It's Purple...

So... we've been bad about blogging... I think Cori's going to do a little more inclusive blog later on, but we thought I should be the one to blog about this. After a month of living in Beaverton and sharing one car, we've finally become a two car family again. There were thoughts of being able to juggle the one car for a bit, but with us each having jobs with slightly odd schedules, my odd schedule never being quite the same from week to week, and having a 20 min or so drive to and from if one of us were to drop the other off, we decided that wasn't really working for us. So... we contacted a friend of my uncle Randy who buys, rebuilds, and resells older cars. Once he had our budget he told us he'd see what he could find for us and said he'd call back. About a week later he called saying he had a 1996 Ford Taurus with "a bajillion miles on it, but it seems to run well." The running well being the important thing (along with something inexpensive that we could buy now, get through a year or so and buy something better) we decided to check it out. Tuesday after work we drove down to meet him and test out the car. He was right... it does have a bajillion miles on it... meaning somewhere in the range of 240,000 but it does run well. When we were looking it over with him we found that it has a ton of recently replaced engine parts and runs surprisingly quiet. The only odd noise we found is that when it sits at a stop for a minute it has a pretty loud hum as opposed to the rather quiet hum while driving. So we brought it home and are still happy with the way it's driving, and are optimistic it will suit our need of getting me to and from work for the next year or so. The only negative thing... it's a bit purple. Not the end of the world, but definitely not my top choice for car colors. Anyway... for your viewing enjoyment, we'll enclose a few pictures of it too. Should you have a good name for a purple car, we're still open to suggestions.