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<\/a>2005 Honda CR-V (Web photo)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>2006 Toyota RAV4 (Web photo)<\/p><\/div>\n
We bought the Honda Accord back in 2004 and it has been so nice not to have a car payment for many years. It is with some reluctance that we are shopping; I\u00a0had hoped to get another year of service out of the Accord and build up our house down payment fund. The fund will have to take a hit, or at least not grow, as we don’t want to carry a car loan very long. We do hope we get as long a service life out of a new vehicle as we have\u00a0out of the Honda.<\/p>\n
Neither of these small wagons\u00a0are available (used) locally, or not at this moment anyway, as small used wagons that can handle driving in snow are quite popular out here. We will probably have to go to either Denver or Salt Lake City to look at a few cars. (The distance – a four hour drive one direction\u00a0– is about the same either way.) Denver has an advantage in that Pam’s\u00a0credit union, located in Boulder on the Front Range, is already tied into a financing network that includes the Denver metro\u00a0used car dealerships so financing would be easier. However, it appears the Salt Lake City area\u00a0has an edge in pricing.<\/p>\n
Since we do have transportation (the Ford F-150) we can take a few weeks to find and buy a vehicle. Merry Christmas to us. More on this as we start to get serious about a particular vehicle in the upcoming days and weeks.<\/p>\n
Our sympathies to those in the Midwest\u00a0who were hammered with last week’s snow storm. The storm came out of Colorado but we didn’t get much out of it here on the western side of the state; Denver got hit and southern parts of the state picked up quite a bit. The high\u00a0country picked up enough snow to enable several ski areas to open earlier than planned although travel was somewhat dicey until the road crews were able to get out in force. I-70 west of Denver was closed several times over the last few days due to bad conditions. Our snow melted in less than 24 hours and, although night time temps have dropped into the teens, daytime \u00a0temps have been in the upper 30s and low 40s, enough to make driving pretty routine.<\/p>\n
Routine –\u00a0\u00a0it has been a pretty routine week. Leaf season is about over although our Cottonwood tree stubbornly clings to some remaining leaves. I was out-and-about yesterday working on the lawn and I see \u00a0I will need to do some work\u00a0again this morning, but this may be the last of it until next spring.<\/p>\n
To all who read this, have a Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n