Recently, Boyd and I have been having lively "discussions" about getting a new vehicle. Well, I just got to listen while he expounded on the reasons why I need to trade in the Edge while it still has value, I deserve to drive a nice car, and many more points. He was right about them, I just didn't want to get rid of my Edge. I just wanted to drive it till it died. It is still in great shape even though it has 95,000 miles.
I agreed to go to the Ford place Saturday morning. I wanted to find something that got great gas mileage and fit my huge body. What I found out is that those cars don't exist. I drove a Ford Focus and loved it. It felt like I was driving an enclosed Moped and my back was killing me by the time we got back from the test drive. Then we drove the new Edge. I liked my old one better. In the meantime, I had sat in a Ranger because for the last couple of weeks that was the car on my mind. Our salesman mentioned that he would be getting a Ranger in on trade that same morning. Well, when we got back from one of the test drives, there it was. We took it out for a drive ourselves and really liked it. It made a lot of sense as Boyd had been talking this summer about getting a Ranger as a farm truck. I also traded in my Tacoma with a shell for the 07 F150 we now have. That made the Edge the dog hauling vehicle. Not a big deal, but I much prefer driving wet, stinky dogs in the back of a truck than the back of my Edge. So, we decided to go for it and get the Ranger and keep my Edge. I will drive both to work and save miles on the Edge. At some point in time, the Ranger will become more of a full time farm truck and by then I will hopefully be ready to trade in the Edge. Seems crazy now, but I know this was the right purchase. I told my husband that I would know the vehicle to buy when I saw it and lucky for us, it showed up on the lot!
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