I tried to update earlier, but my internet connection ate the update. That's okay.

I parked my car around 5 pm yesterday evening, and the police called at 6:55 am to tell me that it was stolen and wrecked. Apparently, the guy was caucasian, about 6'1" with blonde hair. He was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. I'm guessing that he had another car nearby to transfer anything valuable into. I didn't really have anything worth a lot in the car, but he had obviously gone through the car pretty thorougly. He did steal my jumper cables, though. Jerk. A lot of the plastics were removed on the dashboard - I think he was trying to steal my stereo, too, but it's still there.

(Side note: If you live nearby and sell things on eBay, you're welcome to meet me at the tow lot tomorrow and remove the stereo to sell. You wouldn't have to give me very much for it. I don't think there's anything else that's worth money in the whole car.)

He got to the Renton Highlands (about two or three miles away from where it was stolen) and then hit a tree and rolled the car. The front of the car is completely mangled, the windshield is cracked, and the airbag had deployed. To Saturn's credit, the passenger compartment wasn't crushed at all.

My tennis rackets were still in the car (yay!) but, as I mentioned, he stole my jumper cables. I had just put them in the car yesterday, after working on my motorcycle. Grr. I'm a little frustrated that I spent $800 on repairs to the car less than two weeks ago, but I couldn't have known that this would happen. They did encourage me to get new tires, too, so I'm glad I didn't do that.

Also, I didn't have comprehensive insurance, so my insurance company is not giving me ANY money. However, I think that if I had paid for comprehensive insurance for the four years since I bought the car, I would have paid more than $2000 extra - and that's about what they would have given me for the car if I had had comprehensive. But still, frustrating.

So now I need a new car. Brian and I carpool most days (except Tuesdays - he leaves work early to golf) and I have my motorcycle, but I think that's still not enough. I had been thinking about buying a new car - I told Adam the other day that I would probably buy one in the next year - but I really wasn't planning on buying one NOW.

I'm happy to take advice on what sort of car I should buy. It'll probably be something similar to my old car (a 1994 Saturn SL1), but I'd like something newer (1998 or newer, probably) with less than 50k miles. With power locks and power doors. I would prefer a manual.