Final Race to Car Selection

Earlier this week I was committed to the Scion xB but a stall in finding a manual, green (technically metallic camouflage), xB model with a factory installed 6-disc changer has thrown me for a loop. There was some misguided hope that they may be able to get one by next friday, but it looks like that is squashed so not I'm back to for-going the 6-disc changer, paying another 300 bones to have the dealership install it, or waiting another 2 weeks. I can't go another 2 weeks without a ride so it's down to the leave it or pay extra for it option.

Then there's the painful option of considering another car. I'm going with my parents (visiting for the weekend) to look at a Mazda Protege5 at CarMax (the Walmart of used car dealerships) this AM. If that doesn't look to appealing, I'll just go belly up with a white flag and decide to get the Scion one way or another.