2010 will go down in history as one of the most tumultous of my lifetime. The year began with me in a 2005 Honda Accord EX, completely paid off and with 71,000 miles. That car was sold for $12,000. Then came the 1993 Lexus SC300, which was $3900. Another $600 in repairs later, I sold it for $3700 for a loss of about $800.
Now for the doozy, the big bomb. I decided to surprise my wife and break my vow to NEVER have a car loan again (which I hadn't had since 2007) and pulled into the Lexus dealership one fateful noon in late July. There was a breakwater blue 2009 IS250 AWD with less than 10k miles that whispered to me and ended up in my garage later that day with a big red bow on the top of it. Though it was "affordable," my wife insisted I return the car 9 days later and get a less expensive model. It is not that easy to just take a car back to a car dealer; definitely not like returning clothing or an appliance. With no thought at all, I pointed at a white '09 Camry in the used lot and said I'll take it. So now that thing was in my garage; a refrigerator on wheels, reliable and dull as the day is long. It is now parked with a For Sale sign in the window.
What graces my garage now, and will for the next several millennia, is a silver 1998 BMW 328i sedan with 134,000 miles on it. The approximate result is that I paid about $4,000 for this "new" ride. Maybe not my smartest financial decision, but I have more fun on the apexes in the Bimmer than I did in the Honda. Pictures to come soon.
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