And the new baby is…a MINI?

Okay, so I know I said we were getting the Bimmer. For the past month we were set on that choice. But the dealer couldn’t give us a delivery time or a firm price because the company hasn’t released the new price list for 2009 yet. We were going to have to order it anyway and find out the price at the end, which seemed really backward to us. So we ordered a Mini Cooper (also owned by BMW) instead. It will end up being just over half the cost of the BMW, which will allow us a little more freedom to travel in the near future. We will likely get our BMW when the Mitsubishi dies (which could be any day now since it is 14 years old already). I think the Mini will be cute, and much easier to park than either the BMW or the Galant. It will be an off-white Mini Cooper Clubman Sport with black racing stripes. So in mid-October, I will get to see Dave in a mini after all.