We recently took our 2010 Prius, known as Beatrice within the family, to Auto Logic for her inspection and also a few more things. Most importantly, Mary had discovered that the AC didn't seem to be working. The cost to fix it and do a couple of other things that needed to be done exceeds the car's value. Plus, the stupid car still smells a little from an incident a few years back, discussed here. It is time to let her go where all cars eventually go.
Checking through the archives I can see that Beatrice has been with us almost exactly thirteen years. Here is the first mention of her in the historical record.
Mary has rejected my suggestion that we try being a one-car household for a while and just lean on my e-bike, arguing that I need my car too often. We could limp on with Beatrice without AC through the winter, and we may well end up doing that, but I'm pretty convinced that the thing to do is just bite the bullet and buy another car. But what will it be? Straight electric or plug-in hybrid? By now I find it hard to justify going with a straight gas car.
But the problem is that now we have to figure out what to get, and I am a little intrigued at the prospect. As much as I pretend to be indifferent to car fetishism, I have lived as a male in the United States of America for almost 60 years now and it is difficult not to be infected by it all. So what should we get? A newer model Prius PHEV seems like the best idea but I am reading that rear visibility isn't great and that it's lower-slung nature makes it a little harder to get into and out of. Maybe a small Lexus PHEV SUV? I have always resisted the SUV AWD thing but maybe this will work. I will have to sell Mary on the higher list price, though. I like the looks of the Hyundai EVs but it seems like they have a lot of recalls, some of them major.
In any case, change is afoot. Here's a song for the moment. A fingerstyle masterclass, despite low production values. The actual song starts at the 0:53 mark if you want to skip some warm up.
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