Brent Spence Statistic

Yup, I became one this weekend. Someone rear-ended someone who rear-ended me on the Brent Spence bridge, nice.

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We’re a two Saturn house!

I never thought I would be one of those people. Being as environmentally conscience as I am, I never thought I would ever buy an SUV. But I did, kinda.

I found myself looking for a new car for my wife and I really didn’t want another minivan. I liked the Saturn Vue and they even have a hybrid version, but Samantha only had one requirement – seven seat belts – and that didn’t fit the bill. So I looked at the Chrysler Town & Country, the Pacifica, a Honda Odyssey and Saturn’s new cross-over, the Outlook. All of them were about the same price and all had the same gas mileage (avg. 16/28). But none were as comfortable to drive (or be a passenger in) as the Outlook.

I was worried that it is the 1st year for this model, but I looked it up on Consumer Reports with actually profiled it in several tests against comparable models. I am not 100% sure why they did this, btu they compared it in two categories – Midsized SUV’s and Large SUV’s – probably because it is acrossover. It came in 3rd place in the Midsized category and second place in the Large category only getting beat by one point by a $70K Mercedes!

So, I bit the bullet and bought the most expensive “car” I have ever owned. And I have to add it is the nicest car I have ever owned. It’s got leather interior, sunroof, XM radio, OnStar, tow package and get this – the DVD player has WIRELESS HEADSETS! So now that the kids can watch a movie and we don’t have to listen to it six times in a row, we can listen to what ever we want at the same time. How cool is that? The engineer that built that in must have had to listen to Thomas the Train from Detriot to Miami last summer!

The last thing that I will add is that Steve Coomer, the same guy that I bought my Ion from two years ago is a great salesman and I love Saturn because the price on the stick is the price you pay. None of the bullshit or haggling, that’s the price.

And to paraphrase Walter Cronkite, that’s the way it should be.

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