The Sexy Beast

After being in Hawaii for less than a week, we decided we needed our own car. The WTB has designated drivers to take us to all of his appointments, but you have to wait on their schedule which can be a bit of a hassle sometimes. We could have had the mustang shipped over, but we decided that between the time it would take to get here (at least a month, give or take), the cost to get everything done here that has to be done (like inspections and stuff), and the road conditions (lots of tall speed bumps and some roads that could use some repaving), it would be easier to just get a car here. We've been looking for a while, and knew we wanted either a truck or SUV. So we did some internet browsing with some dealers that are known to have great military benefits, emailed a few, and waited for a response. The first to respond had just what we were looking for. He had a couple vehicles in mind for us to look at- a truck and an SUV. We looked at both and ended up with this:


A 2006 Ford Expedition XLS! The price was right, the dealer already had a loan approved for us, and all we had to do was decide what we wanted it and sign the papers. We took it for a test drive around the block and Ben fell in love. It took a bit more convincing on my part. It's a lot bigger than I'm used to, but it is what we've been looking for. There is plenty of room for the baby and the dogs (which is what we need).

It seats nine, and all six of the back seats fold down flat. There is some decent leg room in the back (at least in the middle seats I didn't climb all the way in the back) so my brothers/ passengers won't have to get all scrunched up when they ride with us. :)

It has just under 59K miles on it, which is actually less than the Mustang. It was taken care of really well by the one previous owner and is nice and clean and in great shape. The gas mileage is pretty decent for being as big as it is (16-18 city and 18-22 highway). Still costs a bit to fill it up (25 Gallon Tank), but it doesn't help when gas prices are over $4 a gallon. It was $4.37 on post when we drove by the other day, and that's one of the cheaper places. We'll survive though. It's not like we'll be driving down to Waikiki every day. :) So all in all, we are happy with our purchase. I'm getting used to it, and it is what we were looking for. Plus it leaves us with lots of growing room. :)