Amy and I felt little guilt in ridding ourselves of the VW Jetta that has plagued our driveway since we acquired it two years ago. It is now in the hands of a young lass and we are in possession of a cheque from her dad. Temporarily well-off.
(The cheque was just slightly more than the cost to re-build the transmission a couple of months back, never mind our initial capital investment in the goddamned vehicle. Let us never speak of it.)
We've been car hunting for a few weeks and will be picking up our Amy's new car this evening. It wasn't going to be until Friday, but my dear lady-wife talked to the dealer this morning and we're good to go today. when she called to tell me the good news I almost mistook my wife's heavy breathing for something else and quickly prepared to head home for my lunch hour, then realised 'twas the thought of a new car that had her aflutter. Ah, me.
The fact that she's been able to cope with being essentially house-bound for the past half year with two wee bairns to entertain and care for, and that she retains some shreds of sanity is testament to her mental fortitude. (Though she's had the car, and it runs, it's stalled unexpectedly and she doesn't want that happening with the boys in it... again.)
Welcome, Debt, to the Fraser household. Plenty of company for you, not much elbow room.
UPDATE:
It will be one of these, Toyota Matrix, except without the mountains.
(same charcoal colour too, but Amy wants to get the windows tinted for the kids.)
A rather nice little Anniversary gift ... Nothing like a new car smell and increased mobility to make a woman frisky, you might be in luck after all. Works for me ;-)
Posted by: Linda | Thursday, 10 August 2006 at 12:41 PM
Did I miss it? What did you buy? I LOVE vehicle shopping. When we bought new last year I am pretty sure if Hubster would have let me I would have slept in it sans clothing. LOVE THAT SMELL!
Posted by: TerriTorial | Thursday, 10 August 2006 at 02:18 PM
Way cooler than a minivan.
I should know.
Posted by: Paula | Thursday, 10 August 2006 at 04:34 PM
Good for you guys. And your guys. And your other guys. If you don't know what I mean, then just ignore it.
Are you going to take the blue pill or the red pill?
Posted by: Mark | Thursday, 10 August 2006 at 05:18 PM
Sweet car..and I agree...tint the windows. Much better for the kidlets. We have our windows tinted on both the Xterra and the Altima. LOVE THEM TINTED!
Posted by: TerriTorial | Thursday, 10 August 2006 at 08:35 PM
Mark, I'm pretty sure I know what all your 'guys' mean. And it'll be the red pill. I'm all about finding out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Posted by: Simon | Thursday, 10 August 2006 at 10:58 PM
Such fun to have a new car. Especially a new Toyota. And I don't get the red pill, blue pill thing. Somebody clue me in?
Posted by: marian | Friday, 11 August 2006 at 08:05 AM
Is it Alice in Wonderland?
Posted by: marian | Friday, 11 August 2006 at 08:06 AM
The red/blue thing is a reference to the movie, "The Matrix", where the hero had to choose between taking the red pill, and finding out the truth, or the blue pill, and continuing to live in ignorance. He was goaded with the line, "Take the red pill and find out how far the rabbit hole really goes," alluding to Alice in Wonderland.
Posted by: Simon | Friday, 11 August 2006 at 08:22 AM
Thanks for the explanation, that was buggin' me... Yeah, I watched the Matrix movies. No, I can't remember shit. I opted for blue... it was so pretty.
Posted by: Linda | Sunday, 13 August 2006 at 10:19 AM
Excellent pieces. Keep posting such a kind of post on your blog. Its really impressed me.
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