New Car

We have been car shopping since January. We have probably looked at, sat in or placed our car seats in about 20 different cars. We are obviously not impulse buyers and whenever we make a big investment we always take our time. My car was really falling apart and we have the baby's arrival quickly approaching so we new we needed to make a decision. We had narrowed our choice down to the Honda Pilot and the Toyota Highlander. Although we really liked the Highlander, we ultimately decided on the Pilot because it's roomier, has a bigger trunk and had tons more options for car seat placement. We went to buy the car on July 6th after our day at the beach, but they didn't have the car we wanted. They ended up locating one, but we had to wait for the dealership to drive it up to Valencia. I was out of gas on the 6th, but didn't want to fill up right before trading the car in so I didn't. By Wednesday, July 9th, I told Nic I was going to just put a bit of gas in the car to be safe. After Gymboree, Hudson and I ran a few errands. They of course took forever and only a few minutes into our drive, Hudson fell asleep. I drove past the gas station and decided not to stop. I figured I just needed to make it home then to the dealership that night. I totally forgot that I was also delivering a meal to a mom's club member who just had a baby. Hud and I made it to her house and back no problem. When Nic got home, we all hopped into the car and took off for the dealership. As soon as we passed our local gas station, the car died! The steering started to lock up and the battery light came on. Nic was able to get over all 3 lanes and turn off the main road. We were both nervous and crossing our fingers that the only issue was running out of gas because the last thing we wanted to do was put more money into the car. Poor Nic had to walk back up to the gas station and get some gas in the boiling heat with his work clothes on.I wish I had taken a picture of him filling the car up. It was really funny, but at the time, we were more nervous than anything. Luckily, the issue was just running out of gas. Whew! 

When we arrived at Honda I figured it would be quick since we had already negotiated a price and new the exact car we were getting, but it took forever! I had to fill out tons of paperwork, Nic checked out the car and took it for a test drive, then he tried to get them to lower the price more while I chased Hud around in circles. He did get them to lower the price more, but then we had to wait forever to see the finance guy. The actually went and bought us dinner from Baja Fresh because it was so late and we hadn't eaten. When it was all said and done, it was around 9pm. We were all exhausted, but excited about our new car. Hudson calls it the big car and likes it way better than my jetta. I was a little sad to say bye to my jetta, but I love my pilot.