Broker's Tours for new (and not so new) listings are on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week in Marin. I'm sure that you have seen the cavalcade of shiny, luxury cars winding their way through your neighborhoods. Last week my agent friend Dana and I decided to carpool together. When we met downtown I looked at her car and said, "Don't you drive a BMW convertible?”
She said, “Yes, but I'm having a car dilemma, so I'm test driving my husbands new Toyota. My BMW always needs repairs and we have four vehicles between the two of us.”
"Funny you should say that," I responded. “I'm driving my husband's Jeep because the lease on my Lexus is up and I don't know what to do. We have three cars for the two of us. I considered giving one to my perfect puppy Leo to drive, but he couldn't see over the steering wheel,” I joked.
We agreed that determining which car to drive can be a dilemma: buy or lease? American or Foreign? 4x4 for trips to Tahoe or compact for commuting? Large enough to schlep clients, signs and grandchildren, practical enough to be affordable and eco-friendly…
We pondered this as we carefully planned out our house tour by order of importance:
1. Catered luncheon by SUPER CHEF So and So
2. Lunch will be served
3. All other types of food offerings
We spent four hours driving from San Anselmo back to Mill Valley and everywhere in between. We were amazed that her husband's car was able to beat the yellow light on a u-turn, double park in front of fire hydrants, and not slip off the edge of the long and winding road to the top of Redwood Avenue in Corte Madera!
Gliding back into her parking space downtown, we decided that if we gave up our current cars and downsized to two vehicles per household, our husbands would be thrilled to drive their “spare” trucks, wash our “new” cars, and keep them filled with gas, right? We also would be taking cars off the gridlocked streets of Marin and save on wasteful monthly expenses in the form of additional loans, upkeep and insurance.
Let's hope this is a new trend!
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