Wednesday, July 15, 2009

2 Buy or Not 2 Buy?

We own one car, a 1998 Chevy Prizm that is limping along. The good thing is that it has A/C, but we do not trust this car to travel any farther past Phoenix. The struts are all shot, it feels like we are riding on airbags just bouncing for five minutes after we hit a small bump. Our 58 pound dog put so much pressure on the back left window it will not roll up if we roll it down. The dog is too big for the back seat and is always wanting to come up front. His hair is everywhere in the car. When we have unfortunate souls in the back seat we have to let them out because the handles in the back have all broken off. The passenger in the front seat has to wait for the driver to open their door because that handle has broken off. If by some weird reason the door is locked the driver must unlock the car from the passenger, open the back door reach over and across to the drivers door to unlock that door. The front headlamp is missing a piece and falls backwards blinding the drivers infront of us at night. I am sure the list continues...but you get the idea.
I am in the young men's and we do a lot of camping, one campout per month, and it would be nice to take my own car. Let me introduce to you our ideas: Honda Element or Nissan Xterra. I am leaning towards the Element, because I like the idea that we can wash our car out with a hose after a camping trip or river kayaking. The interior is mostly waterproof making it ideal for getting dirty. It is a 4 cyclinder, but better gas mileage than the Xterra.
Let me know what you guys think? Oh and check out this page to see the Element. http://www.azpayless.com/

1 comment:

  1. The polka-dots really add a lot! Can't wait to hear your side of the story

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