So call us crazy, but we bought a new car today. And by new, I mean new. It's a 2009 Honda Civic. It has like 50 miles on it. Crazy! It's charcoal gray and pretty nice. We're crazy because we just bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee back in March. (not a new one, a used). So why a new vehicle already? Well the Bronco has been having some major problems lately. It was a guessing game every day to see if it would start. Some days it would, some days not. Rory knows the problem, but it being so old he cannot find the part. Well it being a 1993 and no major problems we assumed the time was nearing when the transmission or something like that would go out and that would cost more to fix than it was worth. So we were contemplating what to do. Do we buy an older used truck so we can have a truck, or do we buy a used car, or have one vehicle? So we went looking a couple different days, seeing our options. Nothing really was really standing out to us. One dealer said he would give us 1500 for our trade in. We went home undecided. Well that day in the mail we got something advertising "cash for clunkers" from the government. You can go to a dealer and they will take your "clunker" and give you either 3500 or 4500 dollars to trade it in on a new vehicle. New meaning a 2009 or 2010 car. To qualify it had to get less than 18 mpg and so old. Of course the Bronco qualified. So we freaked. 4500 dollars for the Bronco is just crazy good and unbelievable. So that is how we ended up with the new car. The timing was perfect. But today is bittersweet. The Bronco believe it or not has a lot of sentimental value to Rory. I was even a little sad to see it go. It's the only thing that has been with us throughout our 5 years together. Unfortunately the fate of the "clunkers" is the junkyard. I feel like it was the family dog or something that we had to put to sleep. So we're sad. But how could we pass up such a good deal? I will post some pictures of the new car soon. Now we debate who gets to drive what. :) But I'm still in love with my Jeep.
64 miles on the car. Crazy!!!
I like the layout of this. The mph and the gas meter and temperature are all digital and located up by the bottom of the windshield. It doesn't show it real good here, but it's different from other cars.
I like the steering wheel. It's kind of funky and it seems smaller than the average. I think the blue lighting is cool.
If you haven't read about the new car, read my previous post. :)
