Muchacho Polaco

It looks much worse than it really is. I removed most of the front end on Saturday. Taking it a part was the easy part (mostly). Putting it back together will be an interesting challenge.

We ended up winning one of the three vehicles we bid on today: the 2007 Mazda 3. What a bummer we didn’t with the Daihatsu Rocky. I really wanted that one. The Mazda is very nice and clean. White is a great color for Arizona. It’s compact and gets great gas mileage.

Sadly, we didn’t win the Ford Focus. But we were really close. I liked it a lot, but there are plenty of other options. There’s an auction tomorrow in Tucson, so I am going to take the day off.

There are three cars we are going to bid on. It would be nice to win all three!

1. 2010 Mazda 6 – this is a really nice car and only has 5,000 miles. We are going to bid hard for this one because we really want it.

2. 2007 Mazda 3 – Also a nice car. More compact than the Mazda 6, but it would work for a regular commuter to Mexico. Both this car and the 6 get about 30 mpg. That’s about double what we’re currently getting.

3. 1990 Daihatsu Rocky – I really want this one. It’s old, but looks like it would be a lot of fun. Perfect for trips to the beach (it’s a convertible) and up the mountain. It looks a lot like the Land Rover Defender which we really like a lot, but much much more affordable. I’ve never even heard of Daihatsu, but apparently people that own them really love them.

Yun and I have been buying cars at auction for years. We’ve gone through many a car. The beauty of the process is that we buy cars for cash that we wouldn’t normally be able to afford. We drive them for a while and then typically sell them for what we paid for them (which turns out to be a pretty good deal for everyone).

Since we’re hoping to open a pharmacy in Mexico within the month, we might be traveling into Mexico every other weekend. Currently, we don’t have anything even remotely fuel efficient. So over the last week, we’ve been bidding on vehicles which are super fuel efficient (30-40mpg hwy).

One such auction ends tomorrow morning at 8am. We’re hoping to win a 2010 Ford Focus. Not a spectacular looking car, but with 30,000 miles, we’d get some mileage out of it.

Here are some photos: