When we first got our new car, Reid was mostly positive although she did miss “her” purple car some, too. [1] I loved the Caliber from the beginning, as I’ve said. We haven’t talked much about the car lately. Grandma Joyce and Aunt Pam are here for a visit and they hadn’t seen the car yet. Reid took Grandma Joyce for a tour of the car. She proudly showed off each of the tail lights, the gas tank door (it’s a circle), the mirrors and the headlights. Reid pointed out the daddy sheep - it’s built Ram tough. She also told Grandma that there was an engine inside but Reid couldn’t open the hood to show it. I don’t think Ken and I have shown the car to that many people since it’s been a pretty quiet summer on the visitors front but she knows to point out her favourite features.

I discovered a little storage compartment in the hatch yesterday when I was loading groceries. There’s a door built in to the right side wall just behind the wheel well. This must be the first time in the 2 months since we’ve had it that I haven’t put the groceries on top of the stroller that I never seem to take out. In our Cirrus, we had a little bin with our emergency candle, “tinfoil” blanket and a couple other things that rolled around in the trunk. It was nice to find another thing to like about this car since we’ll be paying for it for another 43 months. My only complaint so far is that something weird happens when we drive with the windows open that sets up a bass sound that makes me naseous. Since it’s resolved by closing the windows, I’m okay with it. Reid would disagree but she’ll get over it.

And to think that [2] Chrysler doesn’t pay me anything to say nice things about my car …