The End of An Era

We have now moved from this...

to this...

Yes, that time came.  It was time for a new vehicle.  I was a little nostalgic as this progressed because I loved my Mazda (also, it's been paid off for a while).  In fact, it was my very first vehicle and it truly was MINE! :)  It was the car that I had seen in the European market and had waited for it to come to the North American market.  I was so fortunate that it came right when we decided to upgrade our car.  It was compact but with enough seats to make it useful (just not that much cargo space) and I would totally buy it again.  However, with 6 people filling the six seats, it was time to move on to a new era.  I'm sure I will love my van eventually because I like it now but I am still getting over my much loved car.  I did do some grocery shopping and that new vehicle has a FANTASTIC amount of cargo space but it's weird driving an automatic again.  My hand keeps twitching :).  It's a bit wider and a lot longer so I have to get used to that but it has some fun upgrades...like the power driver's seat, the backup camera and all the cup holders.  I'm sure that, in 10 or 15 years, I will be saying I'm sure sad to see this vehicle go, too.  So, such as it is...goodbye little Mazda and welcome to the family Honda...

Until next time...