For the last 4.5 years, we have been a one-car family. For the most part, it worked out OK. With careful planning -- each morning was a bit of a story problem figuring out who was dropping whom where and when -- we survived with three kids, two jobs, and a dog, but this last year started getting really complicated. So with our return from the "big trips" and the girls' enrollment in public school (the first time we haven't had to pay for childcare in almost seven years), we decided to go out and buy a second car.
It's a Subaru Impreza, a five seater with a hatchback where Kaia can ride. We love it. It's sporty, peppy and fun to drive (not that the minivan isn't a finely-tuned driving machine) and should handle well in the winter. And as if to prove it was a good purchase, he first morning we had it, as we were running late out the door (because some things don't change even with two cars), we sadly discovered the minivan didn't start.. The kids had been playing with the lights the day before (we discovered too late) and one of them was left on all night, killing the battery. Instead of panicking, we all just piled in the new car and made it where we were going almost on time (and came home at lunch to jump the van).
The only scary part is this. John pointed out that, as a standard (stick shift), it will be a good car for Jack to learn to drive with... in just SIX years. Oh man. THAT I am not ready for.
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I have a black Subaru Impreza -- standard! I love, love, love it, especially on long car rides and snow days. It warms my heart to know we're driving the same machine :)
Oh, and if you were living here, Jack could start driving at 14 :)
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