Saturday, April 19, 2008

Opinion NEEDED!!

Saturday. What an interesting day. It actually began Friday night.

Friday: It was a good day. James got home from work and finished fixing my parents' car. He decided that it would be a pleasant experience to take me to dinner and a movie. I am not one to say no, so we had an enjoyable evening. I didn't even have to take my purse! That sweet hubby of mine. It was all on him! When we got home we realized that we didn't have James' cell phone. Bummer! We left it at the theater!

Saturday: The original plan was to prepare for the upcoming events in our near future. Going to Ohio and Joshy coming home! (We leave for Ohio on Thursday! James is setting up a frog hopper at the Columbus Zoo!!! So I'm going too!!) We were going to get some lawn fertilizer and take care of raking up the lawn from the winter and give it some nice nourishment. Well, we ended up getting the fertilizer needed and running a few other errands. Groceries for the most part. Then realizing that the theater wouldn't be open until 11:30, we decided to waste some time. It was only 11. So we stopped by a local car dealership. We really like one of the cars. And just can't decide. Finally, at about 12:30 we get to run to the theater. No sign of the phone. Now we need to run to the verizon store to make sure we get the service stopped and people aren't making phone calls on it and running up our bill. Yeah! No activity! But we do qualify for our free phone upgrade. We are working on that and picking out our new phones when we hear screeching tires and crashing sounds! Go to the front of the store to find two vehicles having been involved in an accident! An elderly man in a minivan at the drive through of Burger King had blacked out and rammed the car in front of him up the curb and then drifted up the curb himself, taking out the Burger King sign and finally coming back to consciousness! Wow! Everyone involved was OK. We finally get out of the Verizon store having everything complete a little bit after 2:00. We decide that we don't want the car and call the dealer and tell him no thanks. We go home to get some lunch and the dealer calls back. With a better deal! Those sneaky dealers!

Being the smart girl that I was born to be, I came up with a temporary solution: Take the car for the rest of the weekend to make sure it's what we want. Now I really like this car. But it may be more a a want than a necessity. I am completely aware of that. Take a look and view my pros and cons. Please!!! Give me your opinion!!







2005 Chevrolet Equinox
52,000 miles
17 in-town mpg
26 highway mpg

PROS:
Pretty
Safe
Low Miles
Lower to the ground
Better gas mileage
Newer
It's an American revolution

CONS:
Twice as much expensive as what we have now
Doesn't have as many cool features
Longer Loan
Tires are as new
Not as comfortable
Not a Ford

We are just merely looking for opinions. We don't want to spend money just because we can. We want to be wise. Please be honest, but not too brutal. Thanks a million!

3 comments:

Shannon said...

Hey Hey Hey I found your Blog. Now I can blog stalk you. hehe. Anywho i showed Jon the car and he said they're good if you looking for a crossover vehicle, but not good if you looking for something off-road capable, like a Jeep, like us. Anyways, thats his opinion. Well talk to ya later.

Anonymous said...

MOM SAYS NO-WHY PAY TWICE AS MUCH FOR SOMETHING LESS COMFORTABLE. THE IMPROVED GAS MILEAGE WOULDN'T BE THAT GREAT, EITHER

FORD RULES said...

NO! Don't do it's a steankin' Cheby man!! Here is what I found you need a front wheel drive; or all wheel drive Ford Fusion or the Merc. Montego (luxery). Very comfy, economical, good lookin, and best of all it's not a chevy! Don't go over to the dark side Luke.
The only thing worse than buying that chevy would be...well nothing...maybe a dodge.