Sunday, 17 September 2006
Beth: New car smell? Yes, please.
As I told Christian, I thought I would be 50 before I/we owned a genuinely "brand-new" car. But when the right opportunity presents itself, you might as well research the possibilities. And suddenly, here we are!
Unfortunately, this meant that we had to part with the Saturn - Christian's car that famously drove us on our first date.
That was a good, reliable (for the most part) car. I'll miss its quirks and the sound it made coming down the driveway.
But now I have a car with a push-button start and potentially up to 60 miles per gallon, and Christian has a car with a sunroof and air conditioning! Everybody wins!
Seriously, it's surreal. I think I experienced buyer's remorse the minute I parked it at our house. But it's all pretty darn fun, too. And I'm a sucker for that new car smell.
(See all 21 pictures in the photoset in our Flickr gallery.)
What other people had to say
Erin wrote:
Lovely. Can't wait to see it in person!
That's a good color for you, Beth. :-)
Cathy wrote:
Sweet ride, guys! :-)
Let me know how you like it.
Adam wrote:
Another former Calvin Alum (Nathan VanderSchaaf), who also happens to be a Computer Science nerd, will program bluetooth keys and such to do all sorts of fun stuff that priuses don't do by default. I can't remember what all they do, but I know it was super neat.
I want a prius so bad; I'll have a 50+ mile commute in the Alaskan winter soon enough.
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