Honda and all that jazz

I have been driving this car for about 5 months now. And it took over 2 months for us to zero in on this one. It was a chance conversation on an otherwise normal evening, that led to the decision to own a second car. We began the very long search for that perfect car in early December last year. We decided on an automatic as it was going to be used only for city commuting and we had never owned one before - we had learnt from others how easy it was to drive and found it perfect for Sheffield's numerous hills and valleys. AutoTrader.com was the favorite website of the month and we religiously scanned the website for suitable cars in our area. We shortlisted a few and Prashanth visited the garages, but was not impressed by the ones he saw. We saw various cars ranging from Suzuki Alto to Mitsubishi Colt to Fiat Punto to even the Merc A series. Given our history of car purchases, we thought we'd be done in a few days. But how wrong we were! Our first car was bought after a single trip to a single dealer, our second one was bought after 2 trips, but this one was so different from our earlier experiences. We made a trip to Leeds, but were not happy with the test drives. We made 3 trips to Wakefield and almost finalized a Suzuki Liana, but found it was a Category D - had been involved in an accident. Various cars that we shortlisted were gone even before we could get to the garage. After about a month of not finding that perfect car, I drew up a list of cars that I thought would work for me. Toyota Yaris was my all time favorite, followed by VW Polo and Ford Focus. The jazz was added after checking out the car in London. The only problem with the jazz was the price. It was the most expensive of all as it had the 'Honda' tagged to it. The budget had more than doubled during this time and we were still on the hunt. Sometime in the last week of January, I noticed an ad for the Jazz at a garage near my house. We went to check it out the following saturday and bought it almost instantly. No second thoughts, just a nod from both of us and we signed on the dotted line. We secured it for £300 less than the advertised price and were happy with the bargain. The car was picked up in two days and is now almost always used for city driving. Prashanth loves this one for the auto gear and I like it for its made my life a whole lot convenient. Incidentally I haven't got on a bus in months and it feels wierd to not use public transport!