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Sorry to keep you all in suspense last week. I meant to write as soon as I got back from the Poconos, but I've been exhausted. As Cat astutely figured out, though, I did put pictures up on Flickr, so I wasn't a total tease. :-)
Anyhow, I did in fact buy a new car. Here is my old car, sitting in front of my apartment for the last time, looking sad that I'm about to trade her in:
She had 69,001 miles on her when I finally turned her off at the dealership (ohh, the irony on that one, if only I could have managed to not drive that extra mile AT SOME POINT in the last six years):
And her is the shiny new car:
The shiny new car is a 2008 Mazda3 (Mazda Mazda3, I guess? That sounds kind of silly to say, though). If I knew much about cars, I could tell you the fun features on this one, but I don't, so you can just check it out on the site, if you want (I got the i Touring version). The features I DO care about include the moonroof, 6 CD changer (along with a place to plug in my iPod, if it was working and I had the right cord), the car saying hello to me and the largest glove compartment I've ever seen. It also has cruise control and keyless entry, which to most people I think seem pretty standard but they are NOT on cars like my old one. I also have anti-lock brakes and some side-impact air bags of some sort (you would think that one of these days I would pick up on car stuff, but I'm convinced I never will).
I have been talking about getting a car (this car, as a matter of fact) for awhile now. A few weeks ago, I even said that I hoped it would happen by the end of next year. The reason I moved up the timeline was I was in a position where I needed to put a good amount of maintenance into my car before driving it to Pennsylvania for the weekend, and it just wasn't worth the cost involved. So, I used that money to buy a new car instead. :-) I purchased it last Sunday, and picked it up Friday. The suspense last week had to do with not blogging about it until I had pictures, and because I was having some title problems with the old car (I had the title, but the car was in both my name and my mom's name, my mom is in Illinois and the dealership was telling me the wrong things) - I was afraid something was going to go terribly wrong if I was too optimistic.
But everything went according to plan, the car was picked up without a hitch and I drove it to Pennsylvania. The trip out there was a learning experience - the car is a little bit bigger than I'm used to, the brakes/accelerator are more sensitive, the sun was in my eye, my tailbone injury was acting up because of the extended sitting period and there was traffic - but the trip back was really smooth and I love cruise control.
I will give both Cat and Dan half-credit on their guesses - Cat for making it her SECOND guess and Dan for exclaiming "I knew it!" when I broke the news Friday night. Half credit is pretty good, considering no one else gets any credit at all, though. :-D
Everyone has been oohing and aahing about my new Mazda, so I guess that's kind of fun. This includes the lady who gave me my resident permit at the Somerville Parking & Traffic office (and if you have ever been to the Somerville Parking & Traffic office, you know these are not the most friendly people in the world).
Here is one more picture, this time with me and my new car, right after I got back from the Poconos on Monday:
- Lizzardie, at 8:33 AM
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