First Steps...
It's been over a year, but I think it's time to update my Travel Blog. I will be moving, with my girlfriend Vicky, to Los Angeles in June. The first hurdle (after working up the courage to actually decide on the move) was to acquire means of transportation. Not only for the trip there, but for when we are living in L.A. We had made it clear to ourselves that we were going to use this opportunity to see much of the States, so we decided to drive out to L.A. This meant that my little Celica-That-Could had to be replaced. Driving to work in that tiny car was not terribly comfortable so a trek across country would not be advisable in a 16 year old car. We needed a new one...So, after a rigorous search through the many dealerships in the area (a very LARGE area, I might add), we decided on... A 2005 TOYOTA MATRIX!... But it was just a bit out of our price range so we had to continue searching. With our dream car, a Matrix, in mind, we looked for a more affordable but not older option. Sufficed to say, cars are expensive and finding what you really want is difficult. An online search brought us to a car that was in a similar class as the Matrix, the Dodge Caliber. It replaced the Neon as Dodge's young-person economy car but still had that Dodge 'I WANT MORE POWER AND FLASH' spirit to it so we checked some out. Well, despite my inherent trepidation over buying a domestic car, we were able to negotiate a good deal and drove off on January 23rd 2009 in our 2007 DODGE CALIBER.
Pretty swanky, eh? I've enjoyed it thus far and the first test we gave it was this past weekend on a drive up to Delevan, WI for a weekend getaway. It passed. Vicky and I bought our first car together and we are about to take a trip together to find a suitable first place to live together in L.A. It will all be a huge shift in our lives and I think we will both learn a great deal from our experience. So, this was it. The first hurdle in our move to L.A.: Buying a car.
Talk at you soon...
Now Playing: Illyah Kuryahkin - "Vaval"
Labels: Dodge Caliber, L.A., move, trek, trip
posted by MikeStan @ 9:19 PM
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