an ode to...whats her name...
so ive kinda not been posting lately, so i figured i should say something constructive for a change.
my car kinda.....died...last weekend. those of you who drive a stick will understand this better...
i had just left my Jen's apartment, and made the left to get out of the development. go up to the stoplight to make a right, and in that span of maybe...7 seconds/500 feet of road.....i was consumed by utter terror. i went to shift from 1st to 2nd; a simple gesture i assure you all; i do this daily with ease and precision; my transmission fucking dies. it did indeed get slipped from 1st to 2nd, but in doing so it sounded like the the gears just grinded the worst way you could imagine, and then..........
....then?....2nd gear.....as of this point, has now encompassed all of 2nd gear, 4th gear, reverse, and all areas inbetween; as one collective gear.
my jaw dropped, my eyes bugged out, and i stared at the stick in sheer astonishment.
then, to add insult to injury, my phone was barely charged, and i was forced to attempt to drive back to Jen's apartment complex with a broken vehicle; which i did succesfully with minor inccident. you could still use 1st, 3rd, or 5th, but only if you shifted at a parked stand-still.
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now, less than a week later, she's fixed. and she's been washed. i remember my car being a little...less...vibrant. in color, but with a grayscale. and i have still yet to name her, at least before she dies. i love my car. i hope it lasts just until im completed school.
my car kinda.....died...last weekend. those of you who drive a stick will understand this better...
i had just left my Jen's apartment, and made the left to get out of the development. go up to the stoplight to make a right, and in that span of maybe...7 seconds/500 feet of road.....i was consumed by utter terror. i went to shift from 1st to 2nd; a simple gesture i assure you all; i do this daily with ease and precision; my transmission fucking dies. it did indeed get slipped from 1st to 2nd, but in doing so it sounded like the the gears just grinded the worst way you could imagine, and then..........
....then?....2nd gear.....as of this point, has now encompassed all of 2nd gear, 4th gear, reverse, and all areas inbetween; as one collective gear.
my jaw dropped, my eyes bugged out, and i stared at the stick in sheer astonishment.
then, to add insult to injury, my phone was barely charged, and i was forced to attempt to drive back to Jen's apartment complex with a broken vehicle; which i did succesfully with minor inccident. you could still use 1st, 3rd, or 5th, but only if you shifted at a parked stand-still.
***
now, less than a week later, she's fixed. and she's been washed. i remember my car being a little...less...vibrant. in color, but with a grayscale. and i have still yet to name her, at least before she dies. i love my car. i hope it lasts just until im completed school.