To buy or not to buy

We have recently had quite a few car issues with our 2002 Ford Explorer and our 1994 Acura Integra. Neither of them stopped running, but when we have had one or both of them in the shop every other month it was enough to get our car buying wheels turning. So, we researched on Carsdirect.com. And we researched at Aurotrader.com. And we researched the worth of our cars on Kellybluebook.com and Edmunds.com. We have had frequent conversations about buying used a car, buying a new car, and buying nothing at all. This has taken place for well over a year as we knew we would eventually have to replace my wonderful Acura Integra, AKA "The Reliable One". Since we cannot imagine putting children in the back of the Integra, it seems to make the most sense to sell that car and buy an SUV type looking to the future, while keeping our Explorer and praying that it will continue to run. We plan to keep our car until it dies so we want something reliable.
So, over the last week we have been looking seriously at the Honda Pilot. There was once a time when I wouldn't even consider this car because I thought it to be ugly. I guess I have grown up a bit because I started looking at this car for the price, safety and the reliability factors. All week long Dominic has been working with Cars Direct and Galpin Honda in L.A. to get the best deal. When the price, which we already thought was great, dropped another $1,000 we became really serious. We finally came to the conclusion that this was a deal we could not pass up for our growing family and we bought the Honda Pilot to be picked up from Lancaster this weekend.