Car Trouble part 2

'been lazy these days. As long as I have something to blame it on it's ok. Today.. let's take the heat.

So - The decision!

Of course a couple of thousands euros is an amount anyone would think well before spending..
So the balance was slowly leaning towards the black one. And then I start asking.. "what would you do?".
Mom says the black one is good enough.. dad looks at me and finally smiles - "you should buy the one you like most. " Again. We have 1-1. Grrrrreat!

Anca and Victor.
"tough choice! The red one sound really nice, but still, it's very expensive comparing to the other... " she says. "i don't know what to say.. Hey, sweety ( :) ), what do you think?". A short explanation follows and then the feed-back. "I'm cheap . I'd take the black one!"
Laughter. Silence.
"ESP reduced the number of accidents in US by 65%"
"Statistically speaking a red car gets more speeding tickets"
"Statistically speaking a red car has more chances of getting stolen"
"Having electrical windows for the back seats sure would be nice"

And then she says "If it were for me I'd get the black one. But since you're my sister and I care for your safety I advice you to get the red one. GET THE RED ONE".

The balance changes. I would like them to be safe too if they'd borrow my car while being here, and this is an option I seriously considered.

There is still one person that I'd appreciate getting an answer from. I could tell that he would avoid giving a straight advice but still I tried. I was a bit reserved but still I had to ask. And I was wrong. He did not avoid giving a straight answer, he "gracefully" gave NO answer. Later on he will tell me that he was sure about my choice. Of course I was sure he will be sure about my choice. He probably thought that I will go straight to choosing the 'red flashy immediately deliverable" one. :)) no matter the reasons were different, I still chose that one so.. no comments. I think I caught a bit of criticism in his voice when I declared my decision but he's smart enough to realize that once you're being asked to make an opinion and you deny it, criticism is out of line.
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Monday morning.
I talked to dad on Saturday and asked him to make a call to a car dealer in Brasov. Maybe what they have on stock will make my decision easier.
Call from dad..
A sales lady called him back. They have there a car in a wonderful color. (again red, but not an ordinary red, this color is different and wonderful and the car is equipped better than the other ones and the price is the same.
Short decision - we're going there to see it. 2 hours of driving to home, I pick up dad and there we go.. after 2 more hours we arrive in the old city. I am curious to see what I will feel when visiting again, after a few years, the town where I grew up, where I had so many friends, where I met my first love.. and the second..
The first shock was the town itself. As ordinary as any other town. No emotion, no feelings, no nothing. Just a town with grey apartment blocks, a tree here and there.. grey buildings, grey common people, wearing ugly clothes and bored faces. Slow people. Young ones sitting on benches, talking and smoking and spitting. Traffic. Frantic, and strange, the lanes have changed since my last visit and everything seemed a bit chaotic. Whatever...

The second shock is the car itself. It's just the same as the one I saw 2 days ago. The exact same car. I tell to the lady it's the same and she said the color is different but it's not. She tries to argue but I look at her and she gets quiet. I'm really not in the mood of being nice. My back started hurting for an hour by now, and I am worried about the trip back home. 4 more hours.

And then we leave... I am changing position over and over again.. (by the time I will get home the pain would be hardly bearable without some strong painkiller). and then it comes.

"It is going to be the red one, Dad. I have decided. "
"Very well! I totally understand you. I would have made the same choice if I were your age".

I feel at least a bit relieved. I am calling the car dealer I had the test drive with. The next day the documents were processed. And the next, the advance was paid. ject for now ;)
And now I am waiting for Toto. Until I will feel something else this is my cars name. Toto.


Well. I'm not very satisfied with this post. The subject is boring me already :))). Still, I needed to have a closure so here it is.

At least I closed the subject for now ;). Happy?