This VW is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! … 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PASSAT!!
So we bought a car last night. A Honda Pilot. We named it Pontius. We were smart enough to drive Dim’s car to the dealership (rather than mine) so we could negotiate a decent trade-in for the VW sight-unseen. (Or smell un-sniffed, as the case should more properly be.) I caught the salesmen gathered together looking under the hood of the VW, laughing. All of them, that is, except the salesman who brokered our deal.
He looked pissed.
Heh.
So Pontius is the new member of the family, and will be our family car for the next 37 brazillion years until we get our money’s worth out of him.
n.b. - The original Dead Parrot Sketch from Monty Python