Only 24 Hours With One Car

Well, it didn't last long. I knew it wouldn't, but I thought it would be at least a little longer than 24 hours. I told you on Friday we turned in Greg's Mazda that we were leasing. He had the rest of the afternoon off so it was no big deal to figure out the no car situation and him getting home from work. Then on Saturday the kids had been planning to go to Greg's mom's for the day. With no kids in tow for the day Greg decided he wanted to go to Holland to look at cars. He had found a place on the Internet that had a used Subaru Legacy he was interested in. So we made the road trip there and after driving the car he thought he was interested in and driving some others, we both decided although the Legacy was a little cheaper it wasn't what we'd be happy with.

We drove three Subaru Outbacks, a Subaru Legacy, and an Audi A6 Wagon. It ended up being down to one of the Subaru Outbacks and the Audi A6 Wagon. Both were 2002's, around the same price and both had some plus and minuses. The Audi was really nice and fully loaded, however when we drove it there was quite a bit of exhaust coming out. At first we thought it was because it was cold, but then it continued. We both decided that probably wasn't a good sign, and Greg had heard that Audi's from that time don't have the rep that they do now. Plus they're more to fix and more for insurance. So with that being said, we ended up deciding to go with the Subaru Outback. Subaru's have a pretty good reputation, it's AWD, and a good car for what we need it for. So while it's not a fast, cool car like Greg likes, it practical for our needs and should get the job done! So we are now the proud new owners of what I'm calling our Sparty mobile.


It's green and tan. At first Evan didn't like it when he saw a picture because he wanted daddy to get an orange car. That wasn't ever going to happen obviously. However when we got back to town with the car and Evan saw it, he liked it once I told him it was our Sparty mobile and green for Michigan State. Then he rode in it and said he really liked Daddy's car. Emme likes it too. It really is in pretty good shape for an eight year old car. I don't really think it looks like it's that old. So now we can STOP looking for cars. Thank goodness!