The Holtonian

Small Car Talk

Couple random things to talk about...

One of the greatest feelings in the world is when you look at your bank account with a bit of dread and fear wondering how you'll pay the bills this month. (OK that parts bad) But then the next day you check your account and its rebounded.

Basically I thought pay day was next week and was like, "Eh... uh oh..." and was pleasantly surprised that it was today. Direct Deposit, its like a little lottery pay out each week.

We got a little egg plant parmesian tonight, man i love it. Plus some Neidlovs bread, garlic, cheese, other stuff, its awesome, those Nieders can make lovin bread good time. That make sense?

Baby is good, healthy kind of cranky sometimes, takes after her old man.

So some of you know I sort of drool over cars and go through phases of car desires. Sidenote: I dream of owning a new car but the reality of that is a pipe dream but my blog allows me to communicate the dream of replacing the nissan sentra that time has taken a toll on. Anyway, the Fit, Honda's hatchback cheapo car, is sort of my latest desire. The Element was it for a while as it was part SUV part car, but frankly its gas mileage is still too bad. The fit is a 30/38 gas mileage and has some flexibility with the seating, kind of a stow and go seat. It runs nicely equipped for about 15,000 brand new.
THE FIT

Now everyone seems to be going this small car route what with the gas prices and all. Even Dodge has a small sort of magnum type car.
DODGE

Car & Driver ranked all the small cars from Hyundai, the dodge, the Fit, Nissan had one on there, to the Yaris, Aveo and what not. Fit scored number one, shock its a honda. One car that I thought was oddly absent was the XA by Scion.
XA

The XA is pretty much the FIt looks wise, engine wise, but is about 13,000. My thing is I just don't know much about Scion. I realize its the cheaper Toyota brand, basically elevating Toyota and giving them a three tier structure, Scion, Toyota, and Lexus. Scion though only has three cars, one is that goofy box thing. The sporty little car is pretty cool looking but runs aobut 16,000 which is a lot for that small of a car.

Eventually I'll make it to Atlanta to visit my grandparents in law and my "Papa" subscribes to Consumer Reports and I'll check out the Scion and see how it stacks up to the Honda. I'm just a fan of the small cars. The car I wanted in Highschool was the Acura Integra, basically the RSX of the 90s. Small cars are just so much more fun to drive than big SUVs or even sedans. The drive like a car should, if they're good, and handle well, and frankly use less gas. Though I've heard that the Yaris, and basically everything on the small car list besides the Fit and the Nissan one (not out yet) are not worth much. The Yaris apparently gets terrible handling at high speeds, aka highway, which is when you want stability and handling.