'Orange, so affectionately known among my acquaintance as "the baked bean"... [Having to give it up was] Great grief to me. Mind you, my present P-reg Vauxhall is (kindly, considering) not jealous of my nostalgia'

...I wrote in a tribute post a bit back about a former much-loved vehicle. As the faithful Vauxhall which has replaced it to this day is green, I wonder why I never thought till now to continue the tradition by dubbing it "the green bean".

I hereby so publicly designate it, & am about to go out and break a plastic bottle of sparkling mineral water over its hatchback boot to mark this momentous event!

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