New car

We finally did it. After only 13 months of research, numerous test drives in multiple states, heated conversations with salespeople, hours of intense online research and forum troving, collecting of personal contact surveys from friends, colleagues, etc., a whole lot of moaning and whining (mostly by me about high car prices and shady dealership tactics) and a great deal of perfectly justified frustration and pleading (mostly on the part of Kathy after month 2 of what has become known around here as "The Hunt") we finally got one. Here are the details: 2008 Honda Pilot VP with 4-wheel drive. It's dark gray, seats 8, has a 3.5 ltr. 6-cylinder engine and is great, spacious and powerful. And the safety ratings are so high that it's actually costing us less to insure this one than for our 2004 Nissan Altima. Mostly, we just needed a second vehicle. And they had some great sales over Presidents' Day weekend. I'll post more pictures with the family later, this is just what we had last minute. Come on down to the L.A. and we'll drive you all around!