boo hoo, sniff, sniff, Woohoo!!

I'm not much of a car person. I mean, I don't want an ugly car or something that looks like a kids toy, but for the most part, I don't go crazy for cars or dream of driving a Corvette.

The first car I ever noticed was a Porche 911, when I was 17. And when the PT Cruiser first came out, I fell in love with it. I had to have it. It turned me on. The first time I went into the dealer to see one, I knew more about it than the salesman did. Then I waited a couple years for the price to come down and I bought one. It's my dream car. It's 11 years old. It has 87,000 miles on it and I've never had a single problem with it. I love that car.

Bill has been nudging me, for about 6 months now, to start thinking about a new car. A few weeks ago, I finally saw his point. Even though there isn't any wrong with my beloved PT Cruiser, I should trade it in while it's still worth something. So I started looking at cars.

First of all, even thought the average new car costs 30k, I don't want to spend that. It's just a car for heavens sake.
Second, I commute, so it should get good mileage.
Third, I've discovered that I'm not a sedan kind of gal.

Taking all of those things into consideration, I came to the conclusion that I want an SUV or a station wagon or a mini van. OK, I don't have little kids so the mini van is out. Nobody makes a station wagon anymore - do they? And most SUV's get horrible gas mileage. Now what? I guess I have to be practical? Yuck.

So this weekend we went to go test drive a few cars. First on the list was the Hyundai Elantra Touring - kind of a small wagon, sort of. And while we were there, let's check out the Sonata. Then let's go look at the Toyota Scion xB. And maybe the Mazda 5.

The Sonata is a really pretty sedan, but once I got in it, I didn't like it.
The Elantra, which I was ready to like, was awful. Cramped, noisy and uncomfortable. It has a kick ass warranty though. Then we went across the street to try the Scion. We were both very surprised by it. Plus, it's fits the 'different' category :-)  It gets better mileage than my PT, has power everything, tinted windows, cruise control, LOTS of room inside and one of those totally awesome phone blue tooth stereos - you know, so you can talk on your phone through your car speakers?! Yesssss!

So...boo hoo, sniff sniff. Bye bye my beloved PT Cruiser. You served me well.

But hey! Look at all cool NEW stuff I get!!! :-)