let's (not) motor

not that you were all holding your breath, but HOLY CRAP i bought a prius. after all that, i hope that you’re everyone the polar bears i’m happy with it. let me be clear: the reasons were thus and in this order:

1. carpool sticker
   
2. safer for stella
   
3. gas mileage
   
4. CARPOOL STICKER
   
5. geeky gadgety goodness
   
6. CARPOOL STICKER
   
7. oh yeah, the environment

after turning it around all in my head for days and days, it was pretty clear that the crowd was unanimous: by all rights, i should get a prius. it’s the more sensible decision, it’s the more practical decision, it’s the more ecological decision. still, i really WANTED a mini. you don’t understand how much i wanted a mini. i’ve got little toy mini cars everywhere. i had a picture of a mini on my phone as well as my aim icon. but alas, as those have been both replaced by pictures of snapper like every other addle-headed parent, so goes my mini dream. or as roo put it, “that dream died nine months ago.”

i would like to note that hmc was very genteel throughout this whole process, saying that i didn’t have to get the prius and give up my mini, and even cautioning me to sleep on the decision before i went through with it to make sure i was ok with it. amongst a million other things, this is why i love her: not trying to crush my dreams.

i actually ended up buying one in lost angels; i had mel check it out for me, and then did all the business over the phone. mel’s driving it up today since she’s coming up this weekend anyway. I LOVE HER!

the mitigating factor is that i don’t have to give up the miata, so i can keep that for fun as well. and as mamaluna pointed out, since the prius has a carpool sticker, it should be easy to resell. thus if i do end up hating it, i can just sell it next year and get a mini clubman.

Posted at October 19, 2007 3:33 PM