Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Classic

The Jaguar has pissed us off for the last time so we are in search of a new car. Not new, but used. Much cheaper that way. Last night we headed out to look at a few vehicles. The first was another Jaguar. For the life of me I cannot understand Rick's fascination with these cars, but whatever. He works hard, he can have whatever car he wants, except the shitty Jag he has now. After we get the whole spiel from the salesman he sends us out to the lot with keys in hand for a test drive. The car would not start. Didn't buy that one! We promptly headed to the next dealer across the street to look at BMWs. The particular Beemer we looked at only had rear wheel drive. Not a fan of the rear wheel drive in Chicago. When the snow is coming down it is not the car you want to be travelling in. The salesman insists that because of how BMW "balances" the engine that the rear wheel drive is just as effective as a front wheel drive vehicle. To prove his theory he hands us the keys and tells us to drive across the street to a parking lot that has not been plowed and is covered in about 10" of snow. After he goes on and on about how great it handles in the snow Rick and I finally set out across the street. We immediately got stuck in the snow! Not buying that car either. The search continues today.

So sorry for not posting forever. I'm hoping to improve on that.