After the transfer of ownership (finally!) at the company that Bob is working for, we headed out to get me a car. We had considered a used car, but that can be "iffy" if you don't know the person selling the car. And with some areas of the island being "iffy" themselves, Bob didn't want to have to worry about me having car trouble. So, we went with new. We had already done some shopping, so we knew exactly what we wanted ... but we are on an island in the middle of the ocean, you know :)
We wanted a 2010 4-wheel drive Toyota Rav4 without the third row seat and in a non-descript color, one that wouldn't stand out. But, after 3 days (!) of trying to buy a car (the dealership was having a sale in conjunction with the government credit union and wouldn't even know what they had available until the sale was over), we found that the only car they had that fit what we wanted already had 2,000 miles of demo driving on it - and the brakes were making a strange noise. And you can't just have a car shipped from another dealership ... what they have, they have. Period.
We still thought that car might work and waited to hear what the service department thought about the brake noise. But, no, the entire service department was unavailable to look at the car for a couple of hours, because a Toyota rep was visiting ...
So, due mostly to boredom and frustration, Bob (who really needed to be at the office all this time) suggested we go see what else they had on the lot. And here is what we ended up with:
It's a Highlander, not a Rav4. It has 3rd row seats. And it's obviously not a non-descript color :) But it IS 4-wheel drive!
So, now, I can do grocery shopping & errands during the week, and Bob & I can do fun things on the weekends. My next post will have beach pictures!
Oh, and on one of our first days out in the new car we saw another deer. The picture is a little unclear, because it was raining, but this is obviously no goat ;)
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