The lease was up on my automobile this month, so I needed a new ride. I really wanted to economize now that I'm retired and my income is reduced. We really only need one good car between us, so I thought I'd get myself a beater just to buzz around town in. However, it seems that the Cash for Clunkers took all the $1500 used cars off the market, and besides, after seeing what $5000 will buy, I abandoned that idea.
I looked into leasing or buying new, buying used -- I even thought about buying the gas-guzzling SUV I had been leasing, but that was a bad idea too, especially since gasoline was $4.29 a gallon that week.
So, I finally decided a late-model mid-sized used car would do. I stopped to see the dealer up the street, who just happened to have for sale a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu with 8840 miles on it. Yes. That's what I said.
It's a nice car. Looks brand new inside and out -- talk about the little old lady who only drove it to church on Sundays. It's got four doors and power stuff and a DIC (computerized Driver Information Center). It can get 22 mpg in town and 32 on the highway. Its color is given as "amber bronze metallic," which is a sort of light gold-ish tan. It's a nice car to drive. I'm liking it a lot
I had several stops on my shopping trip today, and as I drove around town I kept noticing other vehicles similar to mine in size and shape and color, and I suddenly became aware of exactly what has happened to me.
I am driving an old-lady car.
Oh, well. If the shoes fits...
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