In
the midst of all this moving, the other twin arrived for her week.
Or
rather, we picked her up last Sunday on one of our forays in to get
stuff. I have promised her an extra weekend to make up for the fact
that two of the first three days of her visit have been spent in the
city dealing with moving and...
spending
some of the money from the sale of our stupidly valuable property in
the city!
We
bought a new car, the first car we have bought since 1984. We bought
a new truck about 5 or 6 years ago when we were first moving out to
the country house and let the '84 Volvo rest in peace.
2014.5
Toyota Camry
Things
on this car I have never had on a car before:
automatic
transmission
power
windows
power
adjustable seats
power
adjustable side view mirrors
CD
player
radio
that can be programmed about 50 different ways
back
up camera
cruise
control
outside
temperature display
integrated
bluetooth
voice
command system
lock/unlock,
alarm function on the key
and
these are just the things I can think of off hand. It's pretty
overwhelming. The salesman was halfway through showing me all the
bells and whistles right before I drove off in it when I went on
overload.
So,
while we were waiting for paperwork to get done sitting at the desk
(our third 'wait'), I was fiddling with the keys to the new car which
was in the prep garage a fair distance from where we were sitting.
There is a little red button that says 'hold' with the symbol for
horn or loud volume. Hmmmm, so I held it down thinking we were too
far away from the car for it to activate anything. Wrong! The horn on
the new car started going blatt blatt blatt and then we
couldn't figure out how to shut it off. Finally Marc got it to stop.
He and Jade were shaking their heads at me but I thought it was
really funny.
So,
yes, it seems I am still a little kid.
I need a new vehicle also. I like your little car, but need bigger for myself and all the junk I need to haul with me.
ReplyDeletea kid with a brand spanking new car! congrats!!!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo. You'll know everything you want to know within two weeks.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if there is any purchase more fun than a brand new car. We bought one two years ago because mine went kaput with no warning and what a treat it has been. We hadn't bought a new car since 1996, three used ones in the interim, and it makes all the difference to be the one to take care of it from the beginning. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI love that you set off the car alarm - ha! I've done that myself many times - but always by accident (stupid button is RIGHT BESIDE the trunk button - ha!).
ReplyDeleteYou guys drive around a lot. Having a good car will make it so much more pleasant. I salute you!
ReplyDeleteYou look very proud.
You and your new car reminds me of me and my newish car. I still don't get the Bluetooth.
ReplyDeletesweet lady.....there is no future in growing up. We must stand united...us'n.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new car.
Congrats! I love New cars way too much. My last one was an 08 Accord and it served me well.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your new car! Remember when you had to actually hand crank the window down?
ReplyDeleteI just knew you were going to press that button, lol!
ReplyDeleteI would have paid to see the grin on your face with it happened. ;-D
Congrats on the car! Yay! Sounds pretty great.
ReplyDeleteI bet that horn scared the guys in the garage to death. Or maybe they're inured to that sound by now!
Snort... you have me laughing out loud at this. It sounds like something I would do. Congrats on your new wheels. :)
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