can easily get in and out of the car.   A car that we can take the rubbish to the tip in, load the grandchildren into, and get from Point A to Point B, without using much fuel.   Such a practical car.    Even our two cushions looked good on the back parcel shelf.

But now we have a large and powerful car, built for towing caravans.  And also for speed, when not towing a caravan, for power, and for comfort.   The leather seats, electrically heated of course, are pure luxury.   The 4x4 ensures we sit firmly on the road, plus it is great for getting us out of difficulties when it snows or out of the mud in camping grounds.

And the car is full of electronic gadgets; the electric seats, a sat nav, driver memory electric seat, self parallel parking (yes it parks itself), rain sensor, automatic headlights (can see around corners), electronic stability, bluetooth interface telephone equipment plus many more gadgets, not discovered yet.   It even has an umbrella tucked into one rear door,  The door is heated so that the umbrella dries out when returned to its pouch.

We are travelling in style, as long as I can remove the word 'Skoda' and all that it meant a few years ago, from my mind.