On Our Summer Holiday

We have packed our suit cases and ready to head to the airport early in the morning - 5.25am flight from Victoria Airport.  We step on the airplane that we then take us to the East Coast for our holiday with Ross, Laura and the kids.  Look out Virgina here we come and Sam's first meeting with his USA cousins!  More blog posts with photos of our trip to come in the near future.

Sam's first Mercedes-Benz

Sam and Wendy found time in their busy schedule to visit me at the dealership on Saturday afternoon.  After much deliberation and negotiation, my sales team selected the ideal first Mercedes-Benz for Sam.  As you can see from the photo, he loved the performance, style, aerodynamics and of course the beeping horn.

Come On England!!

The Euro 2012 football tournament has kicked off and it is being hosted in Poland and Ukraine.  The England football team had their first match today, playing against the French.  There is low expectations for England due to player injuries, suspensions and a recently appointed Manager - Roy Hodgson, who in a previous role was the Fulham Football Manager.  I had to be in the office this morning and so missed the game, but as you can see from the photo this did not stop Sam (and Nancy) from enjoying the game.  England got a one, one draw!

Touch a Truck Event

Pictures are worth a thousand words.... as you can see Sam started his day in a stretched limousine, drinking and having a fun time.  However, as we all know this sort of behaviour can soon lead to trouble and Sam soon found himself behind bars, in the back of a police car!

This was followed by his namesake "Fireman" Sam getting a taste of being a real fireman with the local fire department.  Getting to use the fire hose, driving the fire engine, using the equipment and getting sprayed with the water canyon.

These was two of the fun experiences we had as a family at the local "Touch the Truck" event - where a number of trucks, commercial vehicles, fire engines, military vehicles, ambulances were available to sit in and touch.  The fire engines were certainly Sam's favorite.

Record Sales Month for May

I am now exactly three months into my new job, with the first month being for training and transition.  So May was my second month in full charge and one of my main goals is related to the Sales Department achieving their monthly targets.  We not only achieved our target but we managed to equal the highest sales result in the dealership's history.

The picture shows my glass board where all the deals get recorded and as you can see we went way off the bottom, in order to capture all of them.