Oh Mazda.

I recently had a love affair. With a car.

It was late one night, in the bedroom of a certain 20-something year old girl. Due to icy/snowy road conditions, she had recently had a spill off her what she calls motorcycle--what other people call scooter. That was enough to push her over the edge of deciding that...it was time to have a car again!

Her first thought was to get either a Mini-Cooper Convertible because they are sooo darn cute!! A close second was the Volkswagon Beetle Convertible. For the same reason. However, she decided that she wanted to be prudent and wise before making any huge decisions. So she car shopped, reading many a consumer report. To her dismay she found these two cars on the "Worst of the Worst" list. So she decided to reconsider her options. On the "Best of the Best" list were several ideas which were not only palatable but pleasing. Considering all of the models, she went back to looking for a used car. She came across an advertisement for an amazing lease deal on the Mazda3 iSport. Reading more consumer reports and reviews on the model and make of the car...and thinking that it was a very cute car....her infatuation began. Several days later she traveled to the car dealership with her father. After several hours of test driving and being sold up to the Mazda3 sTouring...she stepped back from the situation, did the math, and decided that she was not ready to undertake such a financial burden.

Affair over. Reason caught up with me. I saved myself from making what might have been a huge mistake. However, when the time is right to consider getting a car....I will not forget my Mazda fling. Perhaps the timing is just not right yet??

Now it's just time to bring old Torri back to life, my white '99 Ford Taurus Wagon which has been out of commission for over a year. I will rename her when she is running again. :)

p.s. I am not particularly partial to white cars...though I do like them. This was just one of the better pictures that I could find and legally post.