Crikey,
Glad to hear you are both OK.
That looked a lovely car, will look forward to seeing the replacement. Hope the da*n van was written off too, and the driver should have lost his licence... But a French van driver in France???
Edit - perusal of whole thread delayed by call from bro-in-law - like the colour of the new one Richard!

Hope it will eventually live up to your expectations... Must admit to still being tempted - but I need to see whether ingress/egress is possible first!

would never manage it!