If you’ve known me for a while, then you know that I can’t keep a vehicle. The longest I’ve owned a vehicle for has been four years, my second truck, Betty Ford. I wrecked my first two cars, as often happens to sixteen year old kids. My first car was a 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse. It was a fun car to drive; it got great gas mileage and, unfortunately for me, was extremely fast. It looked a like this.

My next two vehicles were identical, 1993 Ford Rangers. The biggest difference was that one was a stick and the other an automatic. I drove the latter for four years, from my senior year of high school to my junior year @ Hope. The car that replaced it was my dad’s 1992 Toyota Camry. From there, I felt like I really wanted an SUV, I guess I got inspired riding in my wife’s Rodeo, so I thought hey, it’d be fun to have a Jeep. So I sold the Camry at the end of my senior year and bought myself a sweet black Jeep Grand Cherokee. And it was, until about last November/December, when we realized that we had to put $1400 transmission in it, and, more recently, it needed brakes. Can we say money pit? Which all leads us to the occasion for this blog.

Kristi and I recently made our biggest purchase as a couple. We bought a 2006 Suzuki Forenza, which probably leaves you wondering, “Suzuki Forenza, what the heck? Don’t they make motorcycles and dirt bikes?” Well, they make SUVs and more recently they’ve started making cars. It’s a compact car that gets great mileage, I’ve put it at about 26 just in the city and the sticker said 32 on the highway, which dwarfs the 14/16 the Jeep ever got. I wish that I hadn’t gotten rid of the Camry, but hey, hindsight’s 20-20. The Suzuki Forenza is a great looking car, with an amazing warranty and it cost $9400, about $600o less than a year old Civic or Corolla. So we’re very happy with it thus far, and we’ll keep you posted. ©
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