Alisaura
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Yes, I finally have a license, and a car. Beware, Canberran motorists! *bwahahahaha*
Okay, so it's a bit late to be announcing it.. I've had the car nearly a month now, but I'm still hyped about it! I have a car! My first car... it's so cute... little Mazda 121...
The manual tells me (in rough Japanese translation), that the shape of my car is a "Popular Bubble"... and its colour is "Mystic Rose"....
It's red and it's a pregnant rollerskate!
I'm thinking of calling it Minmi, after a small, round Australian dinosaur... but it sounds a bit too much like "Mini Me"... Oh well, I suppose Austin Powers can't last forever.
Why am I telling you? Well, because I can, for a start... because a few people who still remember might give a rats arse, and also because, at the car yard, when I first got in it to drive it back to work... I turned on the ignition, the radio came on... and Desire was playing! That was pretty damn cool.
My day was going fantastically until I drove it home from work... it refused to start after I filled it with petrol (yes, AFTER I filled it up!), so I got a nearby mechanic to jump start it... drove around a lot to keep engine running and charge it up... stalled at a roundabout, wouldn't start. Dead as your proverbial dinosaur. Called NRMA (roadside assist ppl) and had to replace the battery... all of 5 hours after I bought the thing! I laughed about it... later. My friend got blisters running home barefoot for our mobile phones etc. So, $100 later I have a functioning car.
No warranty for the battery of course... but I called the dealer and because a mate of his put me onto him, he agreed to pay me $50 for the battery... so I'm happy.
I have a car!
Okay, so it's a bit late to be announcing it.. I've had the car nearly a month now, but I'm still hyped about it! I have a car! My first car... it's so cute... little Mazda 121...
The manual tells me (in rough Japanese translation), that the shape of my car is a "Popular Bubble"... and its colour is "Mystic Rose"....
It's red and it's a pregnant rollerskate!I'm thinking of calling it Minmi, after a small, round Australian dinosaur... but it sounds a bit too much like "Mini Me"... Oh well, I suppose Austin Powers can't last forever.
Why am I telling you? Well, because I can, for a start... because a few people who still remember might give a rats arse, and also because, at the car yard, when I first got in it to drive it back to work... I turned on the ignition, the radio came on... and Desire was playing!
That was pretty damn cool.My day was going fantastically until I drove it home from work... it refused to start after I filled it with petrol (yes, AFTER I filled it up!), so I got a nearby mechanic to jump start it... drove around a lot to keep engine running and charge it up... stalled at a roundabout, wouldn't start. Dead as your proverbial dinosaur. Called NRMA (roadside assist ppl) and had to replace the battery... all of 5 hours after I bought the thing! I laughed about it... later. My friend got blisters running home barefoot for our mobile phones etc. So, $100 later I have a functioning car.
No warranty for the battery of course... but I called the dealer and because a mate of his put me onto him, he agreed to pay me $50 for the battery... so I'm happy.
I have a car!
