New Car Smell?
We had a tornado come through Flower Mound recently. The second one in five years. Although we didn't sustain any damage ourselves this time-- the neighbors lost their fence.
He came over to tell us how he was going to rebuild it, as Kev was washing the car. The neighbor was telling Kevin how he should use (some product) to wash the car. (Kev was using Palmolive, I believe.) Kev laughed.
Our van is approaching 15 years old and has over 150,000 miles on it. It doesn't look to bad, but it doesn't really need special soap at this point. In fact, it's a compilation of two different vans that were both gifted to us when we were going through a rough financial period. The repairs on this one, at this point probably cost more than the van is worth.
but...... who cares? It runs! It gets from place A to place B and isn't even that bad on mileage. (Maybe 20ish...)Now mind you, our next car will be more efficient, but that may still be several years away. Because we have learned one very important thing being frugal. NO CAR PAYMENTS.
Do I miss new car smell? Sure! Warranties? You betcha! But there is no way we're going back to having a car payment/lease payment. Our goal is to have no "payments" at all-- and that includes the house. As long as these things keep running, we'll keep driving them.
The old Dodge Grand Caravan shines a little more, just thinking about it.
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