New Wheels

Walter and I are the proud owners of a new (to us) 2001 Honda Civic sedan. We bought it from my friend and coworker Angie who recently moved to Atlanta. Lucky for us Angie decided not to take her car with her when she moved cross-country. We were not actively looking for another car but the timing was good. Our Saturn (a 1996) is getting older and I can see more expensive repair bills in its future. That's something we would like to avoid if possible so it seems this would be a good time to move on.

We've been emailing and calling Angie and her cousin (who was keeping the car for her here locally) for weeks working out all the logistics of transferring the car to us. Friday night with our friend Kimber's help we brought our new car home.

The Honda was exactly what we would have been looking for in a replacement: practical, reliable, fuel efficient, and manual transmission. And it didn't hurt that a few nice extras came with the package:

• an alarm system with a push button to lock and unlock the doors from the outside
• a CD player instead of a cassette player;
• power windows and power locks (no more rolling down the window manually or reaching across to unlock a door for Walter);
• a power sunroof! I'm sure we'll figure out how it works before summer;
  
• it is CUTE. Or as Kimber described it "a sportier look" (that wasn't difficult to accomplish since the old car was a station wagon); and
  
• it's pretty zippy and fun to drive.

Here are a couple pictures of our new baby.