Taking time out from BrickFest PDX to post this pre-typed blog entry.

My car turns 1 year old today.

Well, not exactly today. I don't know when it was manufactured, but a year ago today, I bought the dark blue metallic 2006 Chevrolet Malibu LT parked inside the gates at the apartment complex. Although the paper I signed said it had 5 or fewer miles on it, it actually had 10. I didn't complain, however.

This entry's title is the current mileage.

Thirteen thousand, two hundred and eighty-six of those miles were logged before June 26, 2006, so I figure the mileage rate will taper off in the next few years.

I'd gotten a 72 month financing plan that required $217 per month to pay it off: I was able to eke out a deal $500 above invoice (what the dealer pays for the car, check the NADA website for more details), and put down about $4,300 down payment. I initially was offered a 60 month financing plan at $255 per month, but I didn't think I could budget $255 immediately, so I went for the 6-year plan. I've still been able to pay $250 a month, and $850 in January, on the heels of my Christmas bonus.

I'll deviate from the subject to say how wonderful it is to have a blog, that you can catalogue an entire year. and have it handy to link like that.

Anyway, back to the festivities. With any luck, there'll be time today or tomorrow to go throw the discs I brought at Pier Park. Roa McToa and Omi are supposed to come with.

-KIE