Testing it out

Today I took a car for a test drive. It has been a few days short of fifteen months since I last drove a car. My local Mazda dealer picked me up at my residence and let me try out a 2025 Mazda CX-30 GX. I like it. There are a number of features that I will likely never use and not bother learning them. I do not feel the need to instal an app on my phone to start my car. Unfortunately extra things are all standard these days.

I do not want to buy a car just yet. I might have to buy one. I still get around with crutches for walking and I wanted to have better mobility before getting a car. The problem is my mother fell on Saturday and fractured her hip. It was a minor fracture and she will be in the hospital for a few days. What makes this worse is that she is deteriorating. She needs more care than what she can get in her current place and they are starting the process to find another place for her. She no longer remembers things like how old she is or her birthday. To get to see her I have had to rely on other people, now I feel I have to speed things up and get a car so I can spend more time visiting her. I would have preferred more time before getting a car.

The salesman wanted to negotiate right after the test drive. That is understandable since they are in the business of selling cars. I never buy anything right away. I also dislike the process of buying a car and wading through the markups and garbage fees they try to tack on. For what the used market is like I might as well buy new. I told them all I am interested in is the base model but they still try to upsell you. That is how the game is played. If I buy it, it would only be the second new car I have ever owned. I always saved money before by buying used.

To hell with it. After all I have been through I am buying a new car.