new wheels
As I mentioned yesterday, after:
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12 years
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20+ oil changes
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a few driveway fender benders
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a mystery oil leak that req’d 6 quarts of oil every few thousand miles
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and a whole lot of good memories
I finally traded in the 96 Corolla for some new wheels. Overall the car was amazing. It was a gift from my late grandfather when my Nissan Sentra caught on fire on the way back to Florida State my senior year and it provided for a great car with no payments. However, all chapters come to an end, and to be honest…I really like the new chapter.
My wife and I had established a budget and narrowed it down to two cars - a silver ’05 Altima with 40K miles or a black ’04 Volvo s60 with 60K miles. We went with the Volvo for a number of reasons:
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it looks awesome (Barry)
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it got great safety ratings (Amanda)
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it’s a TURBO (Barry)
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there’s room for all three kids in the back seat (Amanda)
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the “nice car” is no longer our mini-van (both of us!)
(not our actual car, but I haven’t taken a picture yet)
Tomorrow I’ll provide some rules we’ve established for buying cars that might be helpful - until then, happy driving!
Tags: altima, cars, corolla, s60, volvo
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March 18, 2008 at 8:49 am
Its about time you got a new ride!
March 18, 2008 at 9:43 am
Sweet ride Barry. I love the newer volvos. Now….I will be compiling a list of modifications to compliment that turbo until we yank it for a larger turbo or twin turbos….I love cars….I miss my Mustang
March 19, 2008 at 4:15 am
You deserve it. Didn’t you have a car in high school that the steering wheel came off?
March 19, 2008 at 6:06 am
Josh - you know you loved that Corolla. It’s too bad I traded it in - I would have offered you a sweet deal.
Chris - you lost me at modifications - remember, this is a FAMILY car! (I love having friends that know cars!)
Leigh Ann - I think that was Helsby. I had the Buick Park Avenue where the horn wouldn’t turn off and I had to cut the wires in the steering column. Now that was a sweet ride!
March 19, 2008 at 9:07 am
I saw a video of some guys that wired their friends horn to the brakes. Now that was funny when he pulled up behind someone at a stop sign…..