Tuesday Treasure...

The jury is out, but this is a major purchase that's been on the back burner for awhile, and I hope will prove to be a treasure.

My old, small SUV has been a great vehicle, but Carey did not want to take it on long trips anymore (without putting $ toward maintenance in it that we didn't want to put into a 10-year-old car).  We've been shopping half heartedly for a couple of months or so.  An extended family situation came up that needs our assistance and will require a long trip to get to them.  It made us decide that now was the time to bite the bullet.  We went to look for a specific car this morning, and found a way better deal on this one, and it's still under warranty.  It was a loaner at the dealership...one year old, and only about 1,000 miles on it.  They had put their whole 'fleet' of loaner cars on the sale lot this past weekend, and sold five of them already.  Today we still had ten to choose from, so got a color I like.  

What I'm most excited about (in addition to getting a newer model with way less milage, for basically the same price that we were willing to spend on the one we ended up not getting...oh, and the fact that the tires are basically brand new) is the built-in technology that can be linked to my phone, and having the maps be on larger screen and hands free.  

Funny story.  Today I had Carey drive the new car home, because I had a big box to donate at Goodwill in the back of our old car (we're keeping old car).  I wanted to drop it off on my way home.  I was following him on the road home, and decided to call a friend.  Because they had already linked my phone to the new car, and because we were still traveling very close together, when I dialed it connected in the new car, and my friend was talking to Carey without realizing that I wasn't even in the car with him...and the call wouldn't hang up till we got some distance apart from each other, at which point the call dropped.  Pretty weird.

I'm just hoping that it is safe and as good a car for us as its predecessor.

Delayed gratification for the win!