Cars

Hi again. Things are actually going pretty well on the financial front. Yes, we are renting our house but it allowed us to get our kids into the elementary school that we wanted to quickly before school started (side note: they just started kindergarten...can't believe it, where'd the last five years go). We are here until March so we'll see what happens then.
I've been looking at getting a new car as my current 99 Ford Contour is sneaking up on 100,000 miles and it's shows every mile. I drive my cars very hard. I've been torn between a reliable (and pricey) Honda, a reliable but kinda boring Corolla S, or a cool and fun to drive (and I guess kinda reliable) Mazda3. I was all but decided on the Corolla and had been for a while when my wife mentioned how cool looking the Mazda3's were. Then I found this review on Edmunds where they just can't seem to shutup about how awesome the Mazda3 is. It's almost embarassing how much they go on about it. Hmmm....I really really like a cool looking interior and the Mazda3 wins that competition hands down. No contest. Plus I like a car with a lot of get up and go. Mazda3 wins there too. Now I just have to decide if the old bank account can handle another car payment right now. My Contour is paid off and we are only paying on my wife's Toyota van. It's nice. Adding a car payment wouldn't kill us but it would be a definite adjustment...or a financial alteration if you would (yeah, I know..boo).