Introducing Bob

We’ve been thinking about getting a new car for awhile - the lease is up on our SUV in October - so Friday evening we persuaded Leia to go with us to just one dealership before we settled in for the night with dinner and a movie.

The BMW lot was closest, so that’s where we headed. I wanted to test drive the BMW X3, Porsche Machan and maybe one other mid-size SUV before making a decision.

 Waiting patiently while we did the “buying a new car” dance

But plans are made to be broken adjusted, right?? All three of us loved the X3, the salesman was easy-going (he and hubby had former colleagues in common), they had exactly the car I wanted in stock, so . . . .

Meet Bob, a 2019 Phytonic Blue BMW X3 M Class with an Oyster interior and enough gadgets and electronics to keep me entertained for the next 3 years. (The dashboard is a bit intimidating . . .)

Leia was disappointed we weren’t going to additional dealerships - turns out she really likes test drives and that new car smell. However, she settled for naming rights, deciding first that the car was a boy and, second, that he should be called “Bob”. (I vetoed “Percival”. )

I’m going to miss Ladybug, my pretty little Mini Cooper Paceman, but we gotta have more room for bulky car seats and cute grandbabies.