new car

The reason I've not been blogging as much this week is that 1) my parents have been here (Dad left to go home on Tuesday but Mom is here until Saturday) and 2) I've been doing all the legwork to get a new car! Between the phone calls to the credit union, the car dealer, the insurance guy, the test drive on Tuesday night, and the actual purchase last night, it has kept me really busy. But this was a great week to do it since my parents could help w/the kids while I did all that stuff.

So, what did we get? A 2008 Toyota Rav4, with the extra 3rd row seat and alloy wheels (req'd w/the 3rd row seat), a roof rack (for camping), 4WD (for driving in the snow here), floor mats, daytime running lights, and tow prep pkg (this is a beefed up radiator, alternator and wiring for towing - came in the options pkg and we didn't care too much about it but it wasn't too much $ and the vehicle was what we wanted otherwise). We weren't planning on getting a new car, but the 3rd row seat was important to us so we can haul the kids' friends around, and it was almost impossible to find used. So what the heck... we've never bought a new car before, and it's fun to have!