A Somber Day....

Well,

It is almost a done deal. I stopped by my neighbors' dealership after work and put a deposit down on a 09 Subaru Forester. (Big Sigh)

The only good news is that my dad is buying my truck so it will stay in the family, sort of.

I am really going to miss the truck, but it has become unpractical for our family needs.

 

sorry to hear about you loosing your truck, but putting the family needs first man............awesome!!!

 

This is where my wife would smack me upside the head and say, "See, I told you I was right!" before knocking my beer over, kneeing me in the privates and throwing my keys into the briar patch. (j/k about that last part )

Yes this will be a big change. We'll see what happens.

 

shhhhhh......dont tell her!!

 

Why not one of these instead? Still a four door after all.



Good luck.

 

She refuses to drive my truck even when she really needs it, like the time she wanted top soil and peat moss. She took her car, tried to wrestle the peat moss brick out of the back seat, it got caught on something and ripped open, peat moss all over the inside her car.

I had mentioned a DB, but she wants something that is easier to park downtown. She can't park very well, either, so that's a negative to a bigger vehicle. Also, the area where her building is has had to get 24 hr security because of the pimps, hookers, drug addicts, shooters, etc. that happen to frequent the NE part of DC.

 

After 30+ years of driving trucks, going straight to a car would probably give me a heart attack. The Forester is kind've like an inbetween vehicle, although I did tell my wife that we've taken one step closer to the dreaded minivan.

 

Well said.

My wife has a Subaru since 2001 and it has been a great car, as much as it sux to lose your truck, this is a viable option, and remember; things change quickly and you could have an 09 Subaru and an 09 Taco, look toward the bright.

 

If my wife had her way, I'd be driving a Honda Civic for the rest of my life.

Wait a minute, I WILL be driving a Honda Civic for the rest of my life. Well, its life anyway.

Yes, I get her car and she gets the Subaru.

 

My wife has a 02 Forrester that I drive all the time. It’s superior in many was to the Tacoma. I remember one snowy morning about two years ago hauling ass up to the slopes inspired by watching the World Rally Championship on Speed. There is no way a Tacoma could have kept up. You could have done a lot worse.

 

Yes I could've. A Chevy Trailblazer.

 

Hope you're sticking around Joe and not leaving us for some Hussy Subaru forum.

 

I'll never leave. I'm going to be like nd. Always here.

I'll be trying out stuff on the truck for my dad. My current project is a deep dish grille, ala the satoshi grille.

 

Does she take your nuts out of her purse and let you use them when you really need them?

 

I know what you mean. My wife and I refuse to get a mini*gag*van, but need something we can fit us and 4 kids in when we have her other daughter or cousin over. We've been thinking about getting a Subaru too when we finally replace the Corolla. Leaning towards a Rav4 with the 3rd row seating, but I've been checking out the Sub's too. Too bad they're usually MUCH more expensive. But being in NY with lots of snow/ice we also want something with AWD or 4WD.

 

Nuts? What nuts?

I had to get rid of them when we got married!

I've been getting the "Forester is really safe, blah, blah, blah" conversation lately, but she clams up when I bring up the fact she's been driving her car around just fine. Had I been able to see far into the future, I would've gotten a DC and been in a better position to rebuke her arguements, instead of the precarious footing I'm standing on now trying to justify the ACC.