Car shopping when you know you are not going to actually buy a car is fun. Michelle and I went to the Honda and Nissan dealerships here in town to look at trucks.

First we went to Jenkins and Wynne Honda/Ford/Lincoln/Mercury/Everything else not named Chevrolet or Dodge on College Street. We looked at the new Honda Ridgeline. We LOVED it!! I think in a few years when we are ready to buy a new vehicle, this may be the one we get. It will certainly get a great deal of our attention. Our friendly salesman, Brad, was happy to let us take it for a spin. Michelle really liked it because even though it's a truck, it rides so much like a car that she is comfortable driving it. It has some really innovative features that no other truck has-- such as a unibody frame, an under-bed trunk, and a bed door that opens two ways. It also is normally front-wheel drive, except for when it needs to, it can go into 4x4 mode automatically. Cool. We really enjoyed the test drive.

After we left, we went to Matthews Nissan on Riverside Dr. We asked to speak with Jesse Johnson, but we were told that he now work at the Suzuki dealership. So, we spoke with Amber, who was glad to show us the new Titan truck. We took it for a test drive, and enjoyed it, too. Just not as much as the Honda. In fact, not nearly as much. The Nissan had a really cool feature in that the bed is extremely versatile. It can be configured to hold just about anything, large or small. We did not, however, enjoy the quality of ride as much as we did in the Honda.

All in all, today was a lot of fun. We may have to do this again sometime. LOL.

Peace...