Our loving family has now officially outgrown its arsenal of transportation modes. Our "big car", the Escape, leaves precious little back seat room for Zach after we load up a bulging child seat on either side of him.
So yesterday we crammed the family into said vehicle, stopped at Baja Fresh to quiet the rumbling tummies, and then scooted over to the Ford dealer to meet our new car.
We're getting a Flex, which in comparison to the Escape seems to be about the size of a Great Lakes ore freighter. It comes very highly recommended by Zach, who leapt into the far back seat of ours and promptly claimed it as his new home away from home. He's got cup holders, storage bins, magazine racks, map lights, AC controls, vents...in short everything a jaded back seat dweller could possibly want, and more.
And with the current desperate state of auto sales, the 5-grand rebate combined with the A-Plan discount makes this car very affordable indeed.
This will be our first car with the Duratec 3.5L engine, which is the engine I work on and am very familiar with.
So we told Zach he only has to brave one more ride in the over-crowded Escape, to the dealership this afternoon, before he can run free, stretch his legs, and read magazines in his spacious new digs.
4 comments:
Hey! Congratulations! Expanding families need expanded cars and everything seems to be going according to plan.
Nice!
And I picked up my new lease car at Pasadena VW today...a case of overkill...VW Routan Van -- seats 7 and has 2 DVD/Game screens with remote and a rear camera - 2 sliding doors and a power rear hatch -- none of which I need but you can tell what is not selling.
Mike,
Thanks for supporting Chrysler!
Zach, King of the back seat! Go for it, Z, you deserve to have an all boys' seat. Have fun on your way up to my house!
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