New Car – 179/365

Both my mom and my dad have been wanting to get me a car since last year, but they didn’t due to financial reasons. I’ve been okay with it, though, because most of my transportation is done with my two feet, and I don’t go to places a lot anyway. However, my mom felt the need of actually getting a car this time around because of several reasons:

1. I haven’t really driven (or, at least, non-constantly) since I got my driver’s license, and that was back in my senior year of high school. My mom feels that if I don’t get a car now, it will be late for me to get used to driving again by the time I graduate out of college and get a full-time job.

2. We all know that the economy isn’t doing so well, and that is affecting the car business as well. My mom found a deal with her coworker on leasing a car. It was less than $199 per month for three years.

And that was how my mom got a new car, which is a Honda Accord! It is my family’s first non-Toyota, and it feels weird for me, but it’s cool to have a third car in the family now. Hehe. It was going to be for my brother, but my brother wants to keep his 1997 Camry. I will be driving the Camry first until I get used to driving, and then I will be driving the new car. I can’t wait, though. I’ll be sure to take good care of the new car, too. I just hope my brother doesn’t stuff more receipts and other papers in there, like he does with his own car.