Buying Fools

We decided that the mini-van (I was such a soccer mom) was getting old (has 93K miles on it) and little things were starting to break. We've decided that we should get out from under it before it self-destructs, and has a little value. Dealership wouldn't give much in trade (only offered $1000), so we're going to try and sell it locally for a few thousand. We'll see what happens. Inside is in great condition and there is only a minor oil leak. However, the seal to replace is under the engine and may cost a lot to pull for the labor to replace it. It runs fine, so having to put in oil every so often isn't a killer. It has satellite radio, so that might help it sell. After that, though, the only little problem it has is that one of the door locks on one of the back sliding doors sometimes doesn't unlock when you hit the power button.

We know that the electronics can fail in these after a while, but it's holding up at this point. So, we're keeping our fingers crossed for someone to buy it.

Which means....

We bought a new car. It's the first time we have ever bought a brand new car, and not a used car. The van was a year old, but had 30K miles on it when we got it. This one had about 35 miles on it from test drives (although their paperwork said 10 miles). We bought a car that has much better gas mileage than our mini-van, and was cheaper than our van was, used, when we bought it 7 years ago. We bought a 2007 Honda Fit Sport. It's a fun little zippy car. It handles quite well, much better than I thought it would. We like it. My spouse has washed it twice, since it got dirt on it from driving out to visit people who live on dirt roads. It's cute. However, I draw the line at turning it into a ricer-mobile. This is the first year it's been offered in the US, and already has chrome accents that you can put on the dash. Silly ricers.

My husband and I installed a plug-n-play satellite receiver, so I can have my Sirius radio. Radio in BFE is horrible, so I NEED my satellite radio. We bought the car on Friday, and my spouse and I had the antenna ran (under the trim on the floor and in door panels) and radio hard mounted (no dash or vent mounting for us) under the console. It looks good, and it matches the car pretty well. All of the console is black/gray/silver, with blue backlighting and our unit is the same. Looks pretty snazzy.

Ours looks like this, but doesn't have tinted windows. We need to add some tinting to the passenger/cargo areas.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2007-Honda-Fit-Sport.jpg/800px-2007-Honda-Fit-Sport.jpg



I couldn't help myself. I put a Pirates of the Caribbean Mickey Mouse Antenna Topper on the antenna.



















The car antenna is a bit too fat to shove that puppy on there, so I had to take a drill bit to open it up a tad. It is held on there pretty well, since it took some force. It's cute. One of my coworkers has a red bug, and she put one on her car as well. Cracks me up when we park next to each other.

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In other news, PT isn't going as well as I'd hoped. It was getting better, then it seemed to get a bit worse. I'm wondering if I won't have to do surgery after all. I think the PT is kind of expecting it at this point.

I also need to go to the dentist. I haven't been in a while. I wish I had more time to do stuff than I do. I'll try to get an appointment.


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It didn't rain all winter. I know I live in the desert.....but COME ON! This is ridiculous. It usually isn't this bad. It's actually sprinkling this evening, amazingly enough. Not enough to be actual rain, though. Just enough to taunt you. Cruel rain.