Sunday, August 17, 2008

Our First Baby!

Well.. if you haven't already heard... we bought a CAR!!! It was a long and exhausting decision, balancing our wants and needs. But we finally found a solution - the MAZDASPEED3. It is a turbocharged, 2.3L, race tuned machine that turns out a whopping 263 HP!!! (pretty good for only 4 cyclinders!)

We went to a dealership after deciding it was the car for us, the salesman told us that since we work for Pratt we get invoce pricing on our car. His manager came up to us and said that the Speed is the only car not available for invoice pricing, but he would honor what the salesman told us! So we got our car for a great price!

It is so much fun to drive!!! You can peel out in 6th gear on the freeway (not that we have or anything...) It feels like a go kart!

We are loving the gatchback, so far we've used it to move our TV stand, our new couch, counter stools, lots of groceries and more! When you fold down the seats there is a ton of space!





We were debating between the Speed and the Subaru WRX (which is more expensive). After watching this YouTube video we felt good about our decision to go with the Speed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6PGMi89qRo





















3 comments:

More Bacon said...

So beautiful! Congratulations!

Our family said...

Wow that looks fun. We just sold our Mountaineer and replaced it with a Yukon XL. It's not fast, but it can tow a ton of kids and a boat! If you come visit, maybe you could park your car in the trunk of ours? Oh, I'm such a stereotypical mormon mom. I hope you get to enjoy your car and not even think about something bigger for years to come!

So, now you just need to tell us about your jobs and post pics of the apartment. :)

Mary said...

I guess we're all upgrading. You go from a race car that seats one to a race car (come on, it's called the Speed and has six gears) that seats two and a couch! The Bodens upgrade from a nice SUV to a nice SUV with a bigger trunk. And we upgrade from the $1.00 Bruise to the $0 Buick! Can't complain!

That really does look like a roomy, sporty car. I can't wait to see that picture where Jacob is grinning through the window taken again in a few years: car seats buckled in; formula stains and gum on the upholstery; shriveled French fries, cracker crumbs, and broken toys on the floor. I can't wait to see his face then!