Actually from my boss's e-mail, which I'm checking for him while he's at a conference: "Jesus Loves You. Refinance Now!"
Zoom zoom. As my Honda Accord has passed the 70,000 mile mark, I (and maybe Kim too, or maybe not; who knows) have decided to buy a new car sometime about a year from now -- ideally when they start massively discounting '05s. The problem: While Opie gets two choices for his new vehicle, and while Kim knew from before she bought her Sunfire in 1999 what car she'd be buying after that (either a Camaro or a Firebird), I have no restraints at all, other than these vague self-imposed ones:
Must not cost substantially more than I paid for my Accord three years ago.
Must not feel substantially smaller than my Accord (note: I did not say "must not be").
Must not be as big as a full-sized SUV or as a minivan because that's just too much.
Must not have substantially fewer doors than my Accord sedan.
Must have a decent reliability history and decent crash-test scores.
I don't know for sure that all the following vehicles meet all these requirements, but regardless, in alpha order, here's the five cars I'm most seriously considering:
Honda Accord (worked well the first time, but, you know, kinda boring)
Honda Element (looks awesome, but only four seats)
Pontiac Vibe (looks awesome, plus we have $1000 from our GM card; reliability's iffier, though)
Scion XB (looks awesome [but moM and I are the only people in the world who think so] and it's inexpensive [but can't get cruise control even if I pay extra])
Toyota Matrix (looks cool, reliable import, but since it's based on the Corolla, it might be too small)
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
