Credit union gave me a great deal, so Friday I make the switch. I’m very excited.

I took the TSX to CarMax to get it appraised. It did better than expected. It was close enough to what I owe on it that the payoff will balance out what I plan to put onto the TL as a down payment.

A car most of you will think is ugly but I thoroughly enjoyed. More power, more driven wheels, more beak.

I’m going to look at a beaky TL tomorrow morning. It’s a facelift model, which means the beak was toned down from the garish monstrosity of the early ones.

Going to look at it tomorrow morning. I have a couple of fallback options ready to go if I end up not liking it as much. One of them is just the same car with a different interior color.

A E S T H E T I C

And the car I had transferred still hasn’t arrived at my local CarMax yet. It’s not like it exactly had a long way to go...

And the car I had shipped to CarMax still isn’t here. It’s not like it had far to go.

Am excite.

I bought a fancy Accord with a beak. I enjoy it, but it might be time for a change soon. Still, I like photographing it.

It wouldn’t be the 4th without a beer or two. I’m having a local imperial vanilla porter despite it very much not being dark beer weather. But for $8 for a 4-pack, it was too good to pass up and it’s a good beer.

When I reviewed a FWD V6 TLX earlier this year, I said I didn’t want one. The AWD version is much better though, and I’d consider bringing it home.

And I found this blue Giulia Quadrifoglio. Thoughts on the AWD TLX to come later after I edit some photos.

The TSX has a switch that needs to be replaced, and since it has to be overnighted I’ll have the TLX for tonight and tomorrow as well. I’m not complaining too much; the AWD really improves the driving experience and it’s quite quick, though it’s not quite as smooth as the TSX and the sound system is decidedly a step…

If you guessed it would be an ILX...

I’m getting some more work done to the TSX tomorrow, and I’ll again have a loaner for a few hours. Last time I got a new TLX and was thoroughly disappointed. Maybe they’ll give me something different this time. So what will I get?

I already had this shirt, but it felt especially appropriate to wear today.