My New Love

Her name is Darlin', and she's a 2009 Ford Edge SLE. She's classified as a "crossover vehicle" which means (to me, at least) that she's got lots of room like an SUV, but drives like a car. She's cinnamon colored (shown in the pic), with cloth interior (hate sticking to leather in the summer -- SHUT UP, TARA!) a sunroof and Sirius satellite radio, and is my new favorite toy.

I got her Saturday at my friendly neighborhood Ford dealership. They let me have her for $2000 on my Visa card with a promise to return with a bank check for the remainder of the down payment. I can't believe there are still trusting souls in this world -- it gives me hope.

I had to sign my name approximately 32 times, which is only 17 fewer than I had to sign when I bought my house :)

She's equipped with Microsoft Sync, which basically means my Blackberry and iPod are voice-activated!!! (T, when I was talking to you yesterday afternoon, it was through the radio in my car.)

One of my all-time favorite commercials is for a Ford Focus, where they are playing with the Sync technology ("Play artist Korn" lol):




Needless to say, my car already knows how to respond to "Play artist Bon Jovi" :)

There is no Michael Bolton on my iPod, so I don't have to worry about being made fun of by a linebacker. There is, however, Spongebob Squarepants. The Hathlet thinks it's cool, too, and had the keyless-entry code memorized in about 3 seconds.

~ Hath