I tested out a new route to work this afternoon, because it was a nice day and I was looking at a map and thought, Well, why not drive it now to see how long it takes ( Read more... )

When your car doesn't have air-co anymore (that's a $600 repair I've decided to forego) and the temperatures are in the 80s every day, there are a few ways you change your driving habits ( Read more... )

I took my car in for an oil change today, because it needed it and because I'd gotten paid yesterday. Whee money! Whee adulting! I went to the official dealership service center, instead of Valvoline, mostly because I could make an appointment at the service center and I didn't feel like sitting in my car waiting for a half an hour at Valvoline. ( Read more... )

Tonight I decided that my car is basically the Honda equivalent of the Millennium Falcon. Things they have in common:

- Looks like a piece of junk
- Is not a piece of junk
- Quick and agile, especially when evading asteroids, TIE fighters, and/or people making left turns in heavy traffic
- Excellent fuel economy (when have you seen anyone putting ( Read more... )

I can write about my interesting drive northwards today ( Read more... )

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Hey there! I'm just fine, except when I think of updating I think, Hm, what could I say? These past two days I've basically just sat around the house. The Pride parade was awesome, but it ended up being pretty exhausting too. Plus it's so nice lounging under the ceiling fan, in the shade of the living room, while it's super sunny and humid outside ( Read more... )

I know what I said. But I'm retracting it. Shiny new sports cars that look like they want to punch someone, well, they definitely have their allure, and I still do want to try my hand at rally car racing one day (life goal, that), but ( Read more... )

We had to rent a car. The whole way out to the airport (where we had to go to rent the car, because we didn't know that the car rental places within walking distance close at noon on Saturdays; we walked back) I kept thinking, I hope they have an Evo. Actually my thought process was more like, Evo! Evo! Evo! I knew this was entirely unrealistic; ( Read more... )

As much as I enjoyed driving the Altima we rented in Florida, it felt better to be back in my own car. It had been at the shop; the blower stopped working last month. It was, apparently, unambiguously busted: terrible noises emanating from the car, smoke rising from the hood, and a sense of general panic among those witnessing events (my dear ( Read more... )