A new 4-wheeled family member!

 Since 2005, my brother has driven the same car, a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt. No longer! He bought a new car today, (yesterday, since I'm scheduling it) a 2014 Ford Focus SE, which, while not entirely new, is new to him. 

He had been looking for a while, the Cobalt was literally breaking down. Although it never rusted, despite being exposed to the elements 24/7, the mechanicals were just stopping to work on a regular basis. I may have relayed the story about how we were in Times Square when it started to stop on it's own this past December, and how we barely got it home...

He's only had it a couple of hours, and it was pouring rain/thunderstorm when he got it. So it has basically only gone from the dealer lot to it's new home. but we are wondering where it will take us into the future...who knows? The Cobalt took us from Maine to Toledo, ranging as far south as Trenton, NJ, and from 2015 to 2018 was our family's only working car. 

He got us the Edge in 2018, and we have been so happy with it that he got a Ford now as well. He also completes the trifecta, his first two cars were Chrysler products both Plymouths, the second two were Chevrolets, and now a Ford joins in. For a car guy like me, that's a big deal, although to most people it probably wouldn't be. 

I went with him for the test drive, and it's actually pretty darn comfortable. I think he will be happy with it for a long time.

He's actually in it here, although you can barely see him.

Here it is parked next to our Edge

It's pretty exciting really! We don't get new cars very often- we tend to run them until they break down, and then keep running them anyway as long as we possibly can. The Cobalt, which was traded in on the Focus, will not be resold but cannibalized for parts, making my brother the only owner it ever had. He is the second owner of this Focus.