Something new, something blue

Morgan and I have been having car issues lately. We have had an Oldsmobile Aurora for the past few years and it was an awesome car until about six months ago. We could tell the car was developing a transmission issue so we took it in to have it checked and it was going to be $4,000 to get it fixed! When your car is only worth $1,000 it is hard to put another $4,000 into it. We decided we would just drive it until it died, hoping that time was still at least a year or two away. As the car progressively got worse we decided to start looking for something else just in case it died. One Saturday about three weeks ago we were driving between dealerships and were stopped by a red light -- when the light turned green, Morgan pressed on the gas and the car didn't go forward. He changed gears, tried again, no luck. He shut the car off, turned it back on, and it moved again! However, we only got to the next stop light and it did the same thing again. At that point we decided we had better move up our time line a little on changing cars! That same day we got a HONDA CIVIC!



It is not as fancy inside as our Oldsmobile, but I'm sure the engine is better. It been nice not having leather and having a smaller car. Much easier to park and drive and it's supposed to get up to 40mpg on the highway! Hopefully it will go forever.