A couple of weeks ago I got a call from the car dealership to tell me our car was on a ship on its way to us. It made it all seem so much more real for us instead of a future dream. The date he gave us was around April 19th.

This morning I got another phone call from the dealership to tell me our car is getting here sooner and should probably be here by the end of the month. So exciting! We’re due to go in next week to have our current car valued for trade-in. I don’t suppose it was be a lot due to age and also the paint on the hood is looking bad after the elements have affected it all these years.

Back in June, the Scientist and I went to our local Toyota dealer to see about ordering a RAV4. We knew there was a wait and were rather dismayed to learn it’s a two-year wait. However, we were told that there was a Corolla Cross coming out later in the year and it could be this would suit our needs as well. We have been driving a Corolla for the past fourteen years but were looking at something that would suit accommodate our two grown sons better. We put down a deposit to go on a list to buy and waited and waited. Then we saw an ad on tv about three nights ago for a Corolla Cross and we quickly checked the website. Sure enough, it’s now available for order. It was a couple of days ago we got the phone call from the dealer and we went to test drive yesterday.

We were really impressed with the new model and we immediately said yes to buying. We now have a Corolla Cross on order but have no idea when it will be available. But we are near the top of the list so will be getting one of the first models released. Our current car is old enough that we have none of the typical modern conveniences so we are really looking forward to this new vehicle. I had been hoping to get it this year but I think it’s more likely to be early next year now.

I’ve posted a photo from the website below that shows what it looks like.