Mom, dad, there's someone new in my life...

[netmouse]

She's a Jetta.

:)

Thanks, everyone for your comments on the earlier thread. I now have my first new car and I am very happy with it. She's dressed in red and I love the way she moves. She handles very easily with a light touch, and I'm surprised how fussy I feel about her since I first drove her away from the dealership. Bill predicted we would now fight over the garage and I thought "No..." but sure enough right when I got home I put the garage door opener on her visor and *couldn't* just leave her out in the snow...

I think I'm going to get a vanity plate for her [NETMSE or NETMSE2]. I like that extra ease of finding a car in the parking lot. But I can already recognize her - one thing that drew me to the volkswagons was that I learned to recognize them on my own, I was that drawn to the lines of the Jetta and Passat. That and recommendations from a couple key friends made me go check them out.

I was going to go right in and work on clearing space for two cars in the garage but then I remembered that I just gave blood and can't do any heavy lifting. It won't really make sense to have both of us park in there until we get rid of the Nova anyway - I'm not sure you're allowed to park a car with an expired license in the street, and with one car in the driveway two can't get in and out of the garage. It would really make more sense for Bill's car to park in the garage since he has to use it on a daily basis, but for him to get in and out I would have to park on the street and I don't want to do that. What are the odds they'd notice and ticket us in one week of parking the Nova in the street?

I called the car talk car donation program first thing this morning and we'll be donating the car before the end of the year. If anyone wants the trunk-mounted 6-cd changer and accompanying tape deck and radio, this is your last chance. First come, first serve.

My physical thereapist came out and took a look at the car, approved of the seats and everything. :) She might help me get a no smoking sticker to put someplace inside the car - her mom works on anti-smoking programs for teens.

It's something different, to be starting off with something brand new that's just yours. neat.

Comments

[mishamish.livejournal.com]

Then consider it SOLD AMERICAN! I'm down the road from you quite a bit (Cleveland) but I wouldn't mind coming out some weekend or other to do it. Normally, I'd just offer to drive up one night this week, but I've got reads on a play all week, and this weekend is Christmas.

Uhm... would you mind me coming up for it on Boxing Day or January 2nd?

Also, do you have any info about either the car it was in or model #s on the radio? I'm just wondering how much of my d0p3 |\|1nj4 wiring skills I'm going to have to invoke to wire it into my truck.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

well, that's the trick. I'm donating the car for charity. I've already called NPR We have to donate it before the end of the year to get the tax benefits for this year which for various reasons would be more helpful to us this year than next year. That means we'll be mailing in paperwork very soon (tm), dated before December 31 and then a towing company will be calling us to schedule towing the car. I don't expect that will happen after January 2, but if it looks like it might and someone hasn't already come to pull the stereo I will definitely let you know.

I've had a lot of people say "yes! I want it" but so far nobody has actually come and get it, and we really want to clear the car out as soon as possible. So I'm not really willing to reserve the stereo on say-so, at least not more than a day or two. sorry.

(the car it's in is a 1988 Chevy Nova, but this is an after-market stereo with Disc changer installed in the trunk.)

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

(boxing day is the day after christmas? that might work if you were arriving after 2.)

[mishamish.livejournal.com]

Hehe... Boxing Day is also a Sunday. That means I'll be doing well to be CONSCIOUS before 2. :-)

However, I also just found out that we DON'T have play rehearsals the rest of this week. What do your weekday evenings look like this week?

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

sorry I ddn't reply earlier. My mother-inlaw arrived last night, staying until Sunday, so my weekdays were up in the air/busy. I mean, we might be home tonight but you don't want to drive through this snow just to get a stereo. Sunday's still an option if this junk is going to clear.