Good-Bye Fat A$$, Hello Subaru!

One of the great perks of S's job is the free car: free gas, free insurance, free monthly detailing. The first car we were given was a Chrysler Pacifica (a.k.a. The Fat A$$). We both hated that car. Despite being AWD, it sucked in the snow, was too huge, and had no pickup. About the only thing I could say about it (other than it was free - don't look a gift horse in the mouth) was it was fairly comfortable on a long drive. And, since we didn't really care that much about it, we simply put our bikes inside the car.

We finally drove the Fat A$$ off into the sunset a couple of weeks ago. It's been replaced by a Subara Tribeca. Personally, I'd prefer the Legacy Outback station wagon (had one of those a few years back and it truly rocked). I spent this past weekend putting a new Thule rack on the new Subaru. S "stickered" the car (but right now it has more surfing stickers rather than cycling). It also made it to its first 'cross race. After driving it about 500 miles now, I can say I do like it much better than the Fat A$$. Handles way better, better acceleration and the butt warmers get extremely toasty. Guess we'll find out in a few months how it handles the snowy roads.