We're back in the state of having more cars than drivers. This has happened because we gave a car to one of my kids as a present, not because we were so keen on her having a car, but because we wanted her to drive herself and her sister to school so that we wouldn't have to. She loves the car, but of course she doesn't live here or anyplace else where a car is even slightly practical.
The other extra car had been mine and was used by my other kid during her senior year. She beat it up pretty bad, as is the norm, though it still runs great and it's still my favorite car that I ever had. She is also living in a place where you'd have to be insane to have a car.
My wife has her own car. This leaves me in the position of having 2 cars, neither of which is really mine, and primarily driving one that is 7 years old and pretty seriously dented. I don't like this state of affairs, but I'm left in one of those stupid adult positions where I can't just do what I want. I don't want to drive that car anymore, but I also don't want to get anything too nice because it needs to be driveable by one of my kids whenever they might be home.
I've spent enough of my life triangulating what everyone around me needs that I just don't feel like doing it now, so I have to go for the best car I can come up with where I wouldn't be terrified if I had to let someone else drive it. So how nice is that? Argh! More triangulation!
So used, right? Newer, but not new. Comfy but not luxe, able to withstand having a post-adolescent toss an open bag of gummy worms on the floor and small enough that a kid can park it without interacting with any of the surrounding cars or other obstacles. Reasonable gas mileage, but I don't drive very much- maybe 10,000 miles in a year, so it doesn't have to be a hybrid, though I've had hybrids for the last 10 years and like them.
Okay, enough whining. What's for dinner?
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