Archive for January 8th, 2006
My very own car!
Sunday, January 8th, 2006
I finally got a car to drive!
And that’s not it! (Awww…) That’s my dad’s new car (a 2001 Audi A4 in beautiful condition… a really friggin awesome car that he deserves and will enjoy much more than I could, but only by a little) leaving me with his old one:
A 1991 Honda Accord wagon, also (believe it or not) in beautiful condition. We just got it detailed, and it got a new paint job a few months ago, so it’s looking great. Tomorrow it goes into the shop for maintennance (a new timing belt, among other things) so it’s all set for the trek up to Berkeley on Wednesday (yes, a zenphoto release is due before then).
I spent several hours cleaning it even after it got back from being cleaned (yeah, I’m a perfectionist) and my greatest accomplishment was fixing the cupholder, which was forever stuck in the out position until I came along. Now it does the cool smooth opening action when you press it.
It’s a good car, even with 180,000 miles on it. It should have about that much to go too if I take care of it. Gotta love those Hondas…