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June 17, 2005
Motor Morality
Two weeks ago I was to have embarked upon my vacation. I was either going to Europe or Asia (I hadn't yet decided) but it really wouldn't have mattered where I had wound up so long as I was out of Delaware. Unfortunately, my plans were stillborn in the middle of April when my '89 Jeep suffered a complete breakdown. Within the course of a week, The front right tire developed a slow leak, the rear breaks needed repair, the radiator began to hemmorage, and finally, the transmission, feeling left out of all the fun, decided to go on strike. Now I don't consider the car dead. Rather, it has entered a persistive immobile state. I have consulted with many auto mechanics who have recommended that I face up to the reality of the situation and junk the car. They said the Jeep had run its course and I would be facing undue financial and psychological hardship trying to keep the car running. Call me squimish but I was not yet ready to have it commited to the junkyard. And so the car has remained in stasis awaiting its fate. But I had to continue on with my life. I needed to be able to get to work and carry out day to day errands. So shortly after the jeep became unresponsive, I purchased a new(er) car off eBay; a '94 Saab 900s. It is a much sleeker car than the Jeep and has greater safety features than its predecessor. Not to mention it has more bells and whistles which, like any guy, always catches my eye. I have indeed fallen in love with the Saab, but does that nessasarily mean that I am cold and callous toward the dispostion of the Jeep? No. It simply means that I am closer to finally doing what I should have done two months ago and put the Jeep out of its misery.
I hear the local AAA chapter is going to
hold a candlelight vigil at the Chrysler
plant in town and may also sue for
custody of the Jeep. If they do so, I
will fight it with every resource I have
at my disposal. I may even court the
preemptive action of selling it myself on
eBay as a parts car. They can call it
cruel to dismantle the car before it has
passed but I need to recoup some of my
losses. After all, because of this
situation, I was unable to take my
trip.
Which brings me to the point of this
yarn. On the day I was originally to have
left to whatever my destination was to
have been, I ran into a woman I used to
work with that I had always been
attracted to but had never asked out. Not
that day. On the spur of the moment, I
asked her out. We've now been seeing each
other for two weeks and believe me when I
say she has all the bells and whistles I
could ask for.
She even has the complete Farscape
collection. Beat that!
Posted by Skayhan at June 17, 2005 07:49 AM
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