4EverOrange
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- Mar 9, 2003
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Mark and I really need a new car.
We are now driving 2 pick up trucks. Mine is a full size Toyota that gets horrible gas mileage, it's good for a full size truck but still horrible. Mark's is a 2wd Toyota that is uncomfortable, has no AC, and no power steering. I hate driving it anywhere, so wherever we drive we take the big truck.
Our gas bill is outrageous! We spend $50 per week on my truck alone, and that is if we stay at home all weekend, which we rarely do. In the 2 years we have had the truck, I have already put 38,000 miles on it.
Basically what I am saying, is we are driving the heck out of a very expensive vehicle. We have decided we are going to sell the little truck and get an econo car. We had been debating for months, and months, what kind of a car to get.
Weekend before last, I went, with my Mom, and test drove a new Mazda Protege5, it's the station wagon version of the Protege. It is fun to drive, cute but pratical, super reliable, and more importantly cheap. You can get one brand new for $14,000, and used for $10,000. They have been rated consumer reports used car to buy every year for the last 2 or 3 years. Sooo, we decided that is what we are going to get. Mind you, we have been trying to make this decision since last summer.
Fast forward to Saturday. I called my parents to find out what they were doing that night, and my Dad tells me they are in the Mazda dealership buying...you guessed it...the Protege5. Apparently, Mom thought it would be cute for us to have the same car, she knew I was getting one. :flame:
Would you be mad? Would you still get the same car? Would you say something to her?
Mark, my hubby, is saying no way no how are we going to buy this car now. :( WDYT?
We are now driving 2 pick up trucks. Mine is a full size Toyota that gets horrible gas mileage, it's good for a full size truck but still horrible. Mark's is a 2wd Toyota that is uncomfortable, has no AC, and no power steering. I hate driving it anywhere, so wherever we drive we take the big truck.
Our gas bill is outrageous! We spend $50 per week on my truck alone, and that is if we stay at home all weekend, which we rarely do. In the 2 years we have had the truck, I have already put 38,000 miles on it.
Basically what I am saying, is we are driving the heck out of a very expensive vehicle. We have decided we are going to sell the little truck and get an econo car. We had been debating for months, and months, what kind of a car to get.
Weekend before last, I went, with my Mom, and test drove a new Mazda Protege5, it's the station wagon version of the Protege. It is fun to drive, cute but pratical, super reliable, and more importantly cheap. You can get one brand new for $14,000, and used for $10,000. They have been rated consumer reports used car to buy every year for the last 2 or 3 years. Sooo, we decided that is what we are going to get. Mind you, we have been trying to make this decision since last summer.
Fast forward to Saturday. I called my parents to find out what they were doing that night, and my Dad tells me they are in the Mazda dealership buying...you guessed it...the Protege5. Apparently, Mom thought it would be cute for us to have the same car, she knew I was getting one. :flame:
Would you be mad? Would you still get the same car? Would you say something to her?
Mark, my hubby, is saying no way no how are we going to buy this car now. :( WDYT?