26th February 26. A Two Job, But Relaxing Day

A strangely relaxed day as delivering a van from my customer in Aylesbury to a retail customer near Hungerford. It was a brand new Ford E-Courier so electric.

I had a short wait as the sales exec was with another customer. But it gave me a chance to catch up with some ex work colleagues. I have to say of all the places I have worked there is only a handful of people I would talk to and have a laugh with. And most of them work here . Some good people here.

The van was in the large workshop, storage area so I did my appraisal and photos and eventually got the paperwork to be signed off the salesman and got on my way.

E-Courier ready for its new home

The journey from Aylesbury to Hungerford is a journey you can do In a few different ways.

Google maps is usually spot on so I went the route through Oxford to the A34 and south to the M4 then west.

The place was about 5 miles out of Hungerford on the north side of the M4 . With Hungerford on the south

After dropping off the van with it's new owner. And excited new employee driver. I obtained the required signature's on the dealership paperwork.

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E-Courier delivered

That done I had a long wait for an Uber of 20 minutes. But at least I found one. It was a 20 minutes drive to the station in Hungerford. And then a quick train with a stop in Newbury to get to Reading. Where I was collecting another Motability car from the Nissan dealership there. Which was going to Norwich next week. But for today just taking me home. Perfect.

Or not..

The car was a mess. A lot of damage and instantly I knew that. This car was going to be rejected by the buyer when I get there next week.

A dent man challenge

With Motability purchases, you can make a claim in a certain timeframe on the system. A process which is very important to take advantage of as these cars are very expensive and rarely at "book" or below price. In fact mostly at normal trading times way over book values.

So the prep is vital. However, you cannot claim for damage to bumpers, wheels bonnets or roofs, usually. The trick then is to really try and claim for as much as possible to make it work. This car, however. My first thoughts were reject,

We will see when I deliver it next week.

For now the journey from Reading to Aylesbury is ahead of me.

Reading to Aylesbury

Again, multiple ways. To get from Reading But you can't really avoid the M25 or Oxford. Unless you want to trickle through various smaller places. So it was M4 to A34 and through Oxford. Parked up the Nissan ready for delivery next week.