took her old, 2002, Subaru Forester in for an oil change thursday, after an hour, the service gal comes out, and shows me a mess of notes with recommended repairs, way beyond a simple oil change. about $2500 worth of repairs. ugh.
ok.....no oil change today, i'll take it home and come back tomorrow with Linda and we'll shop for a new one. the old car had 126k on it, might be worth 3-5k in decent shape, so we'll use this as an excuse to get a new one.
i scouted out what they had on the lot, mostly Outbacks, a few new, several used (4k-6k miles, so basically new). she did not want a black, nor a white, as they will always look dirty with our dust and gravel out here. so she selected one that is Autumn Green Metallic, black leather interior, and a sunroof and other goodies.
she's happy, so i'm happy.
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