A New Car In Our Life

We have been working on this since the weekend of the 4th of July.

I am tired of fixing 3 cars all the time.

The money I am pumping into these cars, could go toward a payment on a new one.

I also want to take two cars out of the mix. Unfortunately for me, one of those cars is my beautiful red Saturn Coupe 5 speed stick.

You may remember that I brought that car to Oswego with me, back in 2013. I have a lot of love for that car, but I am the only one who drives it.

I rarely drive, since I am on a van pool for work and so it sits. Costing me money and getting older.

What I decided to do is trade it in to get some sort of a down payment on a new car. I thought I would get a substantial chunk of money for it.

Then I thought I would get a lower amount, but still an OK amount.

What finally ended up happening, is I did not get much of anything for my beautiful car. I am heartbroken, but relieved that it is now out of my garage and my life.

In a few weeks, we will figure out what to do with my Husband's 15 year old car and then we will be down to 2.

The lovely car you see at the top of this post is our new car. It is a 2016 Chevy Malibu Hybrid. Totally retooled and potentially using some of the ideas that the EcoCar2 teams had, from the last competition.

Reviews mention that Chevy finally got hybrid right, with this car. We shall see how that goes.

Our thanks to the team lead of the EcoCar2 team, Chris. He gave us a GM discount for family and friends.