*thump* *thump* ...is this thing on?
Its been a while since I have updated the world on anything and I figured now may be a good time. There's no reason for that. I have no great announcements, no powerful observations, and no funny stories. It has simply been a while and I don't want to get rusty.
We traded the 1997 Saturn SL2 last week. For two hundred thousand miles it was a stalwart companion, great mileage, few breakdowns, utilitarian, and almost invisible in the crowd. The ten thousand miles after the two hundred thousand have been fraught with chaos and strife. We quickly realized that we were making a car payment every month on repairs and we were getting on a first name basis with the AAA guy. Time for an upgrade.
There was much research done. We love the Aptera but it isn't available on the east coast yet. We rented a Ford Edge and it was "teh sex" (whatever that is), the problem there was it was so new that there wasn't a good supply of used ones on the market yet. We rented a RAV-4 but found it wanting...mostly in the comfort area. We'd done eleven years of "economy" and we both felt we could do with a little compromise. I wanted an Avitar, but that didn't fly. It is stylish and great on gas, but there's that whole what to drive in poor weather question I didn't have an immediate answer for. Along similar lines there is the Can Am Spyder, the weather factor is completely overwhelmed by the cool factor. Plus hey, the price isn't bad either.
We did much research using a variety of tools before finally deciding that what we needed was a crossover vehicle with a couple of years and a couple of miles on it that was comfortable and not a gas hog. We will augment this with specialty vehicles as needed. We already have a truck (and something of an obligation to keep it because we have no other friends with a truck, and everyone needs a friend with a truck). We have life itself. What we needed was something that did everything else. We chose the Nissan Murano.
I was initially at a loss for a name, but we quickly discovered that the Murano was completely filled with these "troublesome little nooks" that I loved so much. So it was decided. I dubbed the "Firefly", and it was good.
I got a good price on the Saturn as well. Once I had it detailed I doubled its value and the $250.00 we got will probably go towards a warranty on the Murano or something. I don't believe in taking chances and I don't believe in coincidences.
Life is good.
