I think our car is really and truly on its last legs. It came close to overheating yesterday whilst we were travelling on Highway 17, toward Santa Cruz, and when our friend, Allan, checked it, it was a good quart low on oil. This means the many small leaks have become larger and, therefore, worse. It appears we can no longer delay buying a new ( Read more... )

I swear, all I did yesterday was light housework and after that, sit at Babetta's for several hours whilst Neil went to see his doctor and have the car's oil changed. That's all. So, why am I so utterly whupped today? God only knows ( Read more... )

We test drove a Jeep Compass. Ugh! Jerky ride and we felt every crack in the road (or it just felt like we did). The salesman was another newbie; he had to scratch out someone else's name on their business card to give us one ( Read more... )

We came, we saw, we drove. It was nice. The particular model we tried was a top-of-the-line Nissan Rogue, bright orange. Neil said it handled like a dream, and the saleslady was very pleasant - no high pressure. We're still planning to buy through the credit union, as we believe they'll give us the best deal, but all-in-all, it was a very ( Read more... )

So...we're not in Santa Cruz; we'll be doing that next week. On the other hand, I was simply exhausted today, and so was Neil, and this way, we'll have more time to pack and otherwise square things away. We still have chips and cookies, and even if we eat them voraciously, we can obtain more ( Read more... )

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Neil was up early to get the car in the shop for its extensive repairs. Breakfast was frozen breakfast sandwiches from Costco (better and cheaper than the "McMuffins" from Mickey D's ( Read more... )