Sylvain and I have been car shopping for a while now. At first, we were going to sell the Montero Sport because it loses it value quickly and keep the Golf since it was completely paid for. Now that Sylvain has been commuting farther than me, he’s been driving the Golf and has quickly realized that it’s time to replace it.
So, we had scheduled an appointment this past Sunday to test drive a Mini Cooper S. Sylvain drove first, then I took the wheel. I was a bit nervous to drive since I had been wearing my heeled boots and would somehow slip up on the clutch or grind the gears or do something equally as embarassing. (The Cooper S only comes with a manual transmission.)
Silly me for being so nervous, because once I got behind the wheel and onto the freeway, it’s like I had owned this car forever! It was so fun to drive! I mean, really fun! I was trying really hard not to smile and laugh while I was driving to avoid scaring the “automotive advisor” that took us out. Well, according to Sylvain, the guy was already nervous since I was already up to 60mph on the 280N on-ramp and was going fast enough on 101N to shift up to 6th gear. Whoops!
We’re still not sure if the Mini is a practical buy for us – so I think that we’re going to try and rent one and test it out for the commute.