I started out early saturday morning meeting Charlotte in Playa del Rey. She introduced me to Ingemar - an olive/black saab convertible. I don't think I mentioned on the blog, but I sold my black saab convertible earlier this summer. Even though we had so many good adventures together, it just felt like it was time for it to go. My heart was breaking as I sold it. I knew I was onto bigger and better things, but still, I loved her so.
In the meantime, I've been driving the surprise Jeep. I think I wanted one at some point, maybe when I was a teenager, but I'm not into the jeep at all. I feel like I am in college and I don't like that feeling. The jeep has all the bad characteristics of a convertible (loud wind noise) and none of the good (fast, sticky tires, nimble) - not to mention almost everyone has a jeep in LA. It's about as unique as fake tits on a trophy wife. Blech.
I digress. Before I met Ingemar, I was pretty sure I was going to fall in love. I had secretly been stalking the ad for a couple weeks. I wasn't sure if I really wanted another saab. (I was really in denial.) And it was really expensive - more than I wanted to pay - although a good price for the vehicle. So I just sat and waited. And hoped I would forget. But I didn't.
Then I remembered the feeling I had when I saw the ad. It was love at first sight - just like my last saab. In that case, I saw the posting and I knew that was the one I wanted. Again, it was selling for a lot more than I wanted to spend. And I waited that time, but eventually ended up buying it. (See the blog postings from June of 2004.)
I was pretty sure the same thing was happening here. I would stalk the listings and eventually come back and look at Ingemar. I thought, this is the perfect car, it's exactly what I want and at the same time... noooo, it's way more than you wanted to spend. Finally I broke down and wrote an email to the owner. We agreed to meet Saturday morning for a test drive. Stepping into Ingemar was like coming home. It was so much like my previous saab. When I curled my fingers around the stick and felt the smooth as butter clutch, that was it. I had to have it.
I can't express how happy I am to be back in a convertible - a saab convertible. And I can't wait to get back to California. Ingemar is waiting.
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