New-To-Me Car
Posted by Rebecca Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:53:00 GMT
I have the CR-V now. I have a car payment now.
But I’m happy.
I had Auto P.I. do a “Lemon Busters” inspection on my car yesterday morning and everything passed with flying colors.
So Dom took me down to the dealership, I signed 500 forms, including one really large one (large in area), they detailed the vehicle, and I drove it away.
Everything is done. Insurance, loan, all of it.
I drove it to work today and for the first time since I drove it off the lot yesterday I was able to actually focus on how the car felt while driving. I have to say, it drives very smoothly. It’s very comfortable, rides well, etc.
I learned last night that it has a V-Tec inline 4 cylinder engine. It drives like it has 6 cylinders.
I also learned that there are different types of 4 cylinder engines. Didn’t know that. Now I’m smarter.
I’m still decompressing from the entire process of being carless, searching for a car, deciding on one, buying it, and getting used to having freedom again. But I learned a lot about God, me, and the world through the process and that’s a very goog thing. Now that it’s all over, I feel like I can finally concentrate on other things.
This sounds hokey, but because I learned so much, I feel kinda like a champion. And I bought the car from Champion Toyota. So I decided to name the car Champ. I’ve never named a car before, and I didn’t grow up in a family that names cars, so it’s a little weird for me to name it, but I think the name fits.
My flickr feed on the sidebar of the page shows a few of the pictures that Dom took of me with Champ. You can click on the feed to see the rest of them.
