I fell in love with it the first time I saw it on the lot, and one quick test drive was all it took to convince me. This 2002 shiny red Cadillac was my dream car! My hubby tried to interest me in a luxury Kia, but in my eyes there was just no comparison. It didn’t take me long to sign on the dotted line and drive that baby home.
Wrapped in its luxurious plush leather seats, my back didn’t ache like it had for the past couple of years and I quickly became accustomed to the rest of the luxuries that shiny red Cadillac afforded. One push of a button set my seat to the precise spot where I liked it, and opening the driver’s door moved the steering wheel up out of the way and slid the seat back so I didn’t bump my knees. Sporting a top-of-the-line sound system, automatic shades on the back window, heated seats, vanity mirrors for every seat, and fullly automated reclining front seats, this car seemed heaven sent. Why, with an automatic-tilting side mirror and back-up alarms, I didn’t even have to turn my head around to back up any more! Life couldn’t get any better than this.
When the air conditioning went out the day after I bought it, I began to have some doubts. There I was sweating in 90 degree weather and thinking about the Consumer Reports book I had read on used cars. I consider myself to be a savvy shopper, so of course I had looked up the 2002 Cadillac in the used car book before test driving it. I had also looked up the Kia Amanti my hubby wanted me to get. Consumer Reports gave the Kia a wonderful rating (and its 10-year warranty was a plus); but I had ignored the Consumer Reports rating on my shiny red Cadillac. You know, the one that said it had an unreliable cooling system, an unreliable electrical system, and and a host of other unreliable systems.
Ahhh, but driving it was so awesome! And comfortable. And just flat out luxurious. And so I was taken in by the promise of comfort and ease, and convinced myself that the A/C going out was not an ominous sign.
