Mon 28 Feb 2005
She won a car
Posted by Kym under Inlaws, Outlaws and Parental Units
My sister just called me. The sister who’s doing cancer research. The poor one. Doing her post-doctorate. The youngest. The one that got married last April in Vegas. The one that drives a Neon with more then 100K miles and is on it’s last leg. She just won a car in a raffle. Not just “any” car either. Are you ready?
A Mercedes Benz C Class 240 Luxury Sedan. Wow. Yay her!
She has to go to RI to pick it up… and I think she’s going to keep it. She’s figuring out the tax implications and cost of ownership. Yes yes yes. I kept my big mouth shut about the practicalities of it all. I just let her beam and gush. I gushed with her. I know how to do it. She just wanted me to be happy for her. And I am. I did not point out that her insurance is going to triple, this will add to her income tax basis (almost doubling it) and it’s not really a great car for hauling around two huge Great Danes. Yes, I know when to keep my mouth shut.
Ok I usually do.
I did this time.
Shut.Up.
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February 28th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
OMG, how crazy is that! Oh and I gotta ask, what color?
February 28th, 2005 at 3:01 pm
I just told the kids their old babysitter, the doctor, just won a Benz!! That’s so cool. Good for her. Practicality be damned.
February 28th, 2005 at 3:57 pm
Katie: I think she is hoping for silver. She gets to pick from whatever is in stock.
Alicia, I totally forgot that Meredith babysat your kids! LOL
February 28th, 2005 at 5:04 pm
Way cool.
March 1st, 2005 at 1:11 am
I’m thinking you DIDN’T keep your mouth shut if Meredith reads your blog!
March 1st, 2005 at 8:42 am
How cool is that to win a car like that? I’d have to sell it and buy something luxurious but not quite as expensive. I drive around a nearly 15 year old car because I can’t part with the cash!!! Oh to win a car like that!!!
March 2nd, 2005 at 10:52 am
That’s cool! And a mercedes should last practically forever (well, they USED to, I’ve never had one so that may not be true anymore)
But yeah, great danes do just as well in a used minivan or truck or something.