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It seems like the US have taken one step forward by electing the first black President ever.  It only took 232 years for that to happen.  Where they took two steps back is with Proposition 8.  Three states, California, Florida and Arizona, voted yes for Proposition 8 which bans gay marriages.  What I really don’t understand is the fact that voters in California elected Barack Obama which supports gay marriages.  I wonder how long it will take for them to realize that two people of the same sex should be able to get married?  Until then, it just means that Canada will have more American tourists…..especially now that the Canadian dollar is low.

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It’s official!  We bought a new Civic.  After many test drives, comparisons, and research we decided to go with the Civic LX.  Why?

Local Service
I don’t want to have to tow my car 4 hours away if something goes wrong with it.  We don’t have a VW and Subaru dealer here.  I know that the service at the Honda dealer here is awesome.  On various occasions they have bent over backwards for me to get me all fixed up.  I have spent a lot of money there and they realized that.

Value
I know that Civics hold their value.  I know that Civics are reliable cars.  I will get 34 mpg in town and 50 mpg on the highway.  The price was reasonable for the features I was getting. The Corolla with the convenience package didn’t come with cruise control and it wasn’t available as an option.  You had to move to the enhanced convenience package and that one was the same price as the Civic LX and didn’t come with aluminum rims.

Availability
The model and colour that I wanted was available.  I got lucky because they only got it this weekend.  The Corolla was another car I was considering but they are so hard to find because they are new.

Financing
The  Honda has bi-weekly financing which lowered the monthly payment.  The reason why it’s lower is because there are two months a year that have 3 pays.  So you actually make two extra bi-weekly payments per year (which lowers the payment).  This option is not available from Toyota and Volkswagen.  It was available with Subaru.  The interest rates were reasonable. I am paying 2.9% interest for 60 months.  The new Corolla was 5.9% interest and the Subaru was 4.9%.  I am sure the interest rates will drop in August some time because the new 2009 Civic will come out but I wanted one now

We get it on Friday.  They will install the automatic car started and tint the windows.  I saw it at the auto glass shop after work.  It will look sweet with tinted windows.

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