2009...A Year I Want To Forget

A New Year is upon us, and it is time to review 2009...my way.

• We got a new President named Barack Obama. He is doing great, in his first 11 months? Yes, that is a question, because I do not know the answer.
• "Soul Food," was finally added to the menu in the White House. It was only a matter of time!
• The Balloon Boy captured our imagination, while the police captured his parents.
• Tiger Woods has an affair with Jaimee Grubbs.
• We got more stimulus checks, only to have the Government ask for some of them back due to overpayment.
• SAAB, Pontiac, and Saturn shut their doors forever. Hummer was forced out of the States only to return as a Chinese car manufacturer. Can you say "Sichuan Tengzhong?" Neither can I, but I think it means, "Good riddance, gas hog," in Chinese.
• Tiger Woods has an affair with Rachel Uchitel.
• The Swine Flu started to attack our Mexican brothers and sisters. We fought back with the H1N1 Virus. However, we have not come up with an effective way to kill the almighty cockroach.
• Tiger Woods has an affair with Kalika Moquin, while having an affair with Holly Sampson.
• Michael Jackson...enough said!
• Obama gets awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Obama said he was, "surprised and humbled." We are still surprised; who was he going up against, "the Washington Sniper?"
• Speaking of the "Washington Sniper," he was executed.
• Tiger Woods has an affair with everybody.
• "Cash for Clunkers" rejuvenated car sales for 3 short weeks.
• Car sales hit an all-time low in November of 2009. Thank you, "Cash for Clunkers!"
• Transformers 2 was the number 1 movie of the year.
• Kanye West set black people back 30 years with his insensitive remarks.
• Elin Nordgren files for divorce from Tiger Woods.

This is one of those years personally, that I can't wait to forget. It was the worst year in the car business since I have been in it. Mazda, however, made a profit; so all is right with the world...zoom-zoom.forever.

All I Want For Christmas....

All I want for Christmas is to sell some cars. It has been one trying year in the car business. We have seen bailouts, Cash for Clunkers, bank failures, slow sales, no sales, manufacturers closing, dealers being forced to close, Hummers turning Chinese, Saturns becoming extinct, and a partridge and a pear tree.

I have made my list; now I am checking it twice. I would love to get the Wii for Christmas since you can get one now at Wal-Mart for $150. I have not seen a Sears Catalog in years, do they still make that? I would love to get a new LED/LCD TV before that technology changes next month. I would love the new touch-screen HP computer before that technology changes next week. I would love to hear my wife say, "He went to Jared." My kids are at the stage now they want cell phones; I am not ready for them to grow up that fast yet. It was just yesterday they were riding Big Wheels! There have been times I have definitely over did it at Christmas. This year will not be one of those times, especially if I do not sell any cars. If I do not sell cars, we don't eat. If I do not sell cars, we dip below the proverty line. If I do not sell cars, there will be no Santa Claus! ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS TO SELL SOME CARS! We have great specials this month on new and used vehicles. Mazda is offering great rates and loyalty incentives. I will put a bow on it if you would like. I will drive it to your house on Christmas day if you would like. I will hide it at my house if you would like. I will drive to Kentucky to pick it up so you can have it for Christmas. I will take a post-dated check. I will take Monopoly money! You too can help feed and clothe 5 kids in Mansfield for about $350 a month (or for whatever your car payment will come out to be). Just hear my plea, buy a car from me this Christmas. If it sounds like I am begging, it is because I am; it has been that kind of year.

All kidding aside, we at Hiley Mazda of Hurst would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. I think we all need for 2010 to be a better year.