used to sing on the mountains
we've had an interesting experience getting renee's new car over the past month. she's wanted a convertible since she was little, and so we went with about the cheapest, most reliable one we could pick up, a 2007 toyta camry solara. the problem with car buying (that i noticed when getting mine in 05) is that it's not like ordering a sandwich. you can't just say, i want the absolute base model with no options in this color and have it magically appear, like you would a meatball hoagie. i get why; the automotive industry's profits would vanish were that the case. sadly economics are on the seller's side here.
so that means when you aim for a model that there aren't many of, you either get it driven in from wisconsin (as this one was) or you wait six months for them to custom-build it. we wanted to sell renee's civic while we could still get a few bucks for it, so we opted for wisconsin.
we worked with performance toyota up on route 4, and they were marvelous, gave us a great price, stayed open two hours later than close to finish up paperwork last night, all for a sale barely above invoice.
the car drives like a camry - smooth as silk, the v6 unnervingly quiet, even at higher RPM's. it's a base, so no bells and whistles (i just spent way too long thinking about how to spell "whistles"). she likes it - and looks pretty good in it IMHO.
wow, you got it already? that was quick. those $600 trailers are fast. :)
hope you guys got to enjoy it today, because next weekend is going to be cold and suck.
Nice looking car and driver.
Love,
Dad
Dude, I said i wanted one after the boys are older! Not practical right now for our growing family
But hey were do you all live...we will live next door and Reene and I can drive around in it :o) hehehe