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"Mom" My Ride


so it's been a little over a week now that i've been driving around the new minivan that Rob so steadfastly negotiated an excellent deal for. we bought the Honda Odyssey and really it is a nice car. we bought the EXL with navigation and dvd system in a midnight cherry with ivory interior. it's actually quite pretty...yes, i admit that it is pretty...rob picked out the color, even though i lobbied for white because every car i have ever owned was a white one...from the '75 ford torino with tan interior (the car that starsky and hutch drove or the dukes of hazzard's General Lee, but imagine it white...with its 8 cylinders, it was a lot of car for me. when driving in reverse, i needed a guy waving directions with orange glow sticks on a lighted runway with help from Ground Control), then 3 other white cars later it seems that trend has seen its conclusion.

anyway, it's a comfortable drive for the most part, as long as the road isnt too curvy...otherwise it feels more like a boat at sea and i start to get a bit green around the gills, especially if Rob is driving and hitting all the corners at mach 5.

although the minivan has tons of space and lots of nice features that i didnt have in my last car, not to sound like a princess (although you know i am), but i do miss some of what i've come to consider some 'basic' features from my last car. i guess that touring package on my nissan spoiled me somewhat. i miss my automatic headlights...now i actually have to THINK about the lights. i miss my driver seat memory and the auto function that moves the seat back whenever you put the car in park to make getting in and out easier. i miss the outside temperature guage and compass. i havent had an episode yet to make me miss the four wheel drive, but i'm sure one day down the road i will be sad that i dont have that capability any more.

Rob reminds me that the car has lots of nice things that i didnt have in my previous ride, and of course the many features on the odyssey are very nice and i do like them, but that doesnt mean i wont miss the old features i had on my suv that i dont have on this minivan. it's like someone gave me a second brain but took away my left hand. sure i can go on without my left hand and sure that extra brain is really something else, but i miss my left hand. driving around without some of those old features feels a bit like that nagging feeling of knowing you've forgotten to pack something after you've left your home for that long trip.

i know i'll get over that feeling one of these days...it'll just take some time to get used to the new wheels. mimi seems to enjoy the new minivan. she has given it two thumbs up. my favorite feature on the car is the automatic opening/closing doors, especially on the rear door. that is a LOVELY feature for the mom who doubles as a pack mule.

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