Diana's new ride

posted by Jeff | Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 10:44 PM | comments: 9

Here she is, happy to have her new ride at home.

But wait, that's country music coming out of the stereo. Eeew.

The new car arrives for its first night in its room.


Comments

Neuski

February 14, 2008, 3:59 AM #

Welcome to the Hyundai Club.

draegs

February 14, 2008, 4:46 AM #

Why the old school OH plates? Were they Diana's off of her old ride?

Jeff

February 14, 2008, 4:48 AM #

Actually, her old, old ride. This is the third car to wear them!

CPLady

February 14, 2008, 1:58 PM #

Nice!

Amazing to see we've got more snow than you do ATM. What happened to your Lake Erie lake effect?

Jeff

February 14, 2008, 2:03 PM #

That last storm came out of the south, and ended up bringing a whole lot of warm air. What you're seeing is a little snow with ice on top.

JRY13SP

February 14, 2008, 2:21 PM #

You know, of the cars that we test drove when Jamie was looking, the Elantra was my favorite. It seemed to be the most bang for the buck. Jamie liked the Fit better though -and everyone else in her family thought negatively of Hyundai - though none of them actually have one.

Congrats on the new car, Diana!

Neuski

February 14, 2008, 2:32 PM #

I'm amused with the opinions that people have about car brands. I could go home and easily find a family/man who thinks ill of any truck brand besides his own because "he had a friend who had a sucky one."

draegs

February 14, 2008, 4:15 PM #

I work with a guy who has a tattoo of the Chevy logo.

(Just thought I would add that after Tyler's comment.)

Rob

February 14, 2008, 4:45 PM #

For years and years my dad had been a GM guy. He always stuck with Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevy, and GMC, and he absolutely would never drive a Ford again after his 1982 Escort debacle. After he test drove my Civic when I bought and then test drove the Accord, he ended up buying his first "foreign car." I use that term loosly because every car is practically foreign nowadays.

When my sisters wrecked their cars, my parents took the insurance money and bought 10-year-old Hondas with them. They both have done well, except one of the Hondas have been wrecked already and replaced with a Toyota Camry.

It is funny how families have their opinions of cars and whatnot. On my wife's side of the family, they are all Ford people and they think Ford makes the greatest cars and trucks. I think this is mainly because my grandfather-in-law is a retired Ford worker. To each their own. I think cars in general today are very well made and as long as you take care of them and change the oil as scheduled, they should last you at the minimum 100k miles. At this point its more of a preference of what options you want. I think the Asian cars like Mitsubishis, Hondas, Toyotas, and Hyundais feel more solid and have that expensive look, even with the base models. The upholstry and materials used make the car look like it came out of a luxury car. Compare that to "American" cars which are starting to take note and follow suit of what the Asian car companies have been doing for years. I remember my Cavalier had burlap seats and hard plastic door covers that showed every scratch imaginable. My Civic felt like it's light years ahead of my Cavalier despite being 7 years newer.

Congrats on the new ride Diana! I have a sick feeling that once I pay off my Civic it'll be time for a 4-door :( Which is sad because I love my car.


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