Baby, You Can Buy My Car

I have long coveted the Volvo Cross Country wagon. There's something about it that appeals to my New England sensibilities. If I had a Volvo XC, I just know I'd spend my weekends taking picturesque drives to view fall foliage and buy cider from kindly old women at roadside stands. My hypothetical children would ride comfortably, safe in their built-in child seats. TFB could tie the Christmas tree to the convenient roof racks, and I could tie a red ribboned wreath to the grill, offering holiday greetings to one and all.
There's one tiny drawback to the Volvo XC. It's the kind of nagging detail that causes TFB to laugh loudly whenever I mention my urgent need for this lovely car. The starting price for my beloved chariot is $35,385. When I hasten to reassure TFB that I would be quite content with a new-to-me XC, he hastens to point out that the used price for an XC is close to $30,000. Details, details.
So, today, while walking through a parking lot, I happened to notice a station wagon that, while not as evocative of LLBean as the XC, seemed as though it might be a reasonable alternative. I happily noted the VW symbol, and thought how pleased TFB would be when I told him that not only had I found a possible substitute for my beloved XC, I had even noticed what kind it was. (Some of us, you see, don't have the ability to note a car's make, model, year, and door dings within 30 seconds of seeing it.)

GTS: Guess what, honey? I found a new station wagon for you to buy me!
TFB: I'll get right on that.
GTS: I even know what kind it is! It's a Volkswagen!
TFB: Golf, Jetta, or Passat?
GTS: Ummm...

After quite some time on the VW website, I decided that the car had been a Jetta of some extraction. (Note to VW: Your website stinks. Seriously. All I wanted to compare among the models of the station wagons was the size of the cargo space. I never did find it.)

GTS: Look! The Jetta wagon is only $18,680! That's way less than the Volvo!
TFB: That's nice.
GTS: I bet a used one is even cheaper. Of course, it doesn't have the swell built-in child seats like the XC. Those are so convenient.
TFB: We don't have children.
GTS: We'd never have to worry about moving car seats, or taking our kids' friends home from playdates! We'd have safe seats for everyone!
TFB: We don't have children.
GTS: The Jetta does have the LATCH system, which makes it easier to put car seats in properly. And we can always go to the fire station and have them do it. I wonder if you have to go during one of the clinics, or if you can just go anytime.
TFB: We don't have... oh, the hell with it.

So we don't have kids. Big deal. Doesn't he care that we are currently completely unprepared for any emergency in which a built-in child seat might come in handy? Doesn't he realize how difficult it is to install carseats properly? Barring that, doesn't he realize that there is simply no way for me to attatch a Christmas wreath to the grill of my Saturn? TFB has no holiday spirit.

And yes, I know it's June. Don't any of you people plan ahead?