| Aug. 7th, 2006 @ 05:53 pm At least I'm honest. |
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My boss made this really great analogy the other day. I told him I was looking for a new car and he starts spouting off about how a car is like a relationship. At first it's lust and everything's perfect and you're so proud. Then you get into a pattern and life's comfortable together. You know eachother's limits and know ehat to expect. After time though, you eventually get into a funk when you start looking else where. Not because you're unsatisfied, but because the relationship is habit and you want something spicy again. At this point you can be stupid and start looking around or you can take your significant other (car) out, spend a little money on them, make them purr a little more often and revive the relationship, reminding each of you why you fell in love in the first place.
That's just how full of shit my boss is. I've gotta admit, it was a pretty good speal for spur of the moment though. And I quickly responded that it was a very nice story, but I'm trading up.
There's nothing wrong with Anne. She reliable. She runs great. She treats me well and I've never had to take her into the shop even once. She still looks great. But I'm bored. Been bored since a couple months after I got her. I held onto her for the required 12 months, now I'm trading up.
I've been looking at older Land Rovers and Xterras. I've pretty much nixed the Xterra cause I think it's still priced a little high for what you're getting. If I'm buying a vehichle with almost 90K miles on it, it shouldn't be over $10K! And I really like the Land Rover. Actually I love the Land Rover. Have since I was in high school. I've been looking at the older Discoveries, but they tend to break down A LOT and that's what I have Myrtle for. Plus, when a Land Rover dies, the parts are a minimum four times the cost of any normal car. Then I sat in a Jeep Wrangler yesterday that was actually comfortable. The only ones I'd ever riden in were friends' in high school that had them all lifted with giant tires and those things ride so hard, but this had comforable seats and now I'm looking to track down some 4 and 6 cylinders to drive those around a bit. It's not like I'm in a big hurry to buy, like I said, Anne's running great. She's just boring and I'd like to be in something that sits up a little higher and is different (cause I can't be seen driving a 4-Runner or Explorer - those are way too normal for me). It also has to be comfortable cause I spend way too much time driving. And I ain't looking to break the bank cause I know I'll be tired of it in a year and looking for a new car again.
Let me tell you, the dealers are loving me. I don't really know what I want, but all the usual stuff they show is too boring and I have no problem telling them that. I hate car dealers and I have a big mouth. I had one lady walk away from me, wihtout even saying goodbye. She finally figured out I wasn't going to fork over cash that day so she just walked away, then some lacky came trotting up and tried to real us in - I told him I'd looked at all their cars and I didn't like anything - he kept rambling so I grabbed Mom by the arm and walked away. One other guy was pretty cool. He walked around his entire lot and the 4 lots next door, hiking through all the stuff hiden away in the back. He wasn't pushy at all and just wandered around pointing at stuff. After he tried to show off the new Toyota SUV and I told him it looked like the cartoon version of a Hummer, to which he got all proud and started sticking our his chest like that was a great compliment, I told him "no, that's a bad thing. it's ugly" he decided "at elast you're honest." he was cool. I'm getting sick of dealerships though. I think I finally have it narrowed down to a couple SUVs now though so I'm gonna start replying to craigslist. I'm just ready to have something new to drive. |
