Update

2004 Nissan Terrano

 Update…

I went to see the car yesterday. I met the woman at a supermarket parking near where she lives. Wow…it’s a powerful machine and clean, well taken care of. It’s black on black. It’s just a little bit longer than my present car.

It is a bit narrower and MUCh higher…in fact, it has steps up on both sides. I didn’t drive it due to leaving my driving glasses in my car. It has the stick on the floor, like a truck. I've never driven a car like that before but I am sure I will get used to it.  It is 100% more luxurious than my car…spotless inside with great AC!…very powerful.I really think I should buy it and I am already mourning the old car.

I am glad she didn’t see my car as it is not well cared for.

The woman was very nice and is American with French residency also. She has lived here a long time. She was very thin, tan, about 5’9”, with shaggy white shorts on and a white baseball cap covering shortish bleached hair. …We had a lot in common.

American, she lived in LA, she’s an artist, a painter, she is walking a similar tightrope as I am with all the bureaucracy here. She doesn’t have her French drivers license which I fretted about for so long.

She told me that I look exactly like an old friend from long ago that she lost touch with and hasn’t been able to find ( Donna Delgado , have you seen her?) She had tears in her eyes. It was sweet…we had a connection due to so many things in common. She/They have 4 cars so she thinks its time to sell one.

She was going to go back to LA but she now was a Norwegian boyfriend who she lives with so is not leaving…We hugged when I left and said we can be friends…or I should say I would be her friend due to the loss of Donna Delgado all of those years ago…and we hugged, but, I

I don’t think we will be friends…

She’s very nice but my spidey senses are tingling up a bit. She reminds me of another friend I had here who is Finnish…friend no more…can’t describe…

Anyway…now I make plans for buying…things are complicated here…but I continue to inch forward.