Trying not to be impulsive

As some of you know, I work at a car dealership. (Yes, I'm willing to link which one - we're not as bad as some I've heard of!). Part of my job here is taking pictures of almost every vehicle that hits the lot so that they can be posted online. The downside of this is that it makes me want a new car.

All. The. Time.

Currently I drive this:

While admittedly blurry, that is my car, parked by my office, as seen on Google Maps Street View. Pretty neat! Mako is a 2005 Ford Focus ZX3 SES in Sonic Blue.

There's nothing wrong with him. He's pretty adorable! Only 60,000 miles - less than 1/3 what my parents typically put on their cars.

But I want something else. I can't help it! I see the new things that come in ALL THE TIME.

Like this:

The 2012 Hyundai Accent hatchback. We haven't gotten a hatchback one in yet, just the sedan version... but it's adorable. The one we have is black. It comes with a surprising amount of features, given it's less-than-20-grand pricetag.

Another on-the-way vehicle is this one, the 2012 Hyundai Veloster:

In size, it's somewhere between my Focus and the Elantra hatchback. It has three doors - one on the driver's side, two on the passenger's side. It's supposed to come with all kinds of fancy schmancy technology, and will be marketed to folks my age. It will get 40MPG on the highway.

Then there's the 2011 Ford Fiesta, and the 2012 Ford Focus redesign, and the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Touring redesign...

Sigh. I'm trying to tell myself I don't need a new car - because I don't, there's nothing wrong with Mako at all! - but I want one anyway.

Coworkers are annoying...

And even moreso when you have to go through them to make major purchases.

I got my oil change on Monday and was told that I need two new tires. Okay, well, awesome, I just got those. I look at the multipoint inspection sheet from the mechanic. Um, this says I need four tires. Whatever, I'm sure he just misread it, he'll order the right things.

Nope. Ordered two tires. Why'd he think I needed only two tires? Because he saw the 8s and 5s that the tech wrote for the BRAKE lining instead of the 2s that he wrote for the TIRE TREAD.

This, combined with him not being interested in calling me back - he hasnt' called me about my car at ALL this time around - do not make me happy. Hopefully they can actually FIX my car this time, too - last time they aligned it (April, 2008) they made it worse, and were unable to fix it. I was eventually told that "that's just how [my] car is." Poor Fofo.

In related news, Hyundai's coming out with soemthing called the Veloster this summer that looks adorable! Might be time to replace Mako! LOL