Just after Thomas proposed two years ago, he bought a motorcycle. I’ll admit, I’m not a fan, but atleast he’s gone to all lengths to put safety first. He rides it to work, about an hour each way, every day, even in the cold or wet weather. Since he hardly ever drives his car anymore, he decided to go ahead and sell it, rather than have it depreciate in our driveway.
He got the car right before we left Indiana. We were living in a tiny town where Thomas could walk to work, restaurants, and stores, so he didn’t need a car. But when we moved to Atlanta, he quickly purchased a Nissan Maxima to get around our new spread out city.
The Nissan was a good car, but it just didn’t fit Thomas’ personality. It was big, with gold trim, and he’s an Earth-friendly, little car kind of guy. Recently, I asked him why he picked that car and he explained that he had grand ideas of taking his new Atlanta coworkers to lunch in a cushy famly car. Huh? That doesn’t sound like Thomas… And the work lunches didn’t really work out – first he worked at a job where he mostly worked from home, and now he’s at a place where they provide free fancy meals at their office everyday.
Anyway, this morning, Thomas sold his car through Craigslist. We’ll still have 2 cars (Honda and bus), 3 bikes (his recumbant is for sale too), and 3 kayaks (one is Dad’s). That should be enough for us to get around for a while, or atleast until we have kids. At that point, I’ll probably pass on my Honda to Thomas, and get a new (used) 4-door car for me. By the way, I recently realized that kids in carseats can’t ride in VW Buses – no back seatbelts. I wonder if we’ll have to give up bus camping for a while when we get to that point.
So what do you get around in?
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1997 Toyota Avalon. Pre-baby I had a Corolla that I really loved. Once you have kids you realize just how much space a car seat and all their accessories take up! I used to chide people for driving SUV’s, but now I know why they do. My car still isn’t big enough.
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Odyssey, Honda. 2003. White. I love my ride. We have 4 children. We camp. We travel. We home school. We buy lots of groceries. I love my safe, functional, reliable, ride. I call her Jet Puff, and every time I turn the key in the ignition I grin and feel really lucky.
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Can you believe I have a minivan now? I remember when we first met, I was so cool and we had a jeep Cherokee. I have been reduced to a minivan. But it’s red…so it’s still kinda cool right? Still have the civic too! Was good seeing pics of your blue bus!