And we now have a car ...

One more step closer to settling down and getting life back on a normal track. We bought a used Toyotal Caldina from Nelson Suzuki. We dealt with Mark Chapman and had a pretty good experience.

Its quite confusing to decide what car you want, the make, the model etc. We decided that we could live without a 4WD (winter is still quite a few months away, and i suspect we'll go stay in a ski place for a week at a time and take the shuttle etc). We did briefly consider getting a minivan so that we could transport more folks when we have guests etc. Ultimately we decided against it, since we preferred a smaller car etc. We saw and liked the Toyoya Caldina, its a 5 door wagon, slightly smaller than the Volvo XC and drives quite nicely. Also gives us enough room too load the bikes, camping gear etc and take off on an extended road trip etc. Its got a small 1.8l engine and gives u decent mileage (or so i think)

We are back into getting a Japanese car, after our not so pleasant experience with the Volvo Cross Country which we purchased from Royal Motor Sales. Luckily for us, we did have the extended warranty which saved us quite a bit of money, but the car was in the shop a fair amount. The warranty had some sleeper clauses like not covering airbag defects. No more Volvos for us.