pistoy mobile

we finally bought the minivan for pistoy. =) yep, we are making a big jump from my 2-door sports car, to a 5-door 8-seater minivan. we skipped the 4-door 5-seater sedan stage. hehe! yeah, call me a soccer mom all you want, but imma lovin' the roominess of the minivan. hehe!

we got the 2011 Toyota Sienna LE last monday morning. we didn't get one with all the bells and whistles, just the options that come standard with the v6 model. all in all, i think we got a good deal. the basic model (CE, Sienna) by itself is a good minivan already. the LE is the next trim, so a few of the optional features in CE are standard with the LE. basically, we were after the power sliding doors. hehe! LE is the lowest trim that has that option, so we went for it!

here's a stock photo of the Sienna LE, aka "Pistoy Mobile", aka "PiMo", according to hubby je. parang bastos pakinggan, but he claims green-minded lang daw kasi ako. =P i will take pics when we have the car seat installed na. mr.co-creator will be doing that on Thanksgiving Thursday morning. (i'm sticking to a schedule, gigisingin ko talaga sya sa umaga to do it.)

the salesperson we dealt with is very accommodating. the accountant (or whatever they call him) was also very accommodating. i was pre-approved for a 48-month 2.99% interest on a car loan from my bank, but he was able to get me a 60-month 2.54% interest with their partner bank. awesome! =)

they threw in the carpet mats and window tints for free. je is on the lookout for rubber mats. it might be useful lalo na pag may spills, kasi pwedeng hugasan ang rubber mats, but carpet mats are harder to clean.

sa ngayon, i can comfortably go in and out of the car without having to strain myself (+). at ang sarap ng feeling na hindi ka natatakot na baka biglang umusok ang radiator mo while driving. hehe! (++) the new car smell is very nice too! and now i won't have to worry about how to transport pistoy when mama and papa are here. plus the strollers, bags and what not. i think skipping the sedan is one of the wisest decisions we made.

btw, that monday night, je demolished our front yard fence and took out the 3 hedges sa  front lawn, just so we could drive-in sa lawn to park the van. grabe, parang hihimatayin na ang itsura nya when i got home.*lol* later that night, he said everytime he feels like collapsing, iniisip na lang nya, "para kay pistoy 'to", "para sa kotse ni pistoy 'to". hehe!