{"id":651,"date":"2010-10-22T05:06:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T05:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/?p=651"},"modified":"2010-10-22T05:06:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T05:06:34","slug":"choose-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/2010\/10\/choose-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Help me choose my next car, please"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here’s the culprit . . . <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And here was the result: \"\"<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Waaaaaah, my 2003 Buick Century served me well for almost 8 years, but I’m ready to take a step UP . . . as long as it’s “newish,” i.e. gently used late model, and I want leather seats and some of those luxurious <\/span>accoutrements <\/span><\/em>that I wouldn’t want to pay full price for on top of the base price of a new model.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, yes, I want to spend less than $20,000 [as much less as possible].<\/span><\/p>\n

Any suggestions?<\/span><\/p>\n

BTW, the accident was all the culprit’s fault. He stepped on the gas behind me when I was stopped at a traffic light . . . and, ironically, it happened the day I took [and passed] my Behind the Wheel Driving Test.<\/span><\/p>\n

PS Just in case you have to take the test, check out the post showing the<\/span> videos on most common Driver Test mistakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PPS I want to do two related posts: (a) What to do when you’re involved in a vehicle accident [and what not to do] and (b) How to choose and buy a new car. What are your experiences and tips?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Please give me some ideas of models, and if you are in the Bay Area, where to shop. Thanks for your help.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the culprit . . . And here was the result: Waaaaaah, my 2003 Buick Century served me well for almost 8 years, but I’m ready to take a step UP . . . as long as it’s “newish,” i.e. gently used late model, and I want leather seats and some of those luxurious accoutrements […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,4],"tags":[85,84,86],"class_list":["post-651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merely-car-stuff","category-pearl-under-the-rock","tag-accidents-and-new-cars","tag-choose-late-model-used-car","tag-how-to-choose-a-new-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharisax.com\/DrivingMissShari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}