Waiting

We've been waiting to hear from the dealership about our new car. My wife's old car was inherited from her parents - and it's a stereotypical AARP members car, a bronze Buick LeSabre. It's not a bad car mind you - about 25MPG, plenty of room for the family, quiet, etc. But it had 70000 miles on it, the driver's seat was completely sprung out (making it a back breaker on a long trip), and every time we see one the occupants are twice our age. Sharon was looking at Pontiac's, but in this age of $4 a gallon gasoline (and frequent low ratings in consumer reports) I managed to interest her in a Toyota Camry hybrid. The Prius is a very fuel efficient car, but it's (imho) ugly, and not big enough to do what we want to do with it. The Camry is the size we need, the hybrid gets almost as good mileage as a Prius, and the consumer reports ratings are good for most Camrys.

Unfortunately, Camry hybrids are almost as hard to find as a Prius - we scoured the websites of local Toyota dealers, and decided to try KC Summers in Mattoon. They showed that they had 2 - and they did, until we got there. We drove in as the last one drove out! We lucked out though, because they were scheduled to get 2 more, and one of them was available - it was also too expensive. So the salesman got most of the expensive stuff taken off the order (leather and a moon roof), got the color changed to red, and we put a deposit on it.

And now we wait - the car was scheduled for construction on 8/01/08, so it actually should be assembled by now. All we have to do is wait for it to be transported up here, and the dealer to get it ready.

We just have to wait...