Well, we finally did it. We traded in the Taurus for the amazing Rondo! Naturally, in true Sean and Liz style there had to be an element of drama involved. We went out there Tuesday night in the pouring rain just to check things out. (thanks to Meghan for babysitting at the last minute) We really liked the Rondo, even though we thought the name was totally goofy.
So, after thinking about it for a night, we called back and made an appointment to complete the process of buying it. After we dropped Griffin off at the sitter, Sean and I were filled with joy and excitement. Soon, however, that feeling would turn to dread as the temperature in the Taurus started rising. We were on the freeway, about 5 exits away from the dealership, and the car shimmied and shook, then started smoking!! We couldn't believe it, there was no way we were breaking down when we were this close to getting a new, reliable car! Sean got off on the nearest exit, pulled into a gas station, let the car cool down, and topped off the coolant. We took the side roads the rest of the way to the dealership to keep our speed down and avoid overheating again. This was a tense drive, I wasn't sure if we would make it!
We managed to pull in to the dealership without smoke pouring out from under the hood. After a long afternoon of waiting around for finance guys, and talking about government conspiracies with our ADHD, crazy-Christian salesman named Red, we finally bought the AMAZING RONDO! This was my first experience buying a car, I feel like such a grown up. It's a great little cross-over car with extra seating in the back, lot's of safety features, and so many cup holders I can hardly believe my luck!
When we got home we let Griffin play around in it (not too much, we don't want to destroy the Rondo on the first day!) He loved pulling all the handles and turning all the knobs, he even made the horn go "beep, beep!" which he loved saying.
So, that puts us one step closer to making our move to Utah. Sean will drive the amazing Rondo out there, then fly back in October to drive with Griffin and me when we move. It feels good to have a least one of the million things we have to do checked off the list!
4 comments:
How exciting, a new car. Safe and secure driving. It will take a while to get use to driving and having to worry about a breakdown.
Congratulaitions!
Your description of the car on the way to the dealer was precisely why I thought driving it to Utah was a BAD idea :-)
By the way, there was a soft drink in the 70's called Rondo, sold as "the Thirst Crusher" and all manly and such.
Yay! Buying a car is so much drama no matter what. Nathan swears that it is easier to buy a house than buy a car. I sure hope so because buying a car takes like 2019348 hours and 102348901238 signatures.
That sounds and looks very Japanese. It would fit in over here! The car names I have seen include: demio, terios kid, vivio, march, surf, raum, and that is just the beginning. I will keep a running list for you...and throw them out at random.
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