Bears and Interest Rates
So, since I am currently driving a Death Machine that requires extra fancy tires, I've been thinking about trading in for a new Vehicle. I always thought buying a Car would be great fun, even easy. How wrong I was.
First of all, these things are ridiculously expensive. I mean, I'm thinking about laying down some money on a private jet instead. Most of you know that I am a new addition to the grand world of Adults, and therefore have had little to no Real World financial commitments. Other than my cats, my kids, and my constant use of illeagal hallucinogens, I really haven't had to pay for all that much. I'm also one of the biggest cheapskates I know, so walking copmletely unaware up to something that has a pricetag of nineteen THOUSAND dollars is like getting attacked by a large bear...with high interest rates. Run for the hills!
On top of the crazy prices, there are the Cars themselves. I test drove a used Ford Focus. Nice Car. And relatively cheap in the Land of Cars. I liked it. BUT, the car was bright yellow. We are talking yellow like we all need to put sunglasses on. Yellow like the Po would see me coming a county away (and we all know how much the Po like me). Yellow like I could be a beacon to astronauts trying to find Texas. Bright yellow.
Anyway, I'm test driving a few more, and hopefully I'll have a fun new Vehicle here before too long with high gas mileage, room for my homies, and maybe some sweet rims. I'll keep you posted.
posted by Lindsay @ 10:09 PM
2 Comments:
Hey, when they want to bomb Bush's birthplace, you can lead them straight to the spot! You know, I dont think your 10 kids (including that jama...dong...something one) will fit in there...
hey, i dont want to sound like a dad, but unless you are going to buy a moped or something its almost never worth selling a car to get one that gets better mileage. it will take years and years to make up the difference. with $3 a gallon gas if you drive 12000 miles a year and go from a 20mpg to 30mpg car you only save $600 a year, probably only 2 months of payments on a new car. if you pay cash its a little better but cars become worthless almost overnight, they are by no means any kind of investment.
lexi do have expensive parts but they are pretty well built vehicles so i wouldn't be too quick to get rid of it, especially if its paid for. i'd just deal with having a few things that dont work quite right and drive it until its completely dead. follow the recommended maintenance schedule and it will run for a long time.
i like your blog a lot!
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