Flying Dutchman: Our son has a 2011 Legacy and loves it, even though he could drive new, and way, way more than I/we could ever afford.
A year after we married, I traded my Datson 280Z, and we bought a new '83 Honda wagon. We kept it ten years. A huge list of other used cars co-existed and followed, because that's what we could afford with three young ones a year apart and in day care, and trying to put some back for a little down on a house. Some of the better cars we bought second hand from family. Not the kind of car you would pick out for yourself, but oh well, some good cars. About fifteen years of used cars, with hit and miss luck.
We bought a new Ford '97 Tauras, after having several used Caravans, one with a year long problematic transmission, even after a dealer replaced it, the trans was pulled three more times under warranty. The last time another new trans was dropped in. That fixed it, but was the last Chrysler/Dodge. Then the Taurus, turtle the kids called it, and years of good Ford minivans. Not a Ford truck fan however. (although in Jan. 2018 the F 150 top vehicle sales, with over 59K units sold. Number two was also a pickup. Chevy I believe.)
We found a nice rust free 2011 Chevy pickup last February in Kentucky, after my wife sold a pop up the previous fall and replaced it with a 2005 camper trailer.
A pop up or camper was not on my horizon at all, but it was on hers for many years.
She always gives and never asks for much, so when she retired, what the heck, and I got on board. I found I like this kind of camping with her, slipping away once a month for a long weekend somewhere. It is a nice break from firewood.
This past week we bought a Subaru Outback, much like the Honda wagon we had years ago. Both very basic. Although very basic is a lot more on cars now. We did get one step up, the 2.5i Premium, for the privacy windows (tinted) and auto climate control and heated seats. No more hot/cold, changing temp every ten miles, when riding with the Mrs's. Worth the package price right there. It also has a CD which the basic did not. She loves books on tape that she gets at the library. We did not get any options, and only two accessories. All weather mats, and some wheel splash guards. Wish they were like the mud flaps on the older Honda's, Volvo's, Saab's and Land Rovers of yesteryear that hung down three or four more inches.
Very possibly our last new car. Gotten older, and keeping a car ten years is common for us, even when we drove a lot.
Changing the subject and adding a little humor...
Seeing how I'm not doing firewood at the moment, we went to the children museum with our grandson, a hands on play place.
I found the fun house mirrors.
You can't see my fingers, but they look to be eight or nine inches long. Creepy, really creepy.
It seems I will also have to add a little longer leather bib to my welding hood than it has right now.
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Crow Buster: The trill of Sandhill Cranes is one of my favorite sound in the world.
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