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Jul. 26th, 2006 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulokay, so that was fun. I'll admit it.
I really like the Mini Convertible. I don't really need the Cooper S, it has more power than I could ever use, and I feel as though it would just be depressed living with me. But just a regular Mini Covertible...I could go for one of those.
All this money stuff is so confusing though.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
verdatum is attempting to explain it to me now, but I'm still sorta like "wtf?"
I am so bad at making commitments. And purchasing my very own car is a big one. Huge one. I just want my escort to blow up so that I'm like "well, I really need one." I feel guilt, like my escort is looking at me right now and saying "but Sam, don't you love me anymore? My wheels still turn, I still start, why don't you love me?".
Thing is too, this would be MY car. Not the car I got from my parents, a car that I believe is still in their name. No, this car would be 100% me. And that's just...whoa.
I asked the dealer what questions I could get my brain to create. I really just wanted to get inside the car and zoom around. He seemed nice, he wasn't the smarmy car deal of sitcom fame. I asked him how long Minis last, since this would probably be it for awhile. He said they aren't Hondas, but they will last me 7 or 8 years (I'm assuming he means working at 100% and then slowly falling apart like my escort). I asked about them being low to the ground and he said they planned ahead and everything is up just high enough and the bumpers are low enough that they will hit anything first before you go over it. Not that I plan on running over a lot of things, but still.
The convertible was just plain fun. You can open the top and make a little sun roof, even when you're doing 60! And you just press a button to make the top go down the rest of the way when you're stopped. And it felt good even when going 60 with the top down. I didn't feel like I was going to get blown out of the car or anything. Only thing that scares me is the back window - the rollbar gives it a few blindspots. But it wasn't so bad, and once you arrange the side mirrors (and take off the stupid sale sticker on the side windows) it seems like it wouldnt' be too big an issue except for backing out.
So this is my dream car of the moment -- orange mini convertible, white racing stripes on the front hood. And, if possible, on the door, "orangerful". (see, they had this whole add campaign a few years back that said "let's put another handle on the door" and they sent out stickers to put on your car! And I was like wouldn't it be sweet to use those (I still have them)...and NOW they have an orange mini! *dies* it's FATE I tell you.)
I know it's an expensive car and I'll be paying it off for awhile. But it just looks cool and feels cool, and goshdarnit if I don't deserve a COOL car! I mean, I could see myself settling for a more "sensible" car, but why? No one ever says "oOOOh you drive a Taurus? what's that like?".
And I don't know anything about service plans, but according to this pamphlet, in the cost of my car I get 3 years of basic maintenance (oil change etc) included, plus 24 hour roadside assistance anywhere in the US, and a 4 year/50000 mile warranty on the car, and a 12-year/unlimited mileage warranty against rust/corrosion. I mean, that sounds good to me, but what do I know?
Blargh! I'll talk with my parents about how one goes about all this stuff (I'm sure they will try to talk me out of it) and then I guess the next step is contacting my bank and finding out what my loan would look like (it will look like this: $$$$$$$$$). Then I guess I have to haggle, right? We can haggle with cars? I'm a horrible haggler - heck, I shop on half.com to avoid having to bid on ebay.
AIEEE! it's COMMITMENT! RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!
I really like the Mini Convertible. I don't really need the Cooper S, it has more power than I could ever use, and I feel as though it would just be depressed living with me. But just a regular Mini Covertible...I could go for one of those.
All this money stuff is so confusing though.
verdatum is attempting to explain it to me now, but I'm still sorta like "wtf?" I am so bad at making commitments. And purchasing my very own car is a big one. Huge one. I just want my escort to blow up so that I'm like "well, I really need one." I feel guilt, like my escort is looking at me right now and saying "but Sam, don't you love me anymore? My wheels still turn, I still start, why don't you love me?".
Thing is too, this would be MY car. Not the car I got from my parents, a car that I believe is still in their name. No, this car would be 100% me. And that's just...whoa.
I asked the dealer what questions I could get my brain to create. I really just wanted to get inside the car and zoom around. He seemed nice, he wasn't the smarmy car deal of sitcom fame. I asked him how long Minis last, since this would probably be it for awhile. He said they aren't Hondas, but they will last me 7 or 8 years (I'm assuming he means working at 100% and then slowly falling apart like my escort). I asked about them being low to the ground and he said they planned ahead and everything is up just high enough and the bumpers are low enough that they will hit anything first before you go over it. Not that I plan on running over a lot of things, but still.
The convertible was just plain fun. You can open the top and make a little sun roof, even when you're doing 60! And you just press a button to make the top go down the rest of the way when you're stopped. And it felt good even when going 60 with the top down. I didn't feel like I was going to get blown out of the car or anything. Only thing that scares me is the back window - the rollbar gives it a few blindspots. But it wasn't so bad, and once you arrange the side mirrors (and take off the stupid sale sticker on the side windows) it seems like it wouldnt' be too big an issue except for backing out.
So this is my dream car of the moment -- orange mini convertible, white racing stripes on the front hood. And, if possible, on the door, "orangerful". (see, they had this whole add campaign a few years back that said "let's put another handle on the door" and they sent out stickers to put on your car! And I was like wouldn't it be sweet to use those (I still have them)...and NOW they have an orange mini! *dies* it's FATE I tell you.)
I know it's an expensive car and I'll be paying it off for awhile. But it just looks cool and feels cool, and goshdarnit if I don't deserve a COOL car! I mean, I could see myself settling for a more "sensible" car, but why? No one ever says "oOOOh you drive a Taurus? what's that like?".
And I don't know anything about service plans, but according to this pamphlet, in the cost of my car I get 3 years of basic maintenance (oil change etc) included, plus 24 hour roadside assistance anywhere in the US, and a 4 year/50000 mile warranty on the car, and a 12-year/unlimited mileage warranty against rust/corrosion. I mean, that sounds good to me, but what do I know?
Blargh! I'll talk with my parents about how one goes about all this stuff (I'm sure they will try to talk me out of it) and then I guess the next step is contacting my bank and finding out what my loan would look like (it will look like this: $$$$$$$$$). Then I guess I have to haggle, right? We can haggle with cars? I'm a horrible haggler - heck, I shop on half.com to avoid having to bid on ebay.
AIEEE! it's COMMITMENT! RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!
