Big Red Car!

We are staying on the 13th floor in an appartment in Richmond, which is about 20 minutes from the centre of Vancouver and 5 minutes from the Airport where Ashley works. Apartments are not ideal living conditions when you have dogs, which makes life interesting. Consequently, we have to take the dogs with us whenever we leave the place. Many of the hotel staff are petrified of dogs and so even if they were model dogs, we would not be able to leave them home.
Many will say we were crazy, but it was our aim to get all our bank details and other necessay paper work sorted; purchase a car; organise insurance; and to find a house before Ashley started his job. That gave us exactly two weeks.
Toward the middle of the first week we thought ourselves organised enough to go car shopping. We didn't even know what we wanted, but we knew we didn't want a loan (we were ineligible anyway given that we had been in the country for five minutes) and we didn't want to spend very much money. This requirement limited our choices somewhat. So with our massive stroller and dogs in tow, we headed for the "Auto Mall" to check out what was on offer - not much!
We did decide upon a four wheel drive, since we could chuck the dogs in the dogs in the back and leave them there if necessary. We did some research and searching, and ended up buying a 1997 Honda CRV through private sale. After running the car through all the history checks, we discovered the car had had a jaded past. But we felt good vibes from the car and felt it wanted us to look after it. So with that in mind, we took it to the car rehab (mechanics) and got the tyres and brakes done and fluids drained and topped up again. Hopefully now, it is as good as new.