Well ok new to us – a nice one at that. In fact we just purchased for RG the nicest car I think I have ever owned. It is a 2007 Honda Accord V6. While I know it isn’t RG’s dream car it is certainly an upgraded for her cruising around in the dent-mobile. The car is practically new with only 24k miles on it. It is a Graphite Silver and has all the options I think you could really need in a car. Power everything, in dash CD changer, cruise, tilt, traction control, and all that. I guess it doesn’t have a sunroof, satellite, leather, or heated seats, but that is all just extra stuff to break really.
I’ve got to say not only is this the nicest car I have ever owned it is one of the nicest to drive. The v6 just moves. In fact when we were test driving cars I got one of these on the freeway and when I went to pass someone I was in the high 90s without trying (so I will have to watch my lead foot). It has a pretty sporty suspension so you do feel the road but it doesn’t rattle you. The steering is perfectly balanced; I can certainly see why people are such fans of Honda. I will have no issue inheriting this car from the wife next time we get something new and retire my pickup.
Speaking of the truck I told RG when we drove it home from the dealer that after 2 weeks she would have no interest in driving the truck again. She told that she “loved” the truck and would still drive it. I just said “yes dear” and nodded. Well I was wrong, but she wasn’t right. It only took one week and she had no more interest in the truck. Though she claims that she will want to drive it when it snows I doubt it. I drove a car with traction control in the snow and it handled just fine. Unless there is 8-10 inches on the ground or more – when realistically you shouldn’t be driving – I can’t imagine a reason to drive the truck for her.
We kind of decided to buy the car quickly. Originally we were going to save for 8-10 months and buy a Murano. But a lot of things colluded to push RG to want a car of her own. Some having to do with not liking going to work in skirts and having to climb in and out of a truck to wanting to drive around her host grandma or some of the kids she used to nanny. The pick is simply not suited for these things and considering I bought 7 years ago when I was single and wanted something I could haul things around with you can’t really fault it for not being everything to everyone. So I looked online and noticed quite a few lease returns for sale.
With the credit crunch and then cash for clunkers a lot of dealers where coming into fall with a lot of extra inventories and decided to slash prices. So we thought why not now. We can’t get a Murano but we can certainly get a much better car for a lot less now. The v6 accords were all three to four thousand dollars under blue book. So we went looking. After driving a couple cars in the cities RG talked me into driving up to St. Cloud. Where there were a couple Accords we found online with very low miles.
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