The Family Car

Allysa and I have been wanting a new car (specifically one with an automatic transmission) for some time. Mostly this was so that we can both drive (Allysa has manualtrannyphobia). And then of course a tiny little sports car isn't the most practical thing with a baby on the way. And, finally, my brakes went out and it was going to cost $2000 to fix- seemed like a good time to finally make that transition.

So we did- we traded in my old car for a 2007 Honda Fit. It's a really cute little car, a new model that's part Civic, part SUV, and part... some sort of four-door car. It's a lot like the Toyota Matrix, if you've ever seen one of those.

It feels extremely roomy on the inside, though the car is deceptively small. The seats in back fold flat, which is cool if we ever need a lot of cargo space. And it's very safe- airbags everywhere, special car seat hookups and all that good stuff.

My personal favorite feature, though, is the aux. input on the stereo, so we can plug our iPod directly in. Every car stereo should have one!

Okay, here are some pictures. I wish I had some way to create a sense of scale, but hopefully you will see it in person one day.