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Things I May Not Need To Worry About
Mar. 15th, 2024 07:13 pmThis is not an immediate problem, but it is a problem that I may have a year plus from now, so naturally, I am choosing to worry about it now.
In May 2025, if everything goes according to plan, K will graduate from high school and will start college. At that point, it may be really helpful if she has access to her own car, depending on where she is going to college, which is something that is still on the list of things that we don't know about.
Now, if K needs a car, I could buy her a used car. Or I could pass her my Ford Edge, which will be about seven years old with low mileage and which (as my dad used to say) will surround the child with plenty of steel.
At which point I could buy myself a new car. (Aha!) All things being equal, what I'd really like to buy is a hybrid Ford Edge. But by that time, there will still not be a hybrid Ford Edge. In fact, it looks like there will not be a Ford Edge at all, as the model is supposed to be discontinued. Exactly why Ford is doing this is unclear, as the number of Edges that I see on the road in the Chicago area is huge. But here we are.
So what I'd like to have is a small hybrid SUV with no moonroof (because I don't fit in cars with a moonroof) which is bigger than a Ford Escape, because the Escape will not hold enough cargo and passengers once a guitar is involved. Right now, the contender would be a hybrid Toyota Highlander.
But maybe there's something I haven't found yet.
Or maybe there will be something in 2025. Who knows?
The only thing that is certain is that this discussion will make Gretchen crazy.
In May 2025, if everything goes according to plan, K will graduate from high school and will start college. At that point, it may be really helpful if she has access to her own car, depending on where she is going to college, which is something that is still on the list of things that we don't know about.
Now, if K needs a car, I could buy her a used car. Or I could pass her my Ford Edge, which will be about seven years old with low mileage and which (as my dad used to say) will surround the child with plenty of steel.
At which point I could buy myself a new car. (Aha!) All things being equal, what I'd really like to buy is a hybrid Ford Edge. But by that time, there will still not be a hybrid Ford Edge. In fact, it looks like there will not be a Ford Edge at all, as the model is supposed to be discontinued. Exactly why Ford is doing this is unclear, as the number of Edges that I see on the road in the Chicago area is huge. But here we are.
So what I'd like to have is a small hybrid SUV with no moonroof (because I don't fit in cars with a moonroof) which is bigger than a Ford Escape, because the Escape will not hold enough cargo and passengers once a guitar is involved. Right now, the contender would be a hybrid Toyota Highlander.
But maybe there's something I haven't found yet.
Or maybe there will be something in 2025. Who knows?
The only thing that is certain is that this discussion will make Gretchen crazy.