I've got a shiny new Honda Civic LX in Galaxy Gray. I was wanting the EX, but I couldn't justify the price difference for the features - so LX it is. This is my first manual transmission car, although I've known (mostly theoretically) how to drive a manual for years. So far, so good.

And now I'm done talking about buying a car for a little

( I know, you don't care: number-crunching edition )

( Preparing to trade in the old car )

( cut for people who are tired of how much I've been talking about this )

I've been saying, the last week or so, that I think it's time to buy a new car. misphit's Accord apparently agreed with me, and decided not to take her home from Opal Divine's last night. Some kind people out with (including quantum80 and algolgalaxia) tried to get it going again, but couldn't get the car into a position to jump start it - and weren't sure a jump start was ( Read more... )

Yep, I'm pretty thrilled right now about my Subaru. All Wheel Drive, heated seats, even the windshield wipers rest on little heaters to help wipe away the thin veneer of ice that is all Texas can muster. It's completely, totally wasted here in Texas, but on cold days like today, the comfort is still very nice.

Since getting a car, ( I've been thinking about things you may be bored by. )

So, bought a car today. Financed through the credit union I've been with since I was two, almost zero haggling, no up-sell; the only downside was that it took a lot of time. I negotiated the price down by almost three thousand; it was surprisingly simple since I knew enough ( Read more... )

So I've bought (but have not yet received) some filesystem medication in the form of a bootable CD. This kind of really sucks as a situation; I can try to do non-reconstructive data recovery to a separate disk, or I can try to reconstruct the partition and hope that files don't get lost when the filesystem is rebuilt. I've opted for the latter ( Read more... )