Rough Draft

2004 Civic

I finally decided to go with a 2004 Civic EX rather than the Golf mainly because the Civic should be more reliable and was less less expensive. I was able to get the car at the dealership which is less than a mile from my apartment which will be conveinent when I need to take the car in for maintenance. I was also able to get a good price on the car without too much haggling. First, since its the end of the 2004 car year prices were already reduced and by emailing and calling various dealerships for price quotes I was able to get the dealership here to match the lowest price I could find. The car drives nicely and should last me quite a long time, especially because I don't expect to put a whole lot of miles on it per year, especially given the fact that I'll be biking to work most days.

Some interesting things I've seen while driving so far include a duck crossing sign and a license plate that said BLOGGIN.

I also want to add some kind of iPod connectivity to the car. The instructions here look promising. There's also the Alpine iPod head unit that ships in September for $100, but that will also require me to sink another couple hundred into an Alpine CD head unit so I doubt I'll go that route.

Posted by Jason at July 18, 2004 04:27 PM