So I have two types of driving. One is my van, which I'm in now, where I do really long distances. I travel, um, across England over Europe. I drive 3 or 4 hours at a time and I really like to cruise along. And the other is my little runaround car that I have at home, which I can pop to the shops in. And do really short journeys and just wanna have ease and quickness going about, so I have these two things that are really important to me. My driving, when I'm doing my cruising, when I'm in my van, I really like to have a bit of cruise control on the car. I want to have, um, love listening to podcasts and my music, so I quite like to have a good sound system around and obviously like when you're doing distances like that, it's really nice to have - just, you know, for your van to be comfortable, the seats to be comfortable. I really dislike it when you are doing long journeys, you're in a noisy car, you can't really hear your music, there's no air conditioning, your seats are really uncomfortable, there's nothing worse, but actually like a long journey can feel like nothing if you're in a comfortable vehicle. So that's really important to me. It's less important in my little runaround, but I live in the middle of the countryside, we have really bad roads, lots of potholes, narrow roads, you're often having to get up onto the verge to get out of the way or to allow a tractor to come through. And in that circumstance, I need to have a little car that I know can move out of the way but also isn't gonna get stuck in the mud, and I need to feel like I have a solid car around me. So I love brands - for my van, I love brands such as Mercedes, nice comfy cars with good reliable engines, but for being in the countryside I tend to go for older models because they just feel a bit chunky around me and I like to feel like I'm not going to be in a little bit of tin that's gonna get squashed by a tractor. I would never drive brands like a smart car. I really dislike them. They're fantastic for if you're in town, but in the countryside they just get stuck in mud. It's actually quite scary having a massive tractor go past you when you're in such a tiny little flimsy car. So I like to feel like I have something solid. Maybe a Land Rover. I haven't really gone as big as a Land Rover, but in the countryside I'd rather have something reliable and safe on the country roads. So yeah, brands like Land Rover - definitely not Fiats or smart cars. I feel like yes, it's more important to me to get a good mix. As I said, the roads are really bad. The traffic's not too bad - lots of tractors, farm animals, people on bikes, country walkers. So yes, I guess it's also important to me that once I hit a big road I can kind of push on and keep up with the traffic.
