Tagged With: cars
A Tale of Two Breakdowns
On Sunday I had two breakdowns. One mechanical, one mental. My wife and I had gone to Williamsburg for the weekend with a friend. Our friend was in a silly mood, and honestly it had been getting on my nerves most of the weekend. I’m an introvert, and I hadn’t had any recharge time in … Continue reading
Another Accident
Holy crap, I got into another accident. As if breaking my light and denting my car last time wasn’t enough! (All that got fixed for under $100, fortunately.) This time, there was basically no damage to my car. It might have scuffed the paint a little, but that mark might have already been there, I’m … Continue reading
Support Our Gay Troops
Following the ribbon-stealing incident I posted about earlier today, grail76 suggested a “Support Our Gay Troops” magnet. I immediately thought of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, and how that would be a great fundraiser for them. I e-mailed them and suggested it, but then I realized – I can just do it myself, and give … Continue reading
Saving Money on My Car
Last night on my way home from the pool, my car’s Check Engine light came on. This morning, I stopped by the local gas station that has service bays, and I asked if that was something they could handle. They said yes, and it would take about two hours and cost $135. I said I … Continue reading
Used Car Classifieds
LemonFree.com is a used car classifieds site, making it an alternative to Craigslist etc. You can search by make/model, year, and location (the advanced search adds in mileage and price). One nice feature of LemonFree is that if you don’t turn up any results for your exact search, it will automatically pull in eBay listings … Continue reading
Auto Satisfaction
I just satisfied all of my auto technology needs in one fell swoop. I got a car charger for my Sidekick, a car charger for my 3G iPod, and an audio-cassette adapter for the iPod so I can play it through my car’s cassette player. Plus I got a spare home charger for my Sidekick, … Continue reading
18 Hours, Pt. 3: Cars
I got home about 1:00am and found that :MK: – my wife’s sister, who lives with us, in case you haven’t heard me mention that a million times before – had parked down the driveway. Now, normally :A: and I park down the driveway, and MK&R park on the street. During splatter-berry season, they park … Continue reading
Good Things Going On
I am getting to play travel agent. I like playing travel agent. The numbers are alarmingly large, but I still like playing travel agent! I don’t have to go to the office tomorrow after all! I will either be in my normal job all day, or I will have a holiday lunch assignment at a … Continue reading
Papers
I’ve got two sets of papers I’m working on right now. The first is the title and registration documents for my car. The PDF forms from the website were fillable, so everything is all nice and tidy except for the handwritten parts of the sale price form. I hope I haven’t left anything out; I’m … Continue reading
No Rental Car
They wouldn’t let me rent a car this morning. Apparently my check card is not sufficient; I have to have a credit card, even though I use the check card as a credit card all the time. They ran some check on my check card and declined me for a rental, which is absurd because … Continue reading