Yesterday, Jay and I had a rare day off together and had errands that needed to get done. First on the list was an oil change for Newt, so off to the dealership we went. We dropped her at the service center and went to wander the lot. Before we even got to the lot, right there, smack-dab in the middle of the showroom floor was the most beautiful Soul I'd ever seen. We wandered over to look at it, and ooh'd and aah'd for a bit before we headed outside to look at the other cars.
When we came back in, I had to see the Soul again, only this time, we made the mistake of opening the doors and looking at the interior. She was beautiful. Like, beautiful-beautiful. A helpful salesman came over and we told him we were just looking, that our Soul was in for an oil change.
But something about the new one wouldn't let me go. Jay and I decided that if we could do a straight across trade for the new one, we'd do it. I don't know why. She just spoke to me.
We talked to the salesman again and he was willing to run the numbers and see what he could do. Next thing you know, we're moving our stuff out of Newt and into the new car.
Since Ripley and Newt were both named based on their colors, I saw no need to change the trend. Salome is Caribbean blue, and that just screams Jimmy Buffet to a ParrotHead like myself. I wasn't going to name her "Jimmy Buffet", so I needed a name from one of his songs and Salome came to mind. If you don't know "When Salome Plays the Drums", I've got a little earbug for you.
Some of the trim work that Jay did on Ripley and Newt is already done, so he's hard at work designing a wrap for her back gate that keeps inline with the Jimmy Buffett/Caribbean theme.
We absolutely do NOT plan on trading Salome in any time soon, so we agreed that we will never go to the dealership together again. One or the other of us will go do her oil changes, but not both. We tend to be impulsive when we both go to the dealership, after all, that's how we ended up with Newt (and now Salome).
5 comments:
Wrong.
Seriously wrong.
Something is seriously wrong with you guys.
Never go to a time-share pitch together.
Bill
(Nice car, though.)
Funny story, while we were on our honeymoon we got signed up for Destination Paradise. Haven't used it, was going to sell our share, but now we can use it in the U.S., so we're going to keep it another year. Might make it more fun to go to Vegas next year.
You two need help. Does the same rule apply to the gun store?
I was going to ask about the gun shop, too!
I actually don't have any trouble controlling myself in a gun shop. I think that's because I was so spoiled when I worked at one by only paying a small mark-up from wholesale that the thought of paying full retail slays me.
I limit myself to one gun purchase per year now, so that helps, too. (Technically, I've limited myself to one car per year, too :D )
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