Our new transportation.

It's been a pretty busy week.

Sandra and I have been in the process of getting a loan to buy a used car. It has been a roller coaster ride of emotions for her. We had hoped to get a line of credit at first, but were declined. The guy at the bank then ran the numbers for a loan. Well, he was pretty rude and short when dealing with Sandra that day, and that just had her in tears.

The long and the short of it is that we wound up trying at another bank, with no luck, so we went back and took the loan offered at our own. It was a little more each month than we wanted to pay, but still within our means. When we went in the second and third times (We had to go back to pick up the cheque for the dealership.) he was much nicer to Sandra.

From test drive to plating the car was a week, almost exactly. I don't think I've ever made a decision of that magnitude quite so quickly, but we really did need a newer car. The cavalier was thirteen years old, and things were starting to get expensive to keep her running. After she broke down on us in Kingston, Sandra never felt comfortable driving again.

My Dad really wants the old car. He does not care for the van that my mother has, and my brother has it half of the time. If the car can be made to pass the safety, he feels it will be perfect for the driving that he does. Dad seldom leaves the property, and never goes long distance. Or at least, he very rarely travels long distance.

Sandra is thrilled with our new car. We bought a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire GTX. It is a little more loaded than we really need, but the price was good and the mileage even better. It only had 66 thousand kilometres on the odometer. It rides well, and most importantly, has no rust. Sandra can drive in comfort and confidence again.