The end of a Disco era

Today I waved goodbye to our Land Rover Discovery as it was driven away by it's new owner.  I cried a few tears as I loved that car - so easy to drive, so practical and yet so luxurious.  I remember when we bought it.  The kids and I were at either Fletcher or Hunter's birthday party and Jules had gone off just to "have a look" at the Discoverys.  Whilst the party was still going he phoned Craig and asked him to make sure I'd had a couple of glasses of champagne to soften me up to the news that he'd bought a new, very expensive car without my agreement!  

It also reminded me of this fantastic email Jules sent to the Mennie's when they copied us ;) and also bought a Discovery:

Dear Lisa

 

Congratulations on the new car – great news that you resisted CM’s attempts to buy you a Sherman tank.  You are officially an Avalon Now mum. 

 

A few helpful tips…

 

You must now refer to your LR as a Disco – it sounds really cool and is good for your cred.

 

I would highly recommend that you purchase Land Rover’s roof racks – they are exceptional value at only $18,000 – in fact I’m so keen for you to experience owning these that I would be willing to offer mine second hand at the bargain price of only $10,000.  Similarly LRs rubber foot matts are extremely reasonably priced.

 

Good luck trying to keep your kids from destroying your brand new car.  It is a proven fact that Discos attract extreme nong behaviour.   When you resist or question this behaviour you will be called “precious” and it is likely that your offspring will point out that “its only a car” while drawing on your interior roof lining.   The good news is that when you kill them you now have the capability to  venture down roads that no others can to hide their remains.

 

If you would like any multi storey car parking tips I recommend you talk to Lenka.  My only advice would be to review the reverse park camera and listen to the parking sensors.  This saves loud talking with your husband.

 

Never use the Disco navigation system.  It only works properly in London, Shanghai and Los Angeles.  The system does not recognise that the Australian east coast roads have been upgraded in the last 50 years (although admittedly there is something enjoyable about your car informing you that you are off-roading while you are doing 120ks down a new 3 lane highway). 

 

Finally good luck trying to park the Disco in your garage – I could never fit ours in when I came round to your place.

 

I look forward to our first McEnnie Disco convoy – surely we will attract admiring looks from all around us.  Michael Jamieson will be very jealous.

 

Best 4 by 4 by far wishes

Jules

 

ps the bit about your garage was a joke – the rest isn’t 

 

pps do you think Craig Mennie requires therapy for $100k impulse purchasing. He has reached almost Michael like levels (ok it wasn’t a house)