After 10 happy years at my current job I've just accepted a new job much nearer to home. It means a pay cut but once I've factored in the reduced fuel and Tyne tunnel fees I'm no worse off, and sheltered from the constant fuel/tunnel increases!

I've had a long commute for the last 15 or so years so this is a welcome relief! I might start to enjoy motoring a bit more than I used to! And I won't miss paying the robbing bar stewards at the tyne tunnel, something that always stuck in my craw after all the fuel tax and road tax we pay!

I might even be tempted to go for a 2.8 or 3.2 now.......I was thinking about a Zafira but that's out the window now!