Well, Jim finally did it. He bought a new car today! The poor man has been driving the Ford Taurus for nine years now. Don't get me wrong, the Ford was a great car and it served us well. But it was definitely time for a new car. The gas gauge hasn't worked for years (Jim would fill up the tank and then reset the odometer, and he knew that he could drive approx. 250 miles before he needed to fill the tank again.) This method only backfired once, when one of my friends and I decided to track different walking routes throughout the neighborhood. I set and reset the odometer several times to record how many miles each route was. But, I forgot to tell Jim of my little exercise, and he ran out of gas later in the week!
The passenger window no longer rolls down, the car is pocked with acorn dents - we park it outside in the driveway underneath 90 ft. tall trees that drop strawberry size acorns each fall, and lastly the doors have some issues as well. Last winter, the driver's door would just randomly fly open without warning - while driving! Jim used a couple of bungee cords to solve this problem (who ever heard of tying yourself into your vehicle?) This winter the doors won't open. They freeze shut every night. One morning, I looked out the window to see Jim climbing through the back door and over the console into the drivers seat! Recently, the heat went out. This is absolutely unbearable in CT. Jim had the radiator flushed, and that helped to increase the "heat" from frigid to cool.
Thus, he finally gave in and began the search for a new car. We don't buy cars often (yeah, like every 10 years). We buy them, and drive them until they die! After weeks of research, looking from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, we finally found the perfect car and the perfect price. Mission accomplished. Phew!
Here's an old pic of Jim and the Taurus when it was "new" - notice Emi is in a baby carrier!
Jim and his new Maxima....standing with Clara - she loves the moon roof :)
OOOOOOOO pretty!!!!! very nice jim I like it! It's true though I can't believe you drove that taurus for so long... what if you got stuck on some railroad tracks and a train was coming... you'd have to climb over the back seat in order to get out!! Death trap!! I can't wait till 2020 when Jim gets his next car and we can make fun of the Maxima and all its issues.
ReplyDeleteP.S. no offence to your terrific posting skills Sarah but your post's title is quite missleading. I got all excited thinking that Jim was writing his first post! Alas it wasn't true. Tell Jim that we'd all like to see his writing skills in action
That is hilarious! Love the new car:)
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