The Practicar
I am now driving an SUV. Have I mentioned that I hate SUVs? You may wonder how then, did I end up driving something I hate. Or not. Maybe you don't care, but if you don't care why are you reading? Maybe you realized you didn't care after the first two sentences, so why are you still reading this? Hmmmm??? That's right.
My very first, new in name not just to me car was a Toyota Matrix. I had been driving that most wonderful of cars since um...2004 (it's a 2005). I loved, loved, loved that car. Unfortunately, my father-in-law decided to buy a new car and offered to trade his SUV for my little Matrix. Talking of course commenced. Did we want it? No...but...
And that right there is where we went wrong, we had to think about that but and all the practical reasons after it. But, when I get a new car in 2 years, the newer SUV will have a better trade-in value. But, it has 4 wheel drive which means we can get the baby to the hospital in the middle of an ice storm and 20 feet of snow on the unplowed roads. But, it will be better for the Husband and all his tri gear (and there is a TON). So we agreed to it.
I'm sure the heated seats helped.
So I started driving it and HATED it. It was an automatic. It was huge. It was a gas-guzzling, environment-killing SUV (that said, it is a small SUV so it's gas mileage is tolerable and better than most). Plus the heated seats only warm your butt, and not your back. And let me tell you, when your Aunt Irma is in town and your back is cramping up the wazoo, so to speak, you want heated seats to hit pretty much everywhere. Not a happy Chazari.
And while we're talking about it. Why do people buy automatics? Do you not enjoy driving? Holy crap, automatics suck the fun out of driving like my daughter sucks juice out of a cup; or at lease like she would if she understood how that whole sucking concept worked. Give her time and then that simile will be valid.
Well, it's been a month and I no longer dread walking out to get into my practicar. I'm getting used to it--the little monster is growing on my like fungus on the empty spot where Sarah Palin's brain should be (oh no she didn't!). I do admit appreciating the automatic aspect when I hit stop-and-start traffic the other day on the ride home, and it is nice to fit the stroller and the groceries in the back at the same time. Plus I completely deserve to have a heated backside now and then. I'm getting used to it, and hate to admit that I don't hate it any more. So I will put up with the car for two years and then trade it in faster than you can say "stick shift" for something more my style. I'm not sure what that will be, but it won't be an SUV. It will, however, have heated seats.
"If I stick my tongue out for you, will I get to have a heated car seat?"
My very first, new in name not just to me car was a Toyota Matrix. I had been driving that most wonderful of cars since um...2004 (it's a 2005). I loved, loved, loved that car. Unfortunately, my father-in-law decided to buy a new car and offered to trade his SUV for my little Matrix. Talking of course commenced. Did we want it? No...but...
And that right there is where we went wrong, we had to think about that but and all the practical reasons after it. But, when I get a new car in 2 years, the newer SUV will have a better trade-in value. But, it has 4 wheel drive which means we can get the baby to the hospital in the middle of an ice storm and 20 feet of snow on the unplowed roads. But, it will be better for the Husband and all his tri gear (and there is a TON). So we agreed to it.
I'm sure the heated seats helped.
So I started driving it and HATED it. It was an automatic. It was huge. It was a gas-guzzling, environment-killing SUV (that said, it is a small SUV so it's gas mileage is tolerable and better than most). Plus the heated seats only warm your butt, and not your back. And let me tell you, when your Aunt Irma is in town and your back is cramping up the wazoo, so to speak, you want heated seats to hit pretty much everywhere. Not a happy Chazari.
And while we're talking about it. Why do people buy automatics? Do you not enjoy driving? Holy crap, automatics suck the fun out of driving like my daughter sucks juice out of a cup; or at lease like she would if she understood how that whole sucking concept worked. Give her time and then that simile will be valid.
Well, it's been a month and I no longer dread walking out to get into my practicar. I'm getting used to it--the little monster is growing on my like fungus on the empty spot where Sarah Palin's brain should be (oh no she didn't!). I do admit appreciating the automatic aspect when I hit stop-and-start traffic the other day on the ride home, and it is nice to fit the stroller and the groceries in the back at the same time. Plus I completely deserve to have a heated backside now and then. I'm getting used to it, and hate to admit that I don't hate it any more. So I will put up with the car for two years and then trade it in faster than you can say "stick shift" for something more my style. I'm not sure what that will be, but it won't be an SUV. It will, however, have heated seats.
"If I stick my tongue out for you, will I get to have a heated car seat?"