Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.

'Bushwhacked'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


bon bon - Sep 08, 2011 5:46:14 pm PDT #24996 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'm thinking of getting a Fit. I think lori's pretty happy with hers.


sarameg - Sep 08, 2011 5:46:20 pm PDT #24997 of 30001

Of the two hondas I've driven of late, what makes me nuts is that the speed display gets blocked out by the steering wheel for someone of my height. WTF is up with that? Me and my neighbor are of average height and proportions, but it is a given the s.w will block the display unless you are short or exceptionally tall of torso.


meara - Sep 08, 2011 5:48:52 pm PDT #24998 of 30001

I've had that happen on several rental cars, sarameg. It's very annoying.

My issue is that it seems popular for the night-time glowy color to be RED these days. And...I don't like that. It makes me feel like my dashboard is evil.

I am hoping my car lasts a good long time, seeing as how I'm only putting about 4K a year on it right now (it's at about 98K)


Dana - Sep 08, 2011 5:51:18 pm PDT #24999 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm definitely looking at a Fit for my next car.


flea - Sep 08, 2011 5:53:37 pm PDT #25000 of 30001
information libertarian

WE looked at a Fit (bought a 2010 Toyota Matrix) and I liked it a lot, but it was small enough (on the outside; it's like a Tardis inside!) that I'd probably pee in my pants every time an 18 wheeler passed us on the highway.


lisah - Sep 08, 2011 5:54:49 pm PDT #25001 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I'll have to actually drive some cars before I decide. What I hate most about a lot of cars is how slope-y they are. I have a hard enough time seeing without my car getting in my way! Really I'd like a more square car but still want great gas mileage and not too spend.

But, really, I'm hoping to hold on to the Protege for a while yet!


sarameg - Sep 08, 2011 5:55:31 pm PDT #25002 of 30001

Loki is in a box. Normally, he's on me. But there is the box.

I'm pretty simple in my car wants: it runs, good gas mileage, reliable, and it doesn't annoy me. Which is why I've driven stanzas and sentras of various vintages. I know their quirks. Axles, cvs, etc, Now the used market has all these fancy pants cars, I figure when I give up on mine, I'll have a shit fit.


lisah - Sep 08, 2011 5:56:17 pm PDT #25003 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

but it was small enough (on the outside; it's like a Tardis inside!) that I'd probably pee in my pants every time an 18 wheeler passed us on the highway

I've been driven in one by a crazy New Jersey driver in crazy NJ/NY traffic and it didn't feel less substantial or more small than any other normal car I am ever in.


javachik - Sep 08, 2011 5:58:53 pm PDT #25004 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Sarameg, a Honda Shit Fit perhaps?


Cass - Sep 08, 2011 6:00:00 pm PDT #25005 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

My issue is that it seems popular for the night-time glowy color to be RED these days. And...I don't like that. It makes me feel like my dashboard is evil.

Plei said being in my car was like being in an evil!Civic. And it needed the mustache. Because the Si has the red glow whereas all other Civics, I think, are the blue. Though if the hybrids were green, that'd be amusing.

If the seats weren't picked out in red thread and other details, I might mind it, but I don't. I don't dig it in rentals though.

Last summer I had a rental where I could adjust the color. So I matched my sandals and pedicure by finding a silver-y purple. I find my own amusement when forced to drive in California.