The Curiser had to go!
My family have been big Toyota supporters in the past. I have had 3 Toyota Camry's. We have had 2 Toyota Land crusiers and we still have a Toyota Rav 4 for the business. For many reasons, practical and emotional we decided it was time for the land cruiser to move on.
My husband was very apprehensive, which made my two boys even more emotional about selling this beast.
What is it about a car? The attachment, the memories, the habit, the worry that you might be moving on to something worse ?
I think all the idea tossing we were doing, was making the kids fret even more about selling the cruiser. That and all the teasing we were doing. They would say stuff like, "how could you sell this car mummy, it hasn't done anything wrong" and would even cry !!!!! It ended up being joke in the house, with me talking to the car and saying that it had to go.
It is really an awful process off-loading a car that you have many memories in, so I tried to make light of it.
Cut a long story short. I took the boys to see an Outback that looked promising. We went for a test drive, it was black leather interior, beautiful bucket seats in the back and a great huge boot. Then we explored the sports button !!! Well this sold it to the boys, it didn't take much for them to start rationalising the need to sell the cruiser and get this little baby. After a bit of haggling and so on and so forth, little Sooby is now a part of our family.
We have loooooved it so much so far, the best thing I ever did. I can now whip into car parks, it's heaps cheaper on fuel, oh and that sports button is the bomb.
What did husband think? We took it on a two week road trip to Victoria, take a look at the following pictures.
Yep, it definitely cut the mustard, we are very happy with this new (old) car. Its a 2008 model but has all the mod-cons.
What car love's and lost's have you suffered ?
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