There's a new man in my life. Ok, that's not true. But there is a new car that happens to be of the male persuasion. I apologize for not having any pictures of him or anything else lately. I am in a temporary state of not being able to upload any pictures. As soon as I get a new personal laptop (any week now, I promise), I will liven up the blog a little bit with photos.
Tom, TH, whatever you want to call him, was born in 2008 in Japan. He's a Subaru Outback. He's a kind of dark lead/silver color w/ black interior. He also has heated seats (I really like that about him.). Since it's still snowing in Utah these days, I've been able to make use of his all-wheel drive feature as well. He handles so well!
Tom's not quite as zippy as Pam was, nor does he have a sunroof, but he needs a lot fewer repairs, has a ton more head room in the back seat, he's HUGE (in comparison to Pam, of course.) and I haven't bottomed out of any driveways or other deep dips in the road YET. He's great. And he gets an average of 26 mpg. I love it!
Odd thing - ever since I've had him (aka last Tuesday) I now see his siblings all over the road. It's like suddenly everyone has a Subaru! Crazy.
I'll confess that Tom did not seduce me with his good looks. I was attracted to him for his more practical features. But I don't think I gave him enough credit at first. By now, I find him a bit sleek. But I still hate his new car smell. It makes me nauseous. However, that's supposed to go away, so I'm dealing with it.
All in all, I like Tom. There are always kinks to work out in new relationships, things to get used to and maybe even compromises to be made. But I think this is the beginning of something wonderful between he and I. Why, just the other day I discovered, to my delight, that Tom has an amazingly tight turning radius. It's fabulous, really! Way better than Pam's was.
I have car payments now, so that kind of sucks. And I'm still waiting for the smackdown from my car insurance. But wadda ya gonna do? Apparently cars cost money.
6 comments:
Congratulations! Hooray for new cars!
Ummmm...why Tom Hanks?
Well... uh. He's definitely a boy car, as Tom is also a male. And he seemed famous to me. Tom is famous. And though I don't think he's the best looking car, there are many things that make me love him -- as I would say is true for the real Tom Hanks. That sums up my reasoning. I never claimed to make sense
Love the name, love the car and love you:) So happy that you got a car that will work for and with you and not just look super cute. Be safe!
Super duper cool is all I can say about that :)
Lance Armstrong was sponsored by Subaru "It's driven by what's inside", so I am jealous!
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