I do feel a bit of relief after it looks like there were more protests Nationwide than individuals at the Birthday Parade. But with all the termoil; we finally found the right car at the right price. Honda CRV-Hybrid. We have driven it 400 miles and it took 10 gallons last night.
This is intended to be our "forever" car. We bought our Pilot new in 2005 and it's still going strong with 200,000 miles. It should make a good utility vehicle now. We don't plan to be driving in our 90s so we should be good. My sister used the Pilot while she was here and wanted to buy. That was a firm no.
Still figuring out all the bells and whistles. We absolutely cannot get accustomed to the electric parking brake. Just push a button? Rod likes the individual climate control. He likes it about 5° lower than I do. It feels really weird going down the freeway with the cruise control on and having it slow down automatically if someone cuts in front. All in all we're super happy with it so far. It's a really smooth ride.
Best part of driving a Leaf? Being able to laugh at gas prices. Second best thing about it? It's NOT A TESLA.
There's always something for which to be grateful, right? I have several friends with Tesla Regret. I have a friend in Reno who has solar on her house so she actually drives her Smart Car for free.
Hmm. I wasn't even aware that Smart made EVs, much less that they'd discontinued all their engine-powered models. But I think I'll stick with Millie. She is, after all, thoroughly modern. (And note that in the stage version, "Mrs. Meers" is only pretending to be Chinese.)
Not really sure if this is lighter side or not. We finally got "smart" phones 3 years ago when our then current phones were no longer supported. Maybe it was psychological but I went swimming with mine in my pocket! We have a saltwater chlorinator so it was fried. When we bought them, they tried to bully me into a service agreement and I refused. Those rarely pay for themselves. Still, we took it to T-Mobile and they replaced it for free. Only had to pay the sales tax. I've never paid for a cellphone and was happy to keep my record clean.
Still using the same clamshell I've had since just after my first Canadian vacation (when my previous clamshell turned into a paperweight for the duration of my time in Canada, forcing me to buy a phone card and depend mostly on the few surviving pay phones). And I'd had the previous clamshell long enough to have patched cracks in the case; before that, I had a candybar, on which I'd accidentally chest-dialed (or maybe chest-answered) home, practically giving my mother a heart attack (and undoubtedly dislodging a few marbles in the process).
This was my favorite phone ever: It would do most of what a "smart" phone does. It was really hard relenting, though we have found them useful. I just really hate that the powers that be are trying to force us to be dependent on them.
Yes. Discrimination against non-smartphone-users is one of my "berserk buttons." Along with discrimination against non-WinDoze-users.
