Tim's (still) not blogging

cars

Some car-buying advice for you. Try not to buy a car the same day your 14-year-old car needs a $300 part. And if you do, take time to walk around the car and look at it, ideally not around sundown in a drizzle.

Okay, I think I did still get a good deal for a 2022 with only 12,000 miles on it, but as a former lease, the alloy rims are a bit chewed up by someone who had much more trouble parallel parking in 2.5 years than I ever did in 14. Most of the paint looks good, and there are no dents, but a few visible scratches on the driver's side will bother me for a while.

And it's not blue. What was I thinking? I had already told the service guy that he should order the $300 transmission fluid sensor and the $2500 drive shaft and joints that they recommended at my cute blue Fit's last oil change. My cute blue 2010 Fit that wasn't worth $2800, so I saw a low-mileage 2022 HR-V and bought it the same day.

I bought the car so quickly that they hadn't even had time to clean it, so it was full of grass and dust and some junk under the seats. They promised a 3-hour detailing, and about 6 hours later the inside looks really nice.