So get this... I'm on the phone with my little sis the other day. I offhandedly mentioned I picked up a new little car, and she said "Yeah, I hear you downgraded again.". What?
Number one, I love how my family just loves to talk about me behind my back. Glad their life is so boring that mine looks exciting enough to discuss between themselves.
Number two, how in the hell can she think that? I was driving an '07 Ford Escape with 145k miles on it, 4 cyl, nothing fancy, paid for. What I bought was an '07 Vibe base model with 132k miles in, automatic, still paid for. Same year, less miles, and went from 20mpg avg to 28mpg avg. And a better motor. After questioning, I got 'well.. it's a Pontiac'. To which I replied 'with a Toyota motor'. No it's not, she says. Uh.. google it, gees!! She actually said, lol, 'You mean to tell me someone pulled out the motor and put a Toyota motor back in?". uhhh....... I'm seriously staring at the phone at this point with a dumb look on my face. No amount of explaining that Toyota manufactured the motors and Pontiac's put the shell on it would satisfy her. That it was the same, literally, as a Toyota Matrix. That I got a steal for $1500 for the Vibe. To her... I 'downgraded'. From a freaking Ford??? huh?
Number three.. I got back 'Well, you shouldn't have sold your (almighty) Honda. That was a good car, blah blah blah..... " Okay, the Honda I had was a good car, drove it for 4 years. BUT... it wasn't that great on gas, maybe 22mpg avg.. it was a 2 seater and pain in the rear for anyone to get in the back, and pretty freaking long so it wasn't as zippy driving as the Vibe, couldn't haul anything for (removed), and no one in my rural area would touch a Honda, which made any repairs a total pain in the rear. All sound reasons, in my book, as to why it wasn't such a hot to keep, like it was anyone else's business anyways. But really, why the heck they care what I drive???
And then... Number four came a day or two later, I'm leaving a different sis's place, and I actually catch her taking a pic of me taking off in my car. Really, WHAT??!!! I seriously don't understand. Maybe it's cause it's so darn cute, I dunno.
Honestly, it's probably so she can send the pic to the other sis so they can talk about me some more. But putting my car down like that... I about lost it.