Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Treasure Tuesday--my car


Treasure Tuesday is hosted by Faith over at http://faithfulmommy.typepad.com/

We were blessed to be able to afford our Magnum last year when we sold our house in Orange County and moved to AZ. It's the first new car either one of us has had in our lives. And since it is on the same chassis as the Chrysler 300, it drives like a luxury car. We looked at every SUV out there and decided that this would be our SUV. Since it's a wagon, we can put the back seats down and haul stuff. And we get an average of 27 miles a gallon.

We looked at little cars(Toyotas, Hondas etc) with better gas mileage but with 3 dogs and luggage on a trip to Mom's we decided that it would never fit. I try to visit my Mom about once a month. The 250 mile drive is so much better in this car. We looked at the Toyota, Honda and Nissan SUVs which didn't get good gas mileage and cost a lot more than the Magnum.

It's such a blessing to have a car that runs beautifully, is comfortable, has air conditioning that really works and I feel safe in. I thank the Lord everytime I drive it. I generally use part of my driving time to pray, which keeps me sane on the long drives I have to get to civilization.

5 comments:

Beck said...

Cool car! Lucky you!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing your treasure. Yeah, cars a true treasure out here in the desert without great public transportation.:) I actually drive a little 'box'. It is a Scion it is almost like a minivan, but much smaller. And I can put down the back-seats as well. I couldn't/wouldn't live without it - lol.
Thank you for stopping by this morning. Still haven't tackled the paper-stack though *sigh*...

Granny said...

Nice and 27 mpg for an SUV is really good.

Anonymous said...

That is some cool lookin car! Now i'll wonder if it's you whenever I see one of those. So if you ever have some crazed woman driving a light sage green Dodge Caravan next to you trying to get your attention....well, you can either try to run or wave back at me! lol

=) Christie

Carol said...

I love your car! If I could trade my Durango in right now, this is definitely what I'd want to replace it. Nice ride!