New car smell
We're getting a new car. We've been a one-car household for almost four years and this year we've finally hit the point where it's been interfering with both of our jobs and activities. We've been thinking about this for a while, never quite sure what the right path forward was, but this last week we finally got ourselves in gear. Monday we looked at the Subaru dealership, test drove four different models, and inquired about leasing. Wednesday we stopped by the Honda dealership to test drive an Accord and the updated model of our decade-old Fit. Got leasing and purchase info there. Thursday we stopped back at Subaru to check out a detail about the interior of the Legacy and to give it another drive. We got leasing info as well as purchase info - the dealership was taking enough off the sticker price to make purchasing the Legacy a good option. Yesterday on the way home from picking up Gill we stopped at the credit union and
And so that's what we're doing. I'm at work watching the Met Opera's broadcast of "Eugene Onegin" and Gill is at the dealer purchasing a brand new car. With care the Fit should last at least another six years, maybe eight to ten on the outside, at which point we'll probably all have stopped using gasoline for fuel.
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And so that's what we're doing. I'm at work watching the Met Opera's broadcast of "Eugene Onegin" and Gill is at the dealer purchasing a brand new car. With care the Fit should last at least another six years, maybe eight to ten on the outside, at which point we'll probably all have stopped using gasoline for fuel.
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