April Fool's...

I have been thinking about getting a new car. While my car is nice and I do like my car...I still miss having a convertible Porsche. Unfortunately the Porsche comes with 2 seats and we are a family of 3. There just doesn't seem to be nice sedans out there that doesn't feel old fogey style.

Last week I went and test drove the new 2009 Jaguar XF. It was nice but expensive. Jaguar can't even come close to the deal that Mercedes or BMW can make. Thus, I dunno if I would pay 40% more just to have something different from others since Benz and Beemers are dime a dozen in LA. I have to rule out some of the exotics since Oscar has the Aston Martin and Lotus already...can't be a copy-catter.

This isn't your dad's Jaguar XF:
So why am I looking to get another car? Well April Fool's on me...but not really. Aya and I both had to take our cars in for service this weekend on Saturday. $2000 dollars later we got our cars back! $2000 bucks for oil changes, brakes on my car, a new battery and two crummy car washes!

When the service manager called me to say Aya needed a new battery and that it would cost $300 bucks, I said, "How come you can't go to Pep Boys and throw one of the $19.99 batteries in there?" Aya and my mom thought it was funny...but I didn't think it was funny. 19 bucks compared to 300 bucks!! Gimmie a break. It is just ridiculous that Mercedes charges that much for routine service.

Yes, BMW and Jaguar will be expensive as well so by looking at another car it won't solve my problem. I guess I am just looking to spread my business and give it to others and not Mercedes.

I was going to buy a new bbq-er if my car repair bill was under $200 bucks. Forget that now. I even debated about my pre-order of Grand Theft Auto IV....but then I thought, "I can scrounge up $70 bucks for 30 hours of entertainment."

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Yoko update: Aya visited her mom today and Aya was encouraged. Aya's mom was awake the entire 2 hour visit. She ate 5-6 ozs food compared to the usual 1 oz of food. She took 15 steps today in therapy. Those are assisted steps where she walks holding onto bars, so she isn't walking unassisted but at least she was vertical today. She got a haircut and that made her feel better. So, small steps today. Hopefully 2 steps forward, 1 step back...well maybe not the 1 step back but at least there is progress.