What a Journey!

WE GOT A NEW CAR!  Our first ever, brand new car might I mention!  Brian and I have been talking about updrading to something a little bigger.  As Howard gets older, we're feeling the need to have more seating for some of his friends and for our family when they are here to visit us.  With the car seats in our Jeep Patriot, we could fit 4 of us, and that was it!  Not much room for anything else.

So, we've been watching Dave Smith's website and researching cars with 3rd row seating.  Brian and I joke that when we said our wedding vows, we're pretty sure we included something about NO minivans... ever.  We knew we didn't want a big SUV (like a Suburban), just something with a 3rd, when needed.  After some research, we decided on a Dodge Journey.  Dave Smith had a used, 2009 Dodge Journey with all the trimmings (leather, back up camera, DVD player, touch-screen system, EVERYTHING) and a 3rd row.  We talked to a sales guy and pretty much told him we wanted it.  We went to test drive it and HATED it.  There was something wrong with the steering, maybe it had been in an accident?  The touch-screen system was also not working - one electrical problem = more?  I felt kind of bad because we pretty much told the sales guy on the phone we would buy it.  I knew if I left with that car, I'd have major buyer's regret.

I had spotted a Dodge Journey on the sales floor before we left for our first test drive and so glad I saw it!  It was a 2010 with 100 miles on it and was $1000 LESS than the used one with 28,000 miles on it.  It didn't have all the bells and whistles (no leather, no touch-screen, no back up camera, no DVD player), but it had the 3rd row seat!!!  After the car shuffle, they got the car out of the show room and let us test-drive what would soon become our car!!!  It's SO nice!  2010 Dodge Journey.  It's white with black (cloth) interior, chrome rims, exhaust tips and gas door.  It is so nice and I love it.  The new car smell cannot be beat.

We traded in our Jeep and got more than we expected.  Brian is content driving the old Dodge Neon to work, as it is very gas efficient and we really use it just for his commuting to and from work.  Here's a picture!  I'm in love.

(Yes, that is the Fred Sanford in the background, our awesome never-dies white Dodge pick-up)  :)