My fantasy car will get you away from everything – except reality

MY missus and I fell out over the choice of interior.

Things were going really well up to that point, but whereas I was really keen on the exclusive Black Bappa leather seating, Frieda was adamant that we had to have the Venetian Beige Dakota. It’s cheaper, she argued, and yet still somehow a lot classier. But the Black Nappa comes with sport seats, I said, and lumbar supports. You have to have lumbar supports.

She won, of course. Women always seem to win this type of argument, don’t they? (Except that I was able to sneak in the lumbar supports as an optional extra, later in the configuration. Cost another few bob, but well worth it, I reckon, considering that I’m the one who does most of the driving).