New(ish) Car

A few weeks ago we bought a new (used) car. It was sad to see the Jimmy go, but it was time. We wanted all-wheel drive but better gas mileage than an SUV. Hannah and Lincoln have had a few Subaru's as well as several of our friends. I think if you live in Utah you will eventually own a Subaru. It is inevitable. We ended up buying a 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon. It is pretty sweet.

Here's the re-cap:

Top 5 Things We Hated About the Jimmy

1. Bad gas mileage (13-14 MPG normal, 16-17 highway)
2. Driver side door. (hinge was broken so you had to slam it shut every time)
3. Missing handle to pop the hood. (I pulled this off once and I don't know where it ended up)
4. Bad shocks - really bumpy ride
5. Bad alignment - made the tires wear funny and the car veered to the right a lot

Top 5 Things We Will Miss About the Jimmy

1. Nostalgia - we went on a lot of fun trips in that car including our first deer hunt
2. Low Maintenance - we didn't have to fix much in the 5 years we owned it
3. 4-Wheel drive low and high. This got us out of a few hairy situations
4. Beater car - we were never afraid to do anything with this car because it wasn't very nice
5. Two words - CARGO SPACE - We fit 2 dead deer in the back of that thing along with 3 hunters. Awesome!!

Top 5 Things We Love About the WRX Wagon

1. Cool sounding muffler turns heads
2. We did not have to sacrifice 4 wheel drive to get a smaller car - it has AWD
3. Good gas mileage - we are getting 10 more MPG easily
4. Reliability - Subaru's last forever - we want to drive this one into the 200,000+ range
5. Surprisingly good cargo space. I don't think we will be fitting 2 dead deer and 3 hunters, but it hauled 4 of us and all of our crap to the Cougar Ranch last weekend.