kaboom

**Today, I went to visit my dad at work. My family owns a Hyundai
dealership in CT. Talking with my uncle, he was waxing eloquent about
the new Sonata. So we took a walk into the showroom and, boy, was I
impressed. The new Sonata is a sweet car. It's a potential Honda
killer. Very roomy with a nice price.

Sadly, they added pinstripes for $200 and rustproofing for some other
price. Pity. Added pinstripes scream 'used' car to me as well as
rip-off. I picked up the brochure and found that the V6 makes 235 hp
and comes with a nice sports package featuring 17-inch wheels and a
dual exhaust. Well, I thought it was awesome until I found out that it
wasn't available with a manual transmission. Why no manual
transmission? How come all the dinkiest engines and the lowest-level
models come with a manual?

Anyway, if I had to pick a color, it would probably be the aquamarine,
deepwater blue, black or cinnamon.

kaboomie