Western Arab

I was driving home after getting my haircut and I spotted this pink VW beetle. In the car is Mimi Carey! Mimi is wearing a pink do-rag, has big pink sunglasses, pink earrings and YELLOW hair! She is also wearing pink and has a pink flower like all the beetles seem to have. Okay ok so you may say this isn’t Mimi and it is an imposter or maybe a guy dressed as a girl. Well I don’t care what you say, it is Mimi! I got ahead of this car and looked in my rear view, the drive is an older man who looks completely normal and next to him sat Mimi. She just looked so out of place, actually come to think of it, he was the one out of place in that pink beetle. I managed this one sneaky quick shot on my phone, but I am pretty confident in saying one picture is enough!

Mimi Carey Sighting Florida

My 2009 Honda Accord

I leased the white Honda Accord LX Thursday night. I put first month payment down plus $100. I did stay as basic as can be. The only thing it had was tinted windows which is nice so I don’t have to worry about getting it tinted myself and tint is needed in Florida. Car had 9 or 10 miles on it when I drove it home. The new accord is definitely roomy, the car is bigger than previous accords and it is bigger than the 2006 Passat I was driving. I like it, and now I know why digital radio channels are cool. The accord radio displays the name of the station, artist and song title that is playing on the radio, that is awesome.

They offered me the LX-P. P for premium which adds alloy rims, auto down for front passenger window, power seat for driver, chrome exhaust tip and a security system. I didn’t think these options were too important so I didn’t go with the premium. The only two things that I would have liked is an outside temperature display and a compass. The steering wheel has volume control and buttons to skip through radio favorites set which is cool, I think it changes CD track as well. I haven’t got to play too much with it yet . Who knows if I like it still in 3 years, maybe I will keep it.

2006 VW Passat

Well it is official. The VW passat is going back tomorrow to the dealer. I am returning the lease. The car was nice to have for three years. It is a nice looking car, but really had some annoyances. The car battery had to be changed during the three years as the car stopped starting on me at some point. VW made some “soft touch” material on the pull handles, radio buttons and door lock buttons. This was nice and all, except they had air bubbles on some of the buttons and all of it started peeling away at some point. I had the radio and door pull handles replaced because of the peeling. Car also had some vibration issues at some point, had manifest manifold valve replaced or something like that to correct it.

I had the inspection done on it yesterday for the return and the front left tire was too worn as I expected. They will be charging me $120 for that, which is ok since I didn’t get any charges for scratches on the car. It had a few of them around. So I will need to pay $120 for the tire and there is a turn in fee of $350. Yeah more money goes, so easily. Which now leaves me with getting another car. I have been looking at various cars, but have not found something that works yet. That is, something that is a great deal, I am not rushing, there is time to get another car. It isn’t just which car maker and which model. I am trying to decide between buying used, certified, new or just leasing another car. Too many choices plus a bad economy make the choice harder. Take away the bad economy, give me a good paying job, and the choice would be MUCH EASIER. Guess the BMW will have to wait… for now.