Well, a month after my accident and it was time to buy a new car. I don’t love buying cars, because I know it’s going to burn an entire day. The car dealers have control over time – we don’t. Although the dealers have gotten better at pricing cars and putting out better pricing, there’s still a dance that happens to ensure we’re getting the best deal possible. I become stubborn, and last time was ready to walk away because I didn’t get the price I wanted to pay.
To me, cars are a tool to get me from one place to another. I’m not a big car guy. I research cars that I want to buy using Consumer Reports and other online tools and websites to ensure that I’m getting a car with good mileage, safe features, and a car that gets a good customer satisfaction level. I’m not going to have a mid-life crisis and get a flashy car.
So I ended up with another Camry. I liked my other Camry, and it turned out that the safety features worked out very well, even when rear-ended at 40 MPH. That was a plus. The new one is very similar to the last one I bought. It’s a 2018, not a 2017, and the new one has top of the line everything. It’s a step up in bells and whistles from the2017. It rides well – I tried some other vehicles that didn’t ride as well, so I went back to the Camry. This is not a paid endorsement, although I have a great sales person who could help you if you need a car.
To help me in my test drives, I carried my tunes with a cord to plug in -the music system is important. Among the tunes I played were ones in today’s podcast, which features Mose Allison, Bobbie Gentry, the Yardbirds, the Who, Annie Ross, Doug Sahm, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, J.J. Cale, Dave Alvin, the Be Good Tanyas, Rosanne Cash, the Cash Box Kings, Charles Brown, and Leonard Cohen.
This podcast is, as always, available to stream or download at brennick.net. There should be more content there, and I will try to put more things up this year. The podcast is also available to download as a podcast at your favorite podcast streamer – iTunes, Stitcher, etc. The podcast is called brennick.net. Check that out sometime. I welcome suggestions and comments, too – leave them as you will. Thanks for everything you do to encourage me.
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