We worked out the financial bits today, and the final deal is tomorrow. As of Thursday afternoon, we will be van owners. I am overjoyed. (insert sarcasm here) Yay.
The specifics: It is a 2004 Honda Odyssey EX with 25K on it, but it looks like new as far as I can tell. It is freakin' massive. This portly heifer-monster barely fits through the garage doors. We had to mooooove a bunch of stuff out of the way in order to get porky in the stall. It has fancy automatic climate control up front with rear A/C and heat controls in the back. It has keyless power doors on both sides, which is a pretty nice feature for rainy days. It drives nice, and the seats are much better than in the Ford. The stereo, however, is a disappointingly underpowered single disk player, but it has steering wheel controls, so the stereo stays where it is. (The Ford had a nice subwoofer in the trunk, I will miss that.)
The van is silver, exactly like Daddy's junk. We have matching silver "his and hers" Hondas. Barf.
I only have one legitimate complaint, it is not a 4x4. That is the one thing about the Escape that I really dug. It was like carrying a card that says "I am never going to be stuck in the snow, ever." I would like the van a lot more if it had 4WD. As it is, eh, it's Karen's pimpmobile, and hopefully she will love it. I will really enjoy having it on long trips back to Indiana, and it will definitely be nice for carrying visitiors and friends. It gets much better gas mileage than the truck, but it's sheer girth makes me proporionately look like a very small nerdly child driving Momma's big-ol car. I don't have issues with my stature, I just know what I look like.
Overall, I think it is a very nice van, and I think we got a good deal. I really hope Karen likes it. Maybe we will post some pictures tomorrow?
Gotta run, literally.
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It's only a matter of time before I join you in the Losers' Club.
Scottie, how much time? Less than 9 mos? Are you subtly trying to tell us something?
Fishes, atta kid! You are officially old fogey parents like us! At some point, all new parents must let go of their coolness and embrace their role as utilitarian care providers for their little emperors. You now have your chariot. The oddesey is actually a very good vehicle. If we were to ditch the Tylenol (aka the Eurovan), we would get an oddessey.
We still have yet to come up with a good name for the new van. I kinda lean towards "bessie", since it is so large, but "oddity" is funny because it rhymes with the model. I have an idea, it's time to play "name that van" in my next post!
Scottie, are you going to get a van some day soon?
I have to admit, it makes me feel a lot older when I drive it. This is in spite of the fact that I look like a child when I drive it.
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