April 18, 2008
Addition to the fleet
Our Honda Accord was stolen the third time from the parking lot at Providence Square Apartments. This happened the day before we were moving to the new house. Just another added stress to go with everything else that had been going.
They found the car about a week after Easter. Our insurance company dedcide to total it, so we had to find something else. Marlene was in various rentals cars for almost four weeks. BTW, I cannot saw enough about Priceline for car rentals. It is a great way to get cheap weekly rentals.
Anyway, so we had to wait to really start shopping until Sean came back from Elizabeth City. We were basically looking for something that Marlene liked and could l drive daily to and from work. She really enjoyed the two Hyundai Elantra's she had used as rentals. The 2007/8 models Elantra is a very nice car. Very much like a new Honda Accord in styling and handling. It also comes with more standard features. We also liked the value that the Kia Optima represented. Kia has come a LONG way from their econbox days. The Optima has some very very nice standard features.
We ended up with this Corolla. It did not have half the features of the Kia or Hyundai, but it is a car that we can feel comfortable owning for 10+ years.
Posted by srivinus at April 18, 2008 08:17 PM