Craig's Blog of Destiny

With Sam heading back to school this month and the truck going with him, and the fact that Kris was getting tired of me taking her car to work every day, it became time for me to look for another car.  I hate shopping for cars.  I wouldn’t normally use a personal shopper, but when it comes to cars, I’m tempted.

There was a time that I thought I may want a really older car, and I still think it would sure be fun to have one.  Like this 1950 Packard that’s for sale just up the street from our place.  But of course the reliability factor wouldn’t be so great.

The receptionist at my office is selling her car.  It’s a 1996 BMW 325i.  I drove it around some, took it to my mechanic and had him look it over.  His advice was mixed.  If I had to do any work on it – including oil changes – it would be expensive.  The parts are expense, and the labor is expensive.  However, he did say I looked pretty good driving it.

I’ve often thought that my next car might be a PT Cruiser.  Not sure why, just thought it looked like a car I might drive around in my advanced years.  It looks like a grandpa car to me.  But we couldn’t find one that we thought fit our  price and model year requirements .

So, we found a car down in Hermiston, Oregon.  The guy that had it actually purchased it in Hawaii while he was working there, then brought it home and parked it in his garage.  He said he hadn’t driven it for about a year, and it looked just as if it hadn’t been driven for a year.  It had relatively low mileage, and passed the inspection of my mechanic.  So, we offered him about 70% of what he was asking for it and was a little surprised when he accepted it without making a counter offer (but as I said, he wasn’t using it at all).  So, to see it, click here.