The urban assault vehicle....

I got rear-ended last month by a careless guy in a Dodge Dakota. My poor little Civic's bumper got owned. Thankfully, the guy had insurance, and so I could take the car where I wanted. I finally got the go-ahead from his insurance company to take my car to Leif's and that a rental car would be waiting there for me when I arrived.

I took my car in, and they did their paperwork thing, marked up my winshield with a green marker and told me to go with the rental car guy. Since I wasn't the only person in need of a rental, the guy came to us instead of just driving a car over. So we went to the Hertz office and I guess they were having a stellar week, because they were just about completely out of rentals. I got my choice of a mini-van or a Nissan X-Terra.


I will NEVER drive a mini-van. So I chose the X-Terra. It feels very similar to driving a U-Haul truck. (Something I have much experience doing). For being such a beast of a vehicle (in contrast to my little Civic, mind you) it seems pretty gutless. It's nice to look at, as long as you look from a distance. If you get too close, you realize just how cheaply made everything is. The front bumper is PLASTIC for goodness sake! That feels safe! At least it rides so high that if I were to get in an accident I'd just go OVER the car in front of me, so the bumper in that case is sorta redundant anyway. That, and this thing just guzzles gas! I want my car back!


I do love the fact that I can put Wesley in the BACK~! I think my next vehicle will be a Honda CR-V. It's half the size of the X-terra, it's better made, will get better gas mileage, and I can still put Wesley in the back.