I thought it would be fun to start my first post with an amusing true story. Maybe I'm wrong, but it would seem to me that if you are a Realtor showing up to drive perspective buyers around, a Mazda Miata would not be your first choice of car to own. For those of you who are unsure what a Mazda Miata looks like, here is a picture:
So...this is my agent's car. From here on, I will simply refer to him as "Rick." Despite the fact that my wife and I had never met Rick before, his smiling face was well known to us. You see, Rick's business card had been magnetically adhered to our fridge for a long time. I think his idea of including the local Dominos Pizza number was a good one. It definitely made it to our fridge and ultimately, got me to call him.
Rick seemed great on the phone. He's a real high energy guy and sounded very enthusiastic about finding us a home. He seemed to do all the right things, starting with asking a bunch of detailed questions about our price range and the number of bedrooms we needed. The next day a series of emails started arriving showing us homes in our area that met our description. I was thinking, so far so good. I like Rick.
Now we get to the heart of the story. We arranged to meet at 1:00 pm. Incredibly, Rick pulled up driving a black Mazda Miata. Perhaps he wasn't really listening when I explained we were a family of five! How did he expect us to fit in this thing? We had previously arranged for a sitter to look after the kids so Rick got lucky assuming they wouldn't be coming along, but it still left three adults and two seats! I smiled, took Rick aside and trying my best not to sound like a jerk, said "You don't really expect us to drive around in that?" I had offended him.
"This is a 1991 Mazda Miata MX5 convertible. It's in mint condition." He sounded really defensive. I tried smoothing things over by saying I wasn't insulting his car, it just seemed a little odd that he expected three people to travel in a car with two seats! I offered to take my car, but Rick would hear nothing of it. "Come on." He said. "I have three people in the front all the time. Besides, you two are skinny. The seat belt will go around both of you." Believe it or not, my wife and I actually got in. You won't believe how this turns out. If people care to know the outcome let me know and I will write more in my next post. Rick is actually a really terrific agent. In the meantime, I am wondering, are there other agents out there driving a Miata? Is this common?
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