Friday, July 11, 2008

From Beast (aka: the Truck) to Beauty (aka: the Car)

I mentioned in my last post that Randey had gotten a wild hair and decided that we needed a new car. I didn't post a picture of it, though, because geez, people...it's just a car. Who cares what it looks like, right? Well, apparently, Nicholas cares what it looks like and since he's deployed to parts unknown but will hopefully have occasional access to the blog world, I'm going to post 2 pictures of our new car just for him. First, though, I have to show Randey and his truck...ah, parting is such sweet sorrow, eh? Randey actually kind of wanted to trade in our other car, the Vibe, for a new one. But the Vibe gets great gas mileage so that just wasn't going to work for me. So the deal was, if he really, really, really felt like a new car was in order, then his truck was going to be the vehicle that had to go. As it turns out, I guess he really did want a new car because he agreed. Go figure. Anyway, I darn near had to wipe his tears away after he cleaned the Dodge out at the dealership. Me? I was kind of glad to see it go. Randey had that stupid, loud, immature and annoying Flowmaster muffler system on the beast so everytime you started it up, it sounded like you were at the drag races. Hated it. But, bless his little heart, he loved it and bid it farewell with only a hint of the heartache I'm sure he was suffering (blah, blah, blah, blah). And here's what he traded it for. It's a Honda Accord. It's okay - nothing fancy, pretty good gas mileage, though, and I can plug my IPod into it and hear it thru the car speakers. What more could you ask for in a car? lol

So there, Nick - how do you like the car? Can't wait for you to come home at Christmas and drive it. By the way, it comes with some little adapter thingy in the backseat for installing children's carseats. (That's so Kara can go shopping with Granny when she visits! I can put her carseat in securely without resorting to a tech manual - like the kind I needed with Maddy's car seat! Cool, huh?lol)

9 comments:

  1. Nice looking car. Gas mileage is the key right now. We used to have a Vibe - Dom gave it to Susan then she traded it away which broke his heart. With the price of gas now, you just can't keep big cars or trucks with those big engines.

    I'm just loving our Prius - it just goes and goes and goes on a tank of gas.

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  2. I really like the new car! xoxo Nita

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  3. Nice car! I'm sure your son will enjoy driving it when he gets home. :)

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  4. THAT is a spiffy looking ride! We are in two SUV's right now and it is killing us. Your VIBE is sounding Pret-ty good.

    Take Care Kari and have a great weekend.

    Jen

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  5. Looks great! Enjoy it, Kari. My requirements for cars are few...just please run when the key is turned.

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  6. I want a new car too. But, I don't want the payment! LOL!

    My dream car is a Jeep Wrangler with MONSTER wheels! ROFL!

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  7. I see fewer fill-ups in your future. Great looking car!

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  8. Love the car,it's classy! Yes we will have to shop a lot when we come there. Speaking of carseats, We will have to get one there cause I can't bring ours on the plane. If you see one at a yard sale or something could you pick it up and we will pay you back. Thanks! Talk to you later. Love ya!

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