Well, my car is still in the shop, though I'm grateful they did not total it.
The guys from Progressive came to visit me at work, and I was asked if I had any complaints. I confessed that having the rental company put me in a Cadillac DTS was a bit excessive. As a luxobarge it is so big it doesn't fit in the garage (think of a car that is as big as a Suburban and bigger than a Tahoe). 12 mpg didn't really grab me either.
So now I'm in a rental company Altima. Not as quiet, no satellite radio, seats hard as a rock, and it fits in my garage, gets 30+ mpg (I've got to drive to East Texas a couple of times this coming week) and it got me thinking.
I like my Volvo, but if I got a new car what would it be? Another S60 (I'm not old enough for an S80 yet)? A Minicooper convertible? Then I realized that what I really wanted was a Honda Civic.
If cost wasn't important, if status markers didn't affect me (and, sadly, they do), I'd buy a Civic. I may anyway at some point.
Everyone has to have a dream car, and I have to admit, that is mine, at least this week.
2 comments:
I have a Honda Civic - and absolutely love it!
Re: the status marker thing, I think I take a perverse pleasure in driving my Civic. An old friend, when he found out I'd purchased a new car, started laughing when I told him I bought a Civic. He said, "You haven't changed a bit - I was afraid that you would do the new law school grad thing and buy a Baby Beemer."
Too many people's kids drive BMWs in this part of the world, though they are fine cars. I owned one before they were a marker of a lot of things that cause me not to own one now.
Unfortunately, some things rub off on clients and on how people treat cases and the law. Not to mention, I got the Volvo for less than a Honda Accord (which is what I was thinking of buying at the time).
I like it, but I find my heart going back to Civics.
http://maisnon.blogspot.com/ -- neat blog btw.
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