John is now the proud owner of a 1996 BMW! Now before you get excited over the luxury that is the BMW there's a few things you should know. First, the Japanese people are heavily taxed for older cars. So, they get rid of anything over five years old pretty quickly. Foreigners are not assessed the same taxes for older vehicles. Second, on a military base, people lower the prices on cars in order to get rid of them. You can't leave the command until you prove you've sold your car. BMW's and Mercedes abound on base simply because they're cheap. But besides people reading my blog, no one has to know we got this car for a steal ;)
In other news, I can start going back to derby practice and I'm going to start going to yoga. Man, it feels good to get a routine back where we don't have to worry about who gets to use the car and when. For example, yesterday we still had just the one car and I had to take John to work, go grocery shopping, go home, pick him up from work...and it's just a lot of driving. I'm really excited about this car and am glad to officially be a two car family.
Yeah John! Those Germans know how to make a quality car! Love it! Yeah Kristen - 2 car family again!
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