My friend just bought a new car. He had been dreaming about this vehicle for a long time. In fact, he had to special order the car to get it with all the features he wanted. He had to wait for over a year for it to be delivered. He was so excited when it arrived, and then...the gas prices were still so high, the streets were still being repaired, traffic was still filled with other drivers... We’ve never really experienced “all things new.”