Merry Christmas (Happy New Year, Valentines day, St Patricks day, birthday & anniversary) to ME!

Ah, my vacation week is half over (tear), but I've got a LOT done & even got to see some stalkers!  (Hi, JLL, Alicia & Marcia!)  I got my Christmas shopping done today (!) & have some more fun things planned to end my week.

One thing I wanted to do while I was off was go look at a new car.  Yes, my car IS new (I've had it almost 2 years).  But I'm a brat like that.  Ya know how everyone has their 'thing?'  My thing is a new car.  I would rather have a car payment & know I'm driving a reliable vehicle.  That's just me.  

I've had an suv since like 2000.  And I LOVE my suv's.  I love being above everyone, I love all the roominess, I love the 4 wheel drive so I can anywhere-anytime... I do NOT love how they guzzle gas though.  I also HATED the red color.  HATED IT.  B-rad LOVED it & convinced me to get it originally but I've not been happy with it since.  (Like I said, I don't like the color of my car so I'll just get a new one.  I'm a brat...)  

I've been thinking for awhile of going back to a car.  We don't NEED an suv.  If I ever need to get anything big, I have B-rad's truck.  If I ever wanna drive anywhere super fast, I've got B-rad's Mustang.  I knew I wanted to stay with a Chevy because I love Onstar & the remote start option.  I originally had liked the Chevy Cruze's, but thought they were too small for me.  The next size up is a Malibu & I really liked them, but just never could make the leap.  The 2013 Malibu's changed models & I was all about it.  I loved the new, sportier look & that's all it took for me to tell B-rad we were going car shopping.  (I knew what color I wanted too - Silver Ice Metallic.  No if, ands or buts.  SILVER.)

We went on Tuesday & we're the kinda people that we know what we want, they make us a good deal & we're signing on the 457 dotted lines.  I don't need to drive 9,000 different cars.  The Malibu model we wanted is not available yet. (Which is really stupid because they show it online.) We went ahead & drove an 'Eco' model & it was just 'ok.'  B-rad saw a row of Cruze's behind the Malibu's & really liked the look of them.  He convinced me to drive one on the lot that had most the options I wanted... & it was Silver Ice Metallic.  That was all it took...  

 (And they are like $5000-$7000 cheaper.  Score!)

So, I traded in my HORRID RED equinox for this little beauty right here.

 And ya'll know I'm all techy & like my bells & whistles & this thing delivers.  On the 2013 models Chevy has something called, "My Link".  It's a touch screen radio thingie.  

 When I play my super cool iPhone through it (via Bluetooth, no cord required...) it shows the album graphics for the song.  Very fun.

The thing I think I will love the most is the fuel mileage.  My Equinox got about 20 miles to the gallon, which is not really bad, but not really good either.  This bad boy got 30 mpg while I was in town today. 

 

It's small & sporty which is exactly what I wanted.  Sure, I'm going to have to get used to driving a car again, but I guess I'll manage.  If I start to miss my suv, I'll have the new car smell to comfort me.