Project 'Me BooSTa'

[Jake]

I got a call on Thursday from Jon at Koons, saying the car was in transit to the dealership from their holding location in Jessup, MD. We arranged financing and decided that we would meet on Friday at 5:30 to Make This Happen. My fellow yellow-car-owning roommate was kind enough to let me ride in to work with him on Friday morning, and my parents picked me up from work and took me to Koons. They stuck around to take photos and provide some moral support.

Fun fact: my dad bought a 1994 Taurus LX in Champagne from this same dealership, almost 20 years ago exactly.

We were early, so dad checked out a Fusion (and liked it a lot) until Jon was ready for us. The finance guy (Earl) took us back to his office and was great. Quickly realized I was a car guy and didn't bother pushing any of the extraneous options on me for warranties and roadside help and such. I get roadside help from Geico as it is, and I have no interest in anything else they offered.

Signed everything, shook hands with Jon and he gave me the not-keys. I say not-keys, because it's keyless, just has the little proximity fobs. I was a little excited:



Drove it off the lot with a full tank of gas and 6 miles on the odometer. Got it home and this morning, Joey helped me put sealant on the paint to keep it looking good. I'm incredibly happy with this car and excited to get it past the 500 mile break-in period and really womp on it. Looking forward to February VIR, too.

More pictures!



The gas door is located on the right side of the car, under the tail light. Pretty slick integration, IMO.





I'm getting custom plates soon, but for now I'm rocking the ones that Koons gave me. I requested they not install the front plate bracket, because it goes right in the middle of the large-mouth-bass grill and looks awful. This is my solution for now. The custom plate will go in the same place but be bent in a straight line:



I love this interior.













Already have 70-something miles on it, and I think I really will enjoy it for a long while. Of course, everyone is invited for rides and such...