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Saturday, December 09, 2006

She blinded me with Scion-ce

For about 2 weeks now I've been looking at car left and right trying to figure out if I should buy a new car or a used car. This is because my poor Jeep has had its last legs torn out.
It's still a great car and will make someone very happy but it's just not strong enough to keep bringing me back and forth to Sarasota and back.
I looked at this BMW convertible that I was serious about getting until Leela my sanity bringer popped me back to reality.
I am at a stage of my life where I need a work car not a dream car, and believe me that BMW was definitely a dream.
Well I searched high and low for a new car that was good on gas and sporty but with lots of room for moving stuff and just plain head room.
Yeah I know, I thought it didn't exist too.
There were two cars that were at the very top of my list. The Nissan Versa and the Toyota Yarus with maybe the Honda Fit just in case.
Well on my search through the car lots of Honda, Nissan, Chevy, Ford and Toyota I came out with a totally different 2 cars. No longer were the Versa or Yarus anywhere near the top.
No now two cars that I hadn't even considered had taken the lead. The Chevy HHR and the Scion xB better known as the "Box on Wheels".
See not only did both cars fill my list of requirements but both were of a perfect height for my mom to scoot right in without climbing up or dropping down.
Now came the fun part. Research!
I checked on both cars in the consumer guide and found out that the Scion xB was actually very high on the list. In fact it was like the 4th or 5th car under such greats as the Honda Civic and Toyota Camry.
The Chevy HHR was a new car and had no info to offer, except that it shared the engine as the cobalt and the cobalt has a bad rating.
AND not only was it very highy liked but at Cramer of Venice they were offering a Lifetime warranty on all their cars.
Well with all this info how could I go wrong.
Only thing left to do was give it a test drive.
My plan was to pop in, test drive the car then test drive the HHR to see which felt better.
Needless to say once I got behind the wheel of that car I was sold.
Only thing left was to get a halfway decent payment so that I could pay my car payments without having to go bankrupt.
What I did I still can't believe. Right now I'm sitting here typing this and I still can't believe it...
BUT...!!!!
I PURCHASED THE SCION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just decided that I needed to get back and forth to work and just in case I wanted to go visit my friends in Miami I'll need a good car to get me back in forth.
So I drove off with the car and a brand new life.
The car is so cool too. Leela knows what I'm talking about when I say that sound system is un-frakin'-believable. And that "New Car Smell"! Oh what a feelin'. And I bought the very base line car, no bells or whistles-yet, but I did splurge on one bell...the ipod connector. Sorry couldn't help myself.
And did I mention the color. Its the cool looking metallic silver that shines and sparkles like a new car should.
Do you know when I got into my car the miles were 2. That's right 2. Can you imagine having 2 as your miles.
Anyway I posted all the pics of my baby and I have even named it.
Thanks to Julia's Hubby the name of my Scion is...the Sciontist.
Pretty cool huh? Scientist - Sciontist get it!
Of course you do!
Well I might just have to start a new blog and a new email.
So if a brand new Scion pulls up next to you, peek over and see if it's me.
If it is, beep your horn and say hi.

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