stevenpiziks | Car 2.1

We decided to get the Cobalt. By chance we'd made an appointment for today with the dealer to get more pricing information, and this was the only day I'd be in town until Friday. I was also just not up for more car shopping any more. And we got the family pricing, which Ford wouldn't give us. So after school, Kala picked up the boys and I met them at the dealership.

It was the usual mess of signing and waiting around and more signing. We refused the extra, over-priced warranties. (I interrupted the finance guy in mid-pitch: "You can stop. We don't want them. We're done." I tend toward brusque and impatient with sales techniques, I'm afraid, especially once the haggling is over--I just want to get the hell out.) And then we =finally= got the keys. The boys, of course, wanted to ride home with me in the new car.

The Cobalt is the first car I've ever driven that has a driver's seat which goes too far back for me to drive comfortably. I actually have to pull it a little forward. (!) I love being able to plug my iPhone into the stereo system. Cruise control! Remote start!

Weirdly, the battery is in the trunk.

And I'll be driving it up to Saginaw tomorrow morning.