Hi, 

 

I'm Sam (short for Samantha), from Hull, and about 5 years ago I inherited my dad's old bottle-green Skoda Octavia (2004, late mk1). It had about 230,000 on the clock back then... now it's approaching 276,000, so it's fairly well run-in. 

 

I can safely say it's the best car I've ever had - granted, out of a long line of second-hand motors, but still. It's starting to show its age a bit, but the engine just keeps on going, and I figure that spending a few hundred on it every year (the usual wear and tear) is at the moment far more cost-effective than paying hundreds every month for a significantly newer motor on HP (which we can't afford) or replacing it with another banger just a few years younger. 

 

The moon is an average of 238,855 miles from earth. The Skoda's been to the moon... and it's now well into its journey back. Will it ever get there? If it does, at my current rate of mileage, it'll take about 17 years...

Welcome Sam, congrats on getting the car to the Moon, I am sure it will make it back at least part way.