Wednesday, October 12, 2005

In the beginning, there was . . .

I am new at this. I had heard about blogging but did not appreciate how much fun it could be until I encountered Terry's Revolvo blog -- http://revolvoblog.blogspot.com

So my saga begins. After having lived in big cities [NY & Philly] for over 30 years, I had not needed to own a car since my beloved, I wish I had kept him, black 1965 VW Beetle, $2500. Now I am contemplating retirement to Maine and Canada [where I have a house on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia - about which more later] and have known for some time that I really will need a car. Of course, I can't afford any of the things that I thought I wanted, new or used and I just decided to wait awhile.

Then my boss got a message from the shop that his car was ready for pickup. I passed this on to him and he said oh yes, the dog car. Well, we all knew about this car and some of the problems he had had with it. Then he mentioned that he was thinking of selling it. So I had to ask what it was and how much he was thinking of asking. That's when I found out that it is a 1990 Volvo 240DL wagon, blue, 125,000 miles, and he was thinking around $1,000. So I said something cool like oh, that sounds good. Meanwhile, all kinds of light bulbs are going off in my head.

I had to think long and hard about this, so after about 15 minutes on line and finding that these cars were selling at anywhere from $900 to $3500, and factoring in that my boss is obsessive compulsive about keeping things nice, I had $1000 in my bank account, it was a station wagon, and it was a VOLVO! I popped into his office and said I'll take it. What? The car! Oh! Okay.

To be continued . . .

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