Thanks all, (except Pete)
Mr P and I have now had a more civilised discussion, he wanted to phone tomorrow and cancel the sale, but I have suggested that we do have the whole weekend to think about it.
A few moments ago we both came up into the office, and he did actually look at some of the other cars on Autotrader, then fell in love with a grey BMW something or other, god knows what, but calm seems to have been restored.
Yes, I know I'm a very lucky person to have someone who wants to give me such an extravagant present, and yes, to some (Pete) I may seem to be behaving like a spoilt child, but it is supposed to be me who will be driving the damn thing! (I would like to point out that we are looking at cars that are considerably less than £5k, not that that is anyone's business)
Nellie you have a really good point about the visibility thing, the dealer had to raise the level of the drivers seat for me!
#wishidneverbloodymentionedit