Ok, so the hubby and I finished off the year by buying a new car. Well, not 'completely' new. It's a dark metallic grey 2006 Saturn Ion. I think it's pretty sleek for a car, personally, and we got a really good deal when we bought it.
The decision came after the oldest of our cars, a really terrible 1997 Geo Tracker we sort of inherited when we desperately needed a second vehicle a few years back.. This car was a piece of work.. and I mean that in the worst possible way. It was rusted up so badly that about a month ago when I was driving to school, I heard this scraping noise under the car. So I check, and sure enough.. the entire exhaust system is dangling on the ground.
After class I took the car over to my in-laws since they live closer to school, and on the way over I had the cars behind me swirving to get away from the pieces I left behind.. I must have gotten notified of half the car dragging on the ground by 5 people on the short trip there. And sure enough when I arrive at my destination, the muffler and entire exhaust system is gone.
Obviously the rust was affecting other things as well, including brakes and what not. There was no way we could bring the car in to pass inspection, so for a while we struggled by with only our Suzuki Grand Vitara.
But a couple days before new years we finally went to the dealership and bought the new car. I am loving it!
Happy New Year, everybody!
Cars!
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