9.18.2008

now for some good news...

well, this may not sound like good news at first, but it has a happy ending. last monday i took the cavalier in to the shop because it had been acting really funny. i knew something was wrong with the transmission, but little did i know i would need a transmission overhaul. pretty much a new transmission. this could cost anywhere from $1000 to $1900 depending who i had do it and what kind of a guarantee i wanted. josh and i talked it over that evening after leadership night, and we decided it would be better to spend that money on a down payment on a new car, then on fixing the red beast that had over 100,000 miles on it! so...i got a new car. we went tuesday evening and ended up getting the first car we found. we had shopped around a lot in the area online, so we pretty much knew we wanted it before we got there! :) sorry clonts'...we copied ya'll! we got a nissan pathfinder. it's a 2008 black suv, and i love it. it has lots of cool perks that i'm not used to like a dvd player in the back, a sun roof, a screen with a back up camera so i don't hit things, etc! it also has lots of perks that most people would be used to but i have never had, like cruise control, automatic locks and windows, working cd player, etc. love it! here are some pics!










7 comments:

Anonymous said...

YAY! welcome to the pathfinder family!! you will soon find out why i simply could not find another SUV that i loved when we upgraded to 4WD...i love EVERYTHING about my car, all the way down to the removable cup holders, which are dishwasher safe ;), and i know you'll love yours...a dvd player?? fancy! so excited for your "good news" during all the clean up! sorry about your yard, that totally sucks, but that God your new house wasn't damaged. hope things are starting to smooth themselves out around there!

Anonymous said...

but *thank* God

Anonymous said...

Love the new car!! I REALLY love that back-up feature!!!

Anonymous said...

FANCY ash!!!!!!!

love ya!

shlee

Anonymous said...

Now you just need to have a kid you can put in the back to watch that new DVD player. A playmate for Parker.

Dana said...

Ash its gorgeous! I'm so excited for you. You really deserve it. That is really good news!

Micah and Sunny said...

Ash,

Love the new wheels! Funny you should say that about your transmission. Ours is in the shop with the complete overhaul. The interesting thing about it is that our completely new transmission cost $3,000 so it looks like you were getting a super deal, or we are being took. Dang, I think I would rather just go with the new SUV...love it! All you need is some kids to fill it up with :)