MY FAVORITE CAR

Yesterday I was tooling along in my car and I couldn’t help but think, as I often do, how much I like driving it. It is by far my all time favorite car and I just hope that it lasts a long time. I also liked the way we acquired it.

I cannot stand to bargain with car dealers. Usually I let the genius do all of that, but I will end up getting a car that is lacking something I wanted on it just to end all of the bickering. This time it was different.

When it was obvious that my eleven year old Rodeo was giving out, I began to search online for a new car. The genius suggested that I decide just what I wanted in a car and then write all the Honda dealers in Nashville and surrounding areas and ask them to give me a price. So that’s exactly what I did.

I decided on an Accord LX with everything I wanted on it. It was to have four doors, leather heated seats, a great sound system, a voice-activated GPS and all the other extras that good cars have. I then emailed each dealer and requested their best price (no trade in) and told them I was taking the lowest offer. Interestingly enough, the prices ranged from $1000 up to $5000 difference. I took the best offer and emailed them and said I would take it. On a certain date we drove out to finalize the deal and I was the proud owner of a lovely new car.

It gets pretty good gas mileage so that is the car we usually pick to drive on long trips. It has twice been to New Mexico and back and we even drove it to and from San Francisco. On the latter trip every day about 1 or 2 o’clock in the afternoon we would begin to think about how far we would get that day and then look in the AAA tour guidebook for motels. We would call the motel for a reservation and then put the address in the GPS. Then we could relax for the rest of the day and just follow the directions of “The Voice.” And that voice lady never erred.

I highly recommend both the car and the method of buying it. As I said above, I have thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to spend many more years in it.