New Used Car

Yesterday driving up to Mt. Charleston we noticed a major deficiency in our Ford. It can't go uphill very well and kept threatening to stall, and finally did stall at one point when we were waaaaay up on some residential street. Then the infamous 'Check Engine' light came on. Fun. The truck's been having a problem with some kind of air filter/air pressure regulator thingie for a couple of years now. It makes this hideous 'moooing' sound whenever we turn the a/c on, & it chugs & puffs going up small hills. So today Rob went out w/his mom & got a 2002 Dodge Neon. He is full of win :D It should cut our gas consumption by about a third (24 - 31 mpg as compared to the Ford's 14 - 19mpg, and it's better in the greenhouse emissions department, too). We had rented a Neon when we went to BodyWorlds, and they are like being in an egg. It's cozy but roomy at the same time. It's champagne colored, which is okay. I'm sick & tired of blue cars, lol.

Just Askin' for Trouble

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Hee hee, rode home in the new used car. It's a comfy little egg-car. I feel like I'm Mork :D The brakes squeak, and the transmission's a little stiff, but it's got some good pick-up and the suspension is sooooo smooth. After riding in the Ford for so long, it does feel weird to be sitting so low to the ground. I feel like we're some tiny podling on the road.