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]

YAY new car! And I know exactly how you feel. Even when I finally talked my father into SELLING me the '98 Ford F-150 that I've been borrowing for 18 months now (read as: A very long test drive), I noticed that I felt differently about it as soon as I signed the title. It was MINE now. My very own. Dare I say, my.... prrreeeeecccccioouss. :-D

However, speaking of which, the ONE thing wrong with that truck is that the volume control on the radio is fubar'd. How much are you asking for that CD-player/receiver?

Oh, and speaking as a smoker, I don't know that the no-smoking would really be required. I've NEVER smoked in the car of anyone that I knew was a non-smoker unless they expressly told me to. I never asked, either; it's just that one time when Matt and I had been on the road for 6+ hours and were stuck in traffic, I said "Okay, I'm going to get out and walk a few hundred yards ahead to smoke. Catch up with me when you can." And any smoker who WOULD do such a thing should be beaten to within an inch of their life with a box of NicoDerms and a copy of an Ettiquette manual (preferably a BIG, THICK one). That's just my .11 cents, though.

[elizilla]

If you park a car with an expired plate on the street on the west side of Ann Arbor, nothing will happen for quite some time unless your neighbors complain. But if the city does decide to object, they will sticker the car and you will have 24 hours to remove it. They won't just tow it away without stickering it first.

[mgaiman.livejournal.com]

Yay, congrats on the new car! Which Jetta model is it?

[stardustgirl.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new arrival! Wait until summer when you can spend long afternoons washing and waxing it. I'm really not being sarcastic - I love working on mine even if getting the tar from roadwork off the sides is a pain,

Mine has the "ashtray" but it has always been used as a change holder for toll roads. And the "cigarette" lighter was always a power outlet...never mind the little smoking stick icon it has on it.

Personalized plates are great fun, even though I don't have the "makes it easier to find in a parking lot" issue ;-) I've had more people come up and say "I love Snoopy!" because of those plates.

[tshaile.livejournal.com]

Congrats! They are great.

I finally bought my first brand new car in late 2000 and it was a
Jetta. I have been VERY happy with it.

Enjoy!