I dropped my Mini Cooper off at the dealer for its 25,000 mile "check up". It the scheduled maintenence for this time in its life. I also needed to flush a bunch of stuff and refill stuff. It all seemed so routine until the person totaled up the cost -- $900! It took my breath away!! Nearly $1000 for a car that isn't even broken or running poorly. This is just not practical. We have decided that as much as we love Mini, she has got to go. There is no way that we will beable to afford this kind of maintenence bill when we are retired. Plus the big snow revealed to us that we personally own two vehicles that are pretty much useless in snowy weather. As old people (when we are very retired) that will not stand us in good stead. So we are going to talk to Chris about advertising our car on Craig's List and will be checking out our options for a new, more practical car.
A sad day, but not as hard as I thought it would be, to contemplate letting Mini go.
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