So we went to this auto car show yesterday. This time we were actually on a mission. Our current far lease comes up this Summer so were on the market for the next car. Figured this car show to be a good opportunity to scope out all the potential cars we like before we hit the dealers.<\/p>\n
I think I might be hitting an early mid life crisis because I really want a more exciting car this time around. The CR-V we’ve had the past few years was great. It’s a super practical car and it doesn’t look too bad (I refuse the whole family minivan idea, my life doesn’t suck that bad yet) I guess I’m a little jealous of my younger brother who’s always owning the fancy sports cars and vehicles…motorcycles, s2000s, his Skyline bah! Meanwhile my past car pedigree involved a beatup Celica and magenta Subaru station wagon that eventually got stolen and used as a mule to haul stolen car engines.<\/p>\n
So this time around I told my wife I wanted something with a little more pizzaz. We deserve it, we work hard right? Yes yes I know, deserving something is one thing, putting extra money into something that does nothing but depreciate and gets me to point B no faster (especially here in Hawaii where you drive no longer than 5 minutes to get somewhere or sit 1 hour in traffic otherwise), doesn’t make any sense.<\/p>\n
I digress.<\/p>\n
So we sat in a whole buncha cars from Audi’s to Beemers. I didn’t get to sit in my dreamcar Ferrari Italia 458 but I drooled at it from several feet away. We narrowed out field down to a handful of cars that my wife felt was practical enough for us to use as a daily car, and not crazy expensive, yet had enough excitement for daddy to feel like he’s on an episode of Top Gear.<\/p>\n
More later when we actually get closer to visiting some dealers. I’m getting my haggle hat ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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