The New Car Itch.
I want a new car. No, I do not need a new car, am in by no means desperate for a new car but I want a new car.
So what is my problem? For starters I am feeling very guilty for wanting a new car. I grew up in a household that bought things only when we needed things. We didn't exactly have the funds to splurge on things especially not something as extravagant as cars. For years my parents drove around used mini vans they bought from someone else, or from a random used car lot. My first car was a 1985ish Sundance bought from a strangers yard for barely a thousand dollars. There was no air condition, no heat and had a slight hole-discovered later in the roof. And that was ok, I was taught to not go for fancy. I was taught that its ok to buy something really used. You just needed something to get you by. To get you from point A to point B.
I graduated to a Mazda Protege, only when I had had enough of the cold winters with no heat and my hands were turning to popsicles. I promised myself I would no drive it until it was undriveable. I said 8-10 years and that's it. After all, my Sundance was going on twenty when I turned it in. And so I did I drove it. I took care of it. Or should I say, I have since I am still currently driving it. It has seen me through an engagement, a marriage, and now a baby.
But after 8 years, I do believe its time I parted with my little Protege, and upgrade to a more adult, larger more roomier kind of car. I have prepared for this, I have my car paid off, and has been for several years now. I am looking at a fully loaded Hyundai Sonata. Which for the vehicle and what you get out of it, is not all that expensive. And yet I am still having issues with feeling the guilt of a new, more upscale more pricier car. I feel as though because my current car has low mileage, and is kept in wonderful shape there is no need for a new car in truth. But with a kid, the Protege I have loved so much is getting cramped. And if we wanted another kid down the lane, it is damn near impossible. So why wouldn't it be fitting...Still I could make it work. We have made it work for the past 8 years, including a year and a half with a baby. And I have had several including my husband ask why the sudden urge to get a new car. Why when my car is perfectly good do I need a new car.
No, maybe I don't exactly need a new car. But I want one.
And is there a problem with that?
So what is my problem? For starters I am feeling very guilty for wanting a new car. I grew up in a household that bought things only when we needed things. We didn't exactly have the funds to splurge on things especially not something as extravagant as cars. For years my parents drove around used mini vans they bought from someone else, or from a random used car lot. My first car was a 1985ish Sundance bought from a strangers yard for barely a thousand dollars. There was no air condition, no heat and had a slight hole-discovered later in the roof. And that was ok, I was taught to not go for fancy. I was taught that its ok to buy something really used. You just needed something to get you by. To get you from point A to point B.
I graduated to a Mazda Protege, only when I had had enough of the cold winters with no heat and my hands were turning to popsicles. I promised myself I would no drive it until it was undriveable. I said 8-10 years and that's it. After all, my Sundance was going on twenty when I turned it in. And so I did I drove it. I took care of it. Or should I say, I have since I am still currently driving it. It has seen me through an engagement, a marriage, and now a baby.
But after 8 years, I do believe its time I parted with my little Protege, and upgrade to a more adult, larger more roomier kind of car. I have prepared for this, I have my car paid off, and has been for several years now. I am looking at a fully loaded Hyundai Sonata. Which for the vehicle and what you get out of it, is not all that expensive. And yet I am still having issues with feeling the guilt of a new, more upscale more pricier car. I feel as though because my current car has low mileage, and is kept in wonderful shape there is no need for a new car in truth. But with a kid, the Protege I have loved so much is getting cramped. And if we wanted another kid down the lane, it is damn near impossible. So why wouldn't it be fitting...Still I could make it work. We have made it work for the past 8 years, including a year and a half with a baby. And I have had several including my husband ask why the sudden urge to get a new car. Why when my car is perfectly good do I need a new car.
No, maybe I don't exactly need a new car. But I want one.
And is there a problem with that?