Another round of life for Arktos
Jul. 14th, 2008 02:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beetigerSpent a rather depressing morning visiting and calling various Toyota dealerships to discover that the few used Prii available have higher mileage than I'd like for not much compromise in cost, and that new Prii currently have a 2-10 month wait. Gas prices have really scared people, and it's a damned good car.
More importantly, I discovered that I really have no desire to buy a new car, shinier than my current but really essentially more or less the same thing for my purposes. So I'm going to give in and do the $2000 catalytic converter replacement that the '01 Prius needs, and hopefully be able to drive her a while longer.
She's not pretty anymore -- the antenna's held together with duct tape, one of the side windows has lost its moulding, the GPS and satellite radio are a mess of wires, she's kind of scraped and bumped, and she's got 118,000 miles on her. But I think I'm going to keep her for now.
More importantly, I discovered that I really have no desire to buy a new car, shinier than my current but really essentially more or less the same thing for my purposes. So I'm going to give in and do the $2000 catalytic converter replacement that the '01 Prius needs, and hopefully be able to drive her a while longer.
She's not pretty anymore -- the antenna's held together with duct tape, one of the side windows has lost its moulding, the GPS and satellite radio are a mess of wires, she's kind of scraped and bumped, and she's got 118,000 miles on her. But I think I'm going to keep her for now.
