Proud Papa
This weekend marked a huge event for me. I said goodbye to my good old Jimmy and hello to a great new car. I had a '98 Jimmy that had been developing a number of personality traits that I didn't particularly appreciate.I started talking about getting a new car. However, I hated the whole idea of car shopping. Several years ago I went to a dealership and got yanked around by a salesman. I still think back almost 5 years later and get twisted.
Moving on...
I'd considered a number a cars, but never really got out to drive many of them. I would just look online and see what I thought I wanted. After a lot of thought I decided that I wanted a new car rather than a used one. I still had a large number of potentials. Easter weekend I sat in the garage at a family gathering and pulled out the car section. I saw that one of the Toyota dealerships was going to be open that afternoon. Dezi and I went out there and test drove a brand new Camry. I fell in love with it, but wasn't settled since I still wanted to drive some more cars. Well I started checking out prices online. I even went to Yahoo and submitted a request for a quote on a new Camry. I got an e-quote from Toyota of Lewisville that I decided couldn't be beat. I made an appointment for Friday afternoon. After 4 hours and signing my life away, I drove off the lot in a brand new car.
I drove over to Desiree's to show her and her parents my new purchase even though she had already ridden in it. I called and talked to my parents on my way over. I've had several complements from the people I've shown it off to. I decided I was being obnoxious so I've tried to quite talking about it.
At first I felt like I was just borrowing the car, but I think it's settled in that it's mine now. As much as I give Dezi a hard time for jumping up and down when I'm excited, I did just that. I'm delighted with my purchase. Unfortunately I kept waking up most of that night with nightmares about what could happen to the car before I got it insured.
The rest of the weekend has been very nice. Dezi took her Psychology GRE on Saturday. We spent the evening over a Josh and Jocelyn's hanging out and talking. Sunday was a complete wash but the time change can do that to ya.
10:32 PM Posted by Big Dave
4 Comments:
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nice car, but I feel bad about jimmy.
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, at 10:19 PM
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Nice! Congrats
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Kevin Donahue, at 11:17 AM
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Looks really nice David! -Lisa
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, at 9:21 PM
Very nice!