Out with the old, in with the new.

Awhile ago I wrote about how our good-for-nothing piece of crap car had broken, costing us a whopping $3,729.01 (accurate figure) to have the transmission fixed. Nine days later, it was broken. Again.

The thing that had been fixed had broken again. Luckily, we had purchased a warranty on the “new” transmission, so the shop repaired it again and agreed to rent us a car while they fixed it. The night before the car was towed into the shop, Graham and I decided to go over to our local Hyundai dealership to check out the 2008 Hyundai Accents…before the restaurant fire happened we had priced one out and figured it was a good deal. Then the fire happened, and we thought we should probably put the new car on the back burner. Then the Jetta struck again.

By this point, we were so fed up with the Jetta acting up and costing thousands of dollars at every turn (we’ve calculated that we’ve had to spend approximately $3,000 a year on maintenance), we decided it was time to get rid of it. We went back to the dealership and asked them if they would accept it on a trade-in. They would!

In a little twist of fate, the rental car turned out to be the very car we’re getting, so we had a little extended test-drive over the weekend. The car is great to drive, a lot of fun, and I can prove it by waving around the speeding ticket I got on the 401 on Saturday morning.

We’re picking up our new Accent tomorrow night, leaving the Jetta behind. Good riddance!

Isn’t it purrrrrrty?

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