December 1, 2007
Buying Another Car
Despite the assertions of everyone we talked to before moving to Seattle that it "never snows" - it's snowed each year for the past three.
Tonight we had TSO tickets at Key Arena with Vince & Donna. They stayed at our place last night, and we carpooled to the show together in their rental car, then had a very nice dinner at Ray's before heading back to the east-side. Their plan was to drop us off and head for the ferry.
By the time we got past Mercer it was looking unlikely that they'd be turning around. By the time we got off 405 it was looking unlikely that we'd make it to our place, but thanks to some good advice from Donna, some dept driving by Vince, and at the cost of a fair bit of rubber (love rentals) we made it into our driveway unscathed.
Had we been in the BMW we'd have had to give up long before we got to the house - rear wheel drive, no option for chains, and very "cautious" traction control make the BMW a horrible snow car.
So I'm betting we're buying a new car way sooner than we'd really like. Something with all or four wheel drive seems appropriate, and if we're going to spend the money, something with a tad more cargo room wouldn't hurt.
A Subaru Outback looks like a good place to start looking, once we can leave our house...
Posted by dberger at December 1, 2007 11:33 PM