Scattered Thoughts . . .

We'd had enough of Sheila's piece of shi... uhhh, junk... Hyundai Sonata and Sheila has been feverishly hunting for a Honda Accord for the past month or so. About two years ago, Sheila decided she wanted her next car to be a Honda Accord but has been paying off her Hyundai in the meantime. She found one a few days ago on a used car website...  we then squeezed in a test ride a day or so later... we told the dealer we liked it and we wanted it... and we picked it up the following day, yesterday. Both the bank and the dealership were very accommodating in getting everything done within hours. This Honda Accord is a significant upgrade compared to her old Hyundai Sonata. There aren't enough negative adjectives to accurately describe that old hunk of junk. What I can say in clear, concise words is we will never buy another Hyundai. This Honda rides so much more smoothly than her old car. It is far roomier inside too which Honda's are known for ever since their 1970'

Sheila's new car! Sheila's 2000 Buick LeSabre has been slowly crumbling away over the past year or so.  The engine is great, the fuel economy is as good as most new cars, it drove well in the snow and it has been very reliable but the frame and everything underneath has been corroding away due to years of exposure to road salt.   The car has a slow fuel leak...  the brake lines are soft and in need of replacing but there is no area of chassis solid enough to hold the new brake lines... the car's jack can no longer lift the car because the frame where the jack is supposed to lift the car crumbles when you touch it... and, we've been delaying a much needed replacement of brake rotors because we knew this car is at the end of its life so we were avoiding spending some hard-earned money needlessly.  As a result, we've been searching online for a new car for the past few weeks. Neither one of us really cares for car shopping.  Actually, we both hate