Catching Up

Well, indeed, my alternator on my old car was replaced last week and I was soon on my way. I did do a bit of storm chasing in western Kansas, but it was all "crap"vection, and nothing really interesting ever presented itself. Driving home Tuesday, I debated about whether I wanted to get a new car now, or try to nurse the old car along. I also debated on possibly starting to finish our basement. In the end, the idea of a new car won out. On my way home through Lincoln, I stopped at the Nissan dealership and talked shop for a bit. After driving a 2008 Altima 3.5SL, and then talking money, after about 3 hours, I walked out with a new car. Going in, I told myself that if I could get them down to the invoice price, I'd buy it on the spot. Well, they came down to $49 above invoice which was close enough to not pass up the deal. Woohoo! Who knew that buying a car could be so easy!

Last Wednesday, I went to work. I got off at 4pm and thought since it was such a nice day that I'd clean up my old car and get it ready to sell. I washed and vacuumed it, then placed an ad on Craig's List around 630 pm. By 815 pm, it was sold. It all happened so fast that it left me without transportation the next day since I couldn't pick up the new car until Thursday evening. It was almost comical.

On Thursday, I picked up the new car, and man is it sweet. I'm so happy I almost can't contain myself. The new car is smokin hot. It's a V6 with 270 horsepower. Definitely more than I need, but I'm at the point in my life where a little excess is OK. It has a low growl when you fire it up, has a smart key with a push button start, high intensity xenon headlights, and just all-around a hot car. It's totally awesome and I'm very pleased with how it all has turned out.

The only casualty will be my storm-chasing hobby. Unfortunately, I'm not going to drive a brand new car on dirt roads into a supercell thunderstorm. Initially I was a little bummed about that, but now, a week later, I'm OK with that. Storm chasing was fun while it lasted, but it's almost as if, "I've been there and done that" as I've seen some incredible sights. So, in the end, I get a new car and can go out on a personal high.

I'm getting the windows tinted today, which should complete the package. I was going to add a rear spoiler, but believe I'll let that go and just enjoy the ride.