Civic Duty

It's great to have Kyle home from school but it does present somewhat of a dilemma - transportation. With Carly driving and working, and Deb working full-time now, there is no vehicle left for Kyle. Of course, he wasn't real thrilled about finding a job so it was looking like it wouldn't matter but I knew he would have to get *something* so we started the process of figuring out what vehicle to get.

There were quite a few options of course - just perfect for people who can't make decisions. I could get a car for me and give him the Camry or I could keep the Camry and get some junker for him. The wrench in the system is that he's going to be back in school in three months so the extra car would end up sitting through the whole winter gathering dust (and chipmunks). As we were pondering what to do, we couldn't help but look at cars and we found that we really liked the Honda Civic. Well, after a bunch of hemming and hawing, we hatched a plan. We would get a new Civic and then sell the Camry at the end of the Summer. Next Summer, we would find something else for him or me to drive.

Have I mentioned how much I hate the car buying process? This one actually wasn't that bad. We shopped around a bit and found a dealer that wasn't too bad. The hardest part was finding the right color/model. I decided I wanted white and Kyle was pushing to get a manual transmission. Turns out there was only one white, manual transmission Civic in New England - or so the dealer said. Anyway, they found one, we haggled, and then drove off in a new Civic. It's a very nice car. It's roomy, and fun to drive and gets great mileage. I'm not sure the manual transmission was the best decision. It's fun for awhile but then it's just work. Oh well.

Kyle and I are trading off driving it - although he seems to get it more than me... That's OK, he'll be back at school soon enough. I'm re-thinking about the plan to sell the Camry however. It's still in good shape and I'll need it again next Summer so it might be cheaper just to hang onto it over the Winter.