Out with the Old....

On just about the coldest day of last winter, our van made it clear that it was ready for retirement. It died in stages, which was not good, since it meant we ended up with a couple of bills trying to get it back on it's feet. Finally it had enough and conked out within walking distance of a Honda used car lot. Ellyn and I looked around the lot a bit and then a salesman came out in the cold (remember it was the coldest day of the winter?) and we chatted with him and walked around. He came up with a 2002 Honda CR-V which had been imported through Canada and had the unique feature of a hard cover on the spare. We test drove it the next day and decided to go with it.