three car family

 time to make room in the garage for another car!  we've been looking off and on for a while now and finally found a cute little car for big sister.  being a honda girl myself, it didn't take much convincing to decide on a civic.

at first, she thought she wanted a small suv, so we looked at the ford edge, nissan rogue, honda hrv, toyota chr, mitsubishi outlander, and hyundai kona.  they all seemed a little too big, and none had the safety features i was looking for.  i toyed with the idea of giving her my 2017 crv and getting myself something new!  but i love my crv!!

  we then switched our focus to a sedan - wanting 4 doors, not a hatchback, and nothing too small.  we were looking for a used toyota or honda, knowing those makes have reputations for being reliable, but there was not much selection to choose from.  apparently many of the car makers stopped production of vehicles during covid, so a lower new car inventory drove up the demand for used models. (at least that is what we were told...)  we test drove a new toyota corolla, but i was not that impressed with the feel of it for the price.  then we test drove a new civic for comparison.  my goodness, what a difference!  it was so solid, and way sportier than you would think by looking.  honestly, i may have to find reasons to drive it when she is not....

after determining the body style, big sister's only other request was that is be any color except white or black.  the few red models they had in stock seemed too flashy, so we picked out a modest "steel grey" with grey interior.   to say she is in love is pretty accurate. :-)

(c'mon, it's just a car....) ;-)