Journal snack's Journal: A Whirlwind of NEW!
Wow... I would normally say that not much has happened recently, but that is not true this time. Many new things have happened, and are happening.
1) My dad got a new car. He decided on getting a small economy car. He went with my mom and test-drove many different cars. Finally the Ford Focus stuck on him. He got an amazing deal on it, and is quite proud of his barganing techniques. It's black, and has power nothing. It does, however, have A/C which is necessary in Texas. It's a nice car, and since it's light weight, the small-ish engine in it has a good ammount of pickup. It gets much better gas mileage than his previous vehicle. I believe the Focus gets like 27/34 or something.
2) David got a new-ish car. Since my dad bought the Focus, we had an extra vehicle. My parents decided to give David a car for while he's off at college. He got the 1994 Volvo 850. Quite a nice car. He got a parking garage spot for it to protect it while he's out marching around or whatever the corps does. He's very pleased with the car.
3) My Mom got a new car! (You might begin to see a theme here). She ended up getting a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited in White. It's a VERY pretty car, and has an awesome tope leather interior. It is nice to drive, and has all the features you'd expect from a grand cherokee limited. She traded in her 96 Jeep for this one. It has some new features like being able to program what the remote-keys do without going to the dealership. Fancy Fancy!
4) Last but certianly not least is me. I got a new car too. My 1989 Volvo 240 had served it's purpose well, showing over 203,000 miles and the engine has many more miles left in it. But after weighing the cost of the maintence, the cost of the vehicle, and other associated expenses on the car, we figured that we were paying over $200 a month for the life of the vehicle (7.5 years). Quite a bit of money. That is pretty much a car payment on a new car. (gotta love that justification right?) So after test-driving many more vehicles we found the Toyota Corolla S. It drives very nice, and I like the 5-speed Transmission. I ended up getting the S-package which includes some body kit, remote, power windows and other such goodies. I'm very pleased with it so far (56 miles
So that's what's been going on for the past few weeks. New cars (woo), School is going pretty well. I'm excited about the fact that classes are almost over for the semester.
-Tim
*Lemme introduce ya to 'Tony*
