The Title Pool Annex

It's been a weird week.

Last Wednesday I picked up Chaz and took him to the garage to get his car, and we were told by Bob-the-mechanic that it needed ~$2k worth of work at least, probably not worth fixing. It's still driveable but for how long? And he's still making payments on it.

So then I thought about helping him out financially, finding a decent car and THEN I thought what if I get a newer car and give him mine?

So Thursday Osirus and I drove a few cars. Found one I liked, but it was pricier than I wanted. I'd been looking at 2016 CR-Vs but the seats are too narrow for my hips! But the 2018 was wider. And so shiny! So many features!

Had some back & forth with the salesman over email; he'd quoted us a price that was lower then the website (which I hadn't seen because I'd been focusing on the more affordable '16 models) and when I asked about it he completely sidestepped the issue by saying "they" were working on the website, but not confirming the lower price. This didn't endear him to me at ALL.

I did more research and determined that the '17 models were also wider in the seat, so Saturday we went to Cheshire, to a Honda dealership I always say I hate, to try one out.

So now I own a 2017 CR-V EX, and I paid $1600 for the 5-year bumper-to-bumper "new car" warranty because why wouldn't I, have you SEEN how much technology there is to go fzzt? And I'm freaking out a little because it's such a grown-up thing, to have a car this new, and I'm not a grown-up!

Anyway, I pick it up on Wednesday, and hand off the '08 to Chaz, and try to figure out how to deal with his loan.