August 10, 2003
new Spyder
Yeah, well, so much for waiting. Yesterday I went and leased another car, a Toyota
MR2 Spyder:
It's silver with brown leather inside, so is exactly like this
picture.
Surprisingly, the lease payments aren't all that much more than Zippy the Honda
Civic's were. This is for two reasons. First, it's a four year lease, while I had
Zippy for three. I've gotten more comfortable with the idea of keeping a third car
around, and have found having a spare extremely useful since I work so far away
that if one vehicle is in the shop it's not easy for us to shuttle each other to
work. Second, I was lucky enough to find a barely-used MR2. It's two years old
and had only 7000 miles on it. I love the car. I hated dealing with the
dealership, who sprung a few nasty surprises on me after I'd signed the
papers. I'm considering a report to the Better Business Bureau. Fortunately, I get
to keep the car and not deal with the dealer ever again.
I'm thinking of calling it Mozzie, since it looks like a mosquito next to the
Orange Crush. When I stand in our garage by the inside door, which means I'm on
about a 4" step, the MR2 is lierally waist high, while the H2 is another foot
above my head.