A new car!!!

Well... new to me anyway... And I wouldn't have gone for it if:

a) There had been any little thing about it that hadn't seemed right AND right for me.
b) The payments/price had been too unrealistic for me -- as it is I hate being in debt, but this is definitely manageable -- so long as I remain employed, that is!

and, last but not least,

c) It was imperative to bid farewell to Gitanilla (my now-former car). She's served me well for two years andstill runs almost like a dream (especially for a 16-year-old car), but I just can't stand the rust problem and its inevitable consequences (increasingly HORRENDOUS humidity problems in the cabin -- which in turn are rendering her grosse due to the presence of -- eeww!!!-- mold).

So now I am in debt (reasonable at that, especially for an almost-new car that's still on its original warranty) and happily owning a car with a dry interior, a hatch defroster that works, and an actual CD player... And, did I mention the car happens to be red???