For many years, we’ve been a single vehicle family much to the confusion of family and friends. They regularly ask, “How can you survive with one car?!” I get it, but one has to do what they must and work within their means.
Where we live, there aren’t viable public transportation options. And we can’t afford debt (as oxymoronic as that may sound). Yes, it means lots of planning and occasionally strandings. 😬 It’s hit a point where we can’t make do now. sighs
I’ve saved and saved. I’ve worked 100 work weeks. A few months ago, we started searching for something dependable to buy with not so much cash. That’s been no easy feat. Lots of people have tried to rip us off by hiding serious vehicle problems. It became such a significant source of stress and partnership conflict.
Now we can celebrate though! It’s finally happened! 🎉🎈🎊 We have a second car! Simple, good on gas, and no major problems! A huge time drain and source of anxiety is finally able to be put behind us.
I’m so incredibly grateful. We are privileged to be in our situation and now I can finally free the mental space and energy to start focusing on all the other important things in life that I’ve had to table. Phew!
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Alright. Now it’s back to triage. What’s the next next major thing. 😅
300 meters away! 😬
Reminds me of my old Grand Cherokee in terms of space and seating. Adding a car topper really helped. When the kids were young, we did many 3200 km trips back and forth between where we lived and where the family lived. That’s a lot of car time with kiddoes and a dog. So many pee breaks.
Now, we have a minivan which has the third row of seats plus decent storage pace (in the back and below seats, millennium falcon style). It’s not sexy, but it really gets the job done well. The V6 pulls the camper with ease, too. Now we only live 1300 km away. Phew!