My forever car…
Yarrgh.
I had always dreamed that my first real car would be mine forever. Or at least that I would end up running it into the ground. I also had grand plans for the fact that I would OWN my first real car, rather than leasing it.
My parents leased, when I said I wanted to buy. The major problem in that being I still live with them in Markham, while my first (and third) jobs were in Mississauga, 100-120km round trip (the lease allowed about 50km round trip) and I’m currently paying 8 cents a km because I’m over my milage.
So now, at the eve of my final days of my four year lease, I’m looking at a car that only was allowed 80,000 km, but driven nearly 96,000 km. I’ve finally found a job that is close to home (about 15-20km round trip) and not really seeing this car as my dream car anymore.
My current car is getting inspected by the Mazda company on March 11th. We’re supposed to end the lease April 11th, but I believe we’re turning it in early, on March 16th when my dad goes to HK. That will leave me probably 8-12 weeks to save on car insurance, (insurance on two cars is cheaper than three) and to find my forever car.
I want my forever car to be a hatchback, fits more unicycles that way.
I want my forever car to be smaller than the Mazda 3, which is already a pretty compact car.
I want my forever car to have a brighter colour. Dark blue never looked clean unless it was fresh out the car wash.
I want my forever car to be a standard transmission. I’m learning how to drive stick now.
I think I want my forever car to be a HondaFit.
