We Bought A Car
It took us over a month (even with a week off to spend Christmas in Playa Venao!) but we finally bought a car!
It was stressful and time consuming (that applies to getting around Panama City, in general) but we finally bought this 2016 Acura MDX from its original owner. (She had had all the regular maintenance done at Panama City’s exclusive Acura dealership — and gave us all the service records.)
Clearly not a new car but it’s (like new and) new to us. It has less than 65,000 miles on it and every option available - dual-zone climate control, power leather seats (with heating AND cooling), power tilt/telescoping steering wheel, memory (based on each of the two key fobs) for the seat, steering wheel, and side mirrors (a feature I’ve always wanted!) moon roof, active cruise control, blind spot monitoring, lane-keeping assist system, full-time all-wheel drive, and more! It’s the nicest car we’ve ever had; runs and drives like a dream and just incredibly comfortable! (Hallelujah considering all the traveling we have planned!!)
Silver wasn’t our first pick and we really tried to avoid black interior (although with the dark tinted windows — very common in Panama for this exact reason — it really doesn’t get super hot inside) but we’re so pleased with our purchase!