Wow! you lucky man
how does it clean then? do you like it? etc my uncle probs still has his DC04 absolute in yellow and purple+ grey, i seen him use it in his car loads of times, now he uses a henry with the fat tank thing in his car now :O I hope he still has the DC04, the only thing broken I saw on it was the wheel capmissing and the bin handle had snapped off. but it was still good though 
PS How do you get the vacuums out the trash? do you ask? do you worry about people looking at you? if so, how do you take it home? I be embarrased :S