Its a done deal! The sportscar is gone!!! I now have a family friendly "hot momma" car!!
It all started my first year out of undergrad. We went car shopping for the hubby (the same weekend I also happened to get my 2nd raise...never do that ya'll) and somehow we BOTH ended up with cars.
His an SUV and mine....in short description a Charcoal gray, Black leather interior, Convertible top BMW Roadster Z4. (haha like my short description.)
A year later, we found out we were expecting our little hunter ryan. Also, the time of the recession. Whaaaaat a coincidence.
Of course we aren't about to get rid of the bmw to put us upside down in another car so we made it work sharing (1) family friendly car and the other person driving the beamer. IT SUCKED.
We have looked like jesters with a juggling act of cars.
Whose schedule is what? What time does who have to be where? Can we meet halfway and switch cars?....i'm telling ya, a juggling act.
After awhile we got used to this and having no car payments is the best thing ever so we just kept juggling. It had become our norm.
Then came friday.
looooong story short: hubby driving home, big piece of someone's car in road, hubby could not go left or right because of cars beside him, hubby had to hit big piece of someone's car in road, big piece of someone's car in road RIPPED OFF THE BACKEND OF MY BMW..........
with this we'll just end with....amen.
Hubby was A-ok. Luckily, it was the beamer that took the brunt of the force.
My sis and I went and picked him up, I kissed/hugged him and said, "well, I guess that means we are car shopping this weekend."
Now I wish I could tell you that we scoured the car dealerships, looked high and low for one that spoke to us but hopefully by now you know me well enough to know that all of that wasn't necessary. I had found, researched, and mentally bought our next car a year ago.(Have I mentioned I am just a hair type A personality?)
Allow me to introduce you to Geoffrey.
Geoffrey is a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta SportsWagen 2.0 TDI, diesel.....phew! He gets 42 mpg open highway and can switch from an automatic to a manual to get 50 mpg. He has a panoramic sunroof, white gray leather interior, and a lovely little contraption known as a back seat and rear storage. Our son can actually ride in it!!!! check it out!
Panoramic Sunroof-this is my favorite!!! (Yes it has a sunscreen that covers it for shade when needed.)
This car is AMAZING. It can speak to my iphone, my iphone can speak to it, I can control what i want with my voice or steering wheel commands, lumbar support in the seats which are heated and cooled, and so many other functions I will never truly know his full potential but I have awhile to work it out. This volkswagen engine is made to last 1/2 a million miles......
I named him (my car) Geoffrey because he just seemed masculine. I changed the car voice to have a British accent because it seemed to fit its personality better. (are you really surprised that I give cars personalities?....Really??)
The name Geoffrey reminds me of a British butler,..."My dearest Geoffrey can you bring the car around??"...So now my car is lovingly named, Geoffrey.
I was so excited I even had pretend phone calls with the hubby while we were driving home.. I would say "Ring Ring, hi dear, I need to work late this evening. Would you mind picking up hunter?" to which i would loudly and obnoxiously yell "I SURE CAN!!!!!!!!!" (good thing my significant other new I was this crazy when he married me and for some craaaaazy reason, loves me anyway!)
The hubby smiles at me and now says "your such a mom, you have a wagon.." I laugh and say "A hot momma wagon!!"
well, we may have ended with an amen to the BMW but now i walk out the door everyday and say heeeeellllllooo Geoffrey....(i go to the garage numerous times during the day on the weekends just to check on him...)
Happy driving to all!!
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