A couple of months ago the Hub bought a new/used vanagon. Recently it had a couple of problems. First, there was a problem with 4th gear and now the starter is probably bad. Clearly, he is annoyed by these issues and already talking about getting something else. This is spurred on by the fact that the dude he bought the car from would happily buy it back.
Since he has a VW Thing, and this Vanagon and got both of them since the time that I got my car, I told him I deserved a new car before he did. Why I didn't realize I was opening a door, I have no idea. He, of course, said, "Oh, maybe I will sell my Thing and drive the Beetle around then." Apparently this means he's keeping the Vanagon?
Not 20 minutes later he is looking on websites for diesel VW hatchbacks. (Having a much more accesible trunk would be better for my job, which a lot of time entails delivering wine to restaurants.) I guess that is all it takes around here, the mere suggestion you want a new car.
In fact, I think the only reason it took 20 minutes for him to start looking at cars was that we were eating dinner while having the car convo.
Posted by kerewin at November 1, 2005 08:11 PM