Damn, I guess that one was too easy. Yes, the result was a non-hot sandwich.

Hubby and I "woof" at each other a lot. We often channel wolves a bit more noticeably than society likes.

He'll go into the house looking for a tool. I'm outside.

Him: Woof? (on a rising note)

Me: In the kitchen.

Him: Woof. (up-and-down sound of puzzlement)

Me: On the table. Look next to the phone.

Him: Woof!

Me: You're welcome.

And the rest of the people in the front yard are staring at me. Someone once tried to woof along with us, and we both gave him the kinds of stares I imagine Parisians give Americans trying to speak French.

Friend 1: He woofed at her!

Friend 2: They do that.

Friend 1: What does it mean?

Friend 2: I don't know. I've counted fourteen different kinds of Woof.

Me: Honey, where's the thing? t makes random hand motion

MM: On the table.

Me: Thanks.

Tomorrow is not only Cinco de Mayo, it is 05/05/05. How cool is that? I'm going out for margaritas to celebrate.

(Sits in corner with Tommyrot)

So, pros and cons question: new car. Well, new to us car.

Which is less sane: attempting to survive in a '98 Civic HB, 130k miles, no A/C, but paid for, with a new baby, or selling the Civic, adding to our debt, and driving something with four doors and A/C for a change.

I'm really, really torn. The Civic is decidedly not the best car for putting a carseat into, and the rear seat gets far too warm for comfort, even with the windows down, which I realize is only going to get worse as it gets warmer out.

But... paid for. Owned. By us. Not a bill, except when things need tuning.

My suggestion would be to stick to the Civic until you can't stand it any more. Which may be July, but at least that's two more months you can save.

If you get a small used car with A/C and four doors it might be all that bad to pay for. I suspect you can find something without a lot of miles for 6-7k as long as you don't mind some unglamorous nameplates.

If you get a small used car with A/C and four doors it might be all that bad to pay for.

We're back to thinking seriously about a TDI, on account of fuel prices, which means we're looking at about 11-12k for a car. We can probably get 4k in the Seattle area for the Civic. It's possible that we can put an additional grand towards the replacement car, leaving us with 6-7k to finance. If we do get something, we plan on having it at least as long as we've had the Civic (which Paul bought new), so we don't really want to go much older than 3/4 years.

For some reason, used cars--esp. imports--seem to cost more in Seattle than in the rest of the country. It's most annoying.

Feh.

If the Civic had A/C, I'd just suffer the pains of getting the baby in and out of the thing until the car crumbled to dust.

I suspect you can find something without a lot of miles for 6-7k as long as you don't mind some unglamorous nameplates.

The only things that show up in that price range with low miles have horrible repair records without the benefit of the TDI's MPG.

For some reason, used cars--esp. imports--seem to cost more in Seattle than in the rest of the country. It's most annoying.

You can probably pick up something like Ford Escort pretty cheap, they are dirt cheap everywhere. The big knock would be that can be camshaft problems with the DOHC engine, but the sedans don't have that engine.