Our new (to us) car

Since our Neon has been much less than reliable since before Christmas, despite having spent too much money on it, and since we only have one car, we decided that we needed something we could depend on not to break down in the middle of the forest at 4 am when Frederic is on his way to work.

So after some searching, Frederic came upon a 1999 Renault Mégane station wagon that seemed to fit the bill. (Maybe next time we will manage to get a car made in the same century we live in.) The only drawback was that it was in Lyon, which is about 6 hours away by car.

He and his dad flew down to Lyon yesterday (definitely an advantage of working for an airline; plane tickets were cheaper than train tickets) and drove it back here last night.

Surprisingly, it seems a bit less roomy inside than the Neon, but it does have more trunk space which is a huge plus when you need room for kids AND suitcases when you go to the airport or the mountains, the seatbelts are much better for attaching carseats, and as an extra bonus it came with 4 snow tires which will be nice for those winter trips to the mountains.


(Incidentally, I think the previous owner must have been colorblind; he called it "green" in his ad and it's clearly more of a sable color.)