Let’s start off with a simple basic truth.
If it came in pink I’d already have one.
It’s cute. and a little odd. Totally me.

I accept that so I reserved one with the understanding that the waiting list is 2 yrs long so I have time to decide if I really want one or not.

Then I began to imagine what my new life would be like after I moved to a city I liked better than Cincinnati, and of course I included my awesome and adorable smart car into that fantasy I was building.

It became a symbol of what I was working towards. Getting out of Cincinnati where I was just plain sick of everything and everybody because I stayed there about 2-3 yrs longer than I probably should have and starting anew by driving off into the sunset in my awesome little smart car.

But let’s talk reality. I like my car fine. I call it the DawnOwar mobile. and I just got it all spruced up by replacing the dented license plate and fixing the broken side view mirror.

I’ve already moved and started my new life. And coincidentally, I work not too far from the Smart dealership.

I’ve never even been over there until today when the guy advised me to cancel my reservation if I don’t want the car, and reassured me that due to the current state of the economy, the waiting list isn’t what it used to be. Which is why my car came up a year ahead of schedule.

But then on the way home, I stopped to fill up and gas somehow has gone up $0.20 a gallon since last week when I wondered why it went up $0.20 a gallon all of a sudden.

Guess I’ll give it a test drive.

The thing I think is strangest about this car is that the same people who tell me what a tiny little deathtrap it is would drive a motorcycle in a heartbeat.