After 2 whole weeks of having to two-foot-shift to go places, we finally got a car! Who-hoo! We probably could have gotten one a little sooner, but we needed a van. And we decided we wanted 8 seats. That is hard to come by on the base. So we found one off base. It takes a week or so to get a car purchased off base. The upside is that it should be in better condition. Americans are only here for 3 years, so many don't care well for their cars, especially when you are only paying between $2000 and $4000 for it. A car owned by Japanese should have a better history of being taken care of. We shall see if tis true!
Our new van is a Mitsubishi Delica. It does seat 8 but has very little trunk space. We're hoping we won't need the trunk much and that it won't matter. Dan and I did have a rousing game of "find the gas cap" which one cannot see until one opens the flap. And it is located between the front and back passenger doors.
Here is my new van!
Notice the coolest part?
Yep, the back of my van says "Space Gear"!!
And my steering wheel is on the other side, which means I have to be very careful to hit the blinkers and not the windshield wipers when I want to turn.
And 8 seats! Hooray.
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