Tuesday, May 13, 2008

ESCAPE


DH (who doesn't blog and who doesn't care if I do or don't)suggests "why don't you blog about our new car?".

And I'm, like, huh? My blog is mostly read by women - we don't really care about new cars. We just need something to get the kids to and from school and sports and friends. We just need to be able to park the car in the supermarket carpark. We just want something safe and reliable that won't break down when we're out at night. We like to drive something that's OK but in the scheme of things cars are not a big deal to us.

Unless of course you drive a Landrover Discovery that broke down in Ohakune at Easter and had to be shipped back to Wellington (leaving us stranded and at the mercy of extended family to come collect us). Unless of course said Landrover has cost in excess of $7k in repairs the past 12 months. (And that doesn't count the $10k of damage - insurance paid!- inflicted on it in a carpark.) Unless of course 10 years of driving Land Rovers and spending too much money fixing then has lost it's appeal. Then it becomes a big deal.

Fast forward to a couple of weeks back. Landrover is picked up from the Landrover mechanics ($95+GST per hour for labour - tell your kids to be a mechanic when they grow up) and the next day traded in for...after much consideration... a Ford Escape.

OK still a 4-wheel drive but 3 litres not 4. A V6 not a V8 engine (that's gotta be saving the earth a bit, right?). Ordinary petrol not the expensive stuff. A 5 seater not a 7. Silver (won't show the scratches like the green LandRover). I now drive a car not a truck. It's 18 months old and we are keeping it for a very long time.


I suspect DH might have written a very different post.

8 comments:

Penny said...

Had to alugh at your DH's potential post vs your post ;)

Still - a new car is quite exciting. :) Especially when it is more reliable and not quite so expensive to keep.

Being stranded at the mercy of giant carrots is no longer on the cards...

Anonymous said...

you should have made DH post! you could have had a she said and he said view lol. At least your driving a car again and not a truck lol.

Anonymous said...

Nice car :) lol at your post.

Tracy said...

Love your new car, very styley! We are on a very similar wave length as far as the function of cars go! I've done a layout about our 'truck' called 'money pit' hehe at keeping it for a very long time!

Sharon said...

LOL - hope this one is more reliable!

Anonymous said...

Now we can be twins..i have a blue one though!~ Congrats on your new car!

Lara said...

cool & reliable car :-) Sounds like a few years of happy driving ahead.

how powerful is that post about elephants too.

Wishful Thinking said...

Thanks for visiting my blog :-) Had to laugh at your post about your car. Ha ... my husband would have written a very diff post as well. hee hee
Recommend a holiday place here in Malaysia???? Ummmm ... we haven't done very much yet ... have to wait for hubby to actually be home for a while so we can go away together!!! He travels heaps for work. I'll do some research and let you know. :-) HOT here ... only bring very light summer clothes!!!