So I've been browsing the car sites again. I usually do it right after I make the $700 car payment every month. Because not only is that a REALLY high car payment to be saddled with in this economy... the truck drinks gas like it's water! I'm rocking 15.7 miles to the gallon combined city/highway driving. The truck travels 26 miles round trip to the office each day... and 14 of that is highway miles. Yet I still only see 15.7 combined.
Anyways... while shopping for a new car, the one thing I would REALLY love to have is a sunroof. And a TON of new cars are touting their huge panoramic sunroofs. I mean like basically the entire roof is glass. First off , the reason I'm interested in a sunroof this time is because I've previously rented a convertible while the truck has been in the shop. I've LOVED driving in the open air with the top down. There is only one problem with a convertible, besides it's obvious safety factor of no roof in a rollover... there is quite literally NO room for people in the backseat. Unless your passengers are amputees, they aren't fitting in to the backseat of a convertible.
Thus, the sunroof. PREFECT! I still have a roof over me for crash safety. I still have a backseat for passengers. AND I miss out on all that nasty road noise you get with soft tops! CHAMPION!
Well... I live in Phoenix... supposedly the "Valley of the Sun"... great weather, warm and sunny a lot, and during the spring and fall, amazingly beautiful temperatures. Sunroofs should be all over the place at the dealers here right? WRONG! You can't find them. They are practically non-existent on every single model I'm viewing online! Even the super-duper, top-of-the-line, leather interior, wood grain dash model of the car.... does it have a sunroof? BZZZZZT! Nooo... sorry....
What gives, dealers? It seems like this would be the ULTIMATE place to have a sunroof! Especially with all the auto manufacturers making them as large as the roof itself!
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