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okay, i finally got the "bought a new car" posts out of the way, but of course they're incomplete. this was a tremendous life (style) change for me, for a large number of reasons. it was one of the biggest decisions i've ever made (monetarily, future-impactwise, and so forth). i've said before that sometimes i make decisions and then understand them after the fact. there are many aspects of this decision that i am beginning to understand only now.

which is not to say it was an impulse buy. but in many ways, it was.

in many more ways, it was not.

one thing that's become increasingly clear: good god, this car is fun to drive.

not only that, it's a luxurious ride. it's punchy and mean and fast and nimble, but when i'm not driving it like a race car, it's smooth and comfy and soft and pleasant. it's two cars at once and it does both exceedingly well.

i like it a lot.

the one thing i do not like very much is the onboard navigation system. i bought it because i knew that if i didn't -- no matter how much it turned out to suck -- i'd regret later that i hadn't gotten it. so i got it. but it does suck.