My sister called me on Tuesday and told me that she had bought a new car, a 2008 Honda Civic. She’s a visiting nurse who puts a ton of miles on her car. She had been driving a Santa Fe, which was great in the winter but got dreadful gas mileage. She was spending a small fortunate in gas. The Civic should be much nicer.
Now I don’t mind my little sister buying the same car as me, even if it’s a year newer. What irks me is that she went all out with the navigation system and XM. It was funny when my mom told me that my sister bought a car just like mine.
My dad is a card carrying member of the United Steelworkers. He swore he would never cosign a loan for a foreign car. As soon as I didn’t need my dad to cosign for a car, I bought my 2000 Civic. Now my sister and I each have a Civic. While my parents were here last weekend, my dad said that he liked my car, except that it was hard for him to get in and out of.