small-minded, petty bourgeois.

so we are doing something i never thought i would have to admit to: we are considering buying an SUV.

a small one. a small, comparatively fuel-efficient (compared to other SUVs, that is... after getting 45MPG, nothing else really seems to warrant the label "fuel-efficient"), japanese one, of the "grocery-getter" variety. but an SUV nonetheless.

the logic is as follows: we need a second car. he needs one in which he can haul computers and their accoutrements around. it would be more logical to give me the car that is practically costing more to keep on the road than it's worth at this point (yet another timing belt change coming up), and let him start putting the 25,000 miles a year on a new car. and three years from now, when he's done getting his degree, will be the best time, if any, to spawn.

and at that point, a car with several thousand miles on it, but one that was explicitly designed to handle spawn, would sort of be practical. and it seems silly, not to say financially unwise, to buy another small, fuel-efficient car now, and then have to get another, bigger one anyway in only 3 years.

we are... disenchanted with volkswagen. not only is the rabbitgolf no longer offered with the TDI engine, we have had significantly bad experiences with VW's dealers and so-called trained mechanics. especially when it comes to servicing TDIs. hence the consideration of a small, sort-of-fuel-efficient SUV.

wibble.

and also, whoever names the quote gets a carrot.