That “New Car” Smell

This isn’t really about having a new car – it’s more about buying one, and the ways people approach it. We (my wife and I) tend to be spontaneous buyers.  You’ve seen them in car commercials. We walk into the dealership thinking solidly in our minds that “we’re just starting to look”.  It ends up with a hurried cleaning out of the glovebox and the trunk, checking under the seats for anything there because the new car will be ready in an hour.  On two occasions we’ve picked up our daughter someplace in a new car she didn’t recognize. The last incident happened at our niece’s wedding in Pennsylvania.  And here’s how it happened. Continue reading “That “New Car” Smell”