Car!!

Yes, a different car! I had Fancy (the bmw) for 2 years, and that is about as long as I can last with a car. So I got an '06 Outback sport!  Love the AWD and hatchback - can anyone say camp-mobile?

I spent about 6 hours at the dealership, and drove there without Fancy. A good trick. I got them to payoff Fancy (they paid retail bluebook price, about $4K more than trade-in) and bring the price down of the car so that I could stay in a low payment. So they never even saw my trade-in and paid the same amount  they can sell her for. I think I did learn something from my Dad with all those trips to the dealership!