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Nov. 8th, 2004 10:14 pmI still don't have a car.
Mind you, I just had one of the better experiences I can imagine not buying a car -- the seller was a complete sweetheart, and dealt with finding out that his car was in worse shape than he thought quite gracefully. (The fine folks at Northwest Automotive being willing to sit down and explain the whole inspection helped, I think. And he's had a few bad experiences with buying cars that turned out not to be quite as advertised, so I think he can away fairly cheerful and educated.)
But I still don't have a car.
The other car I was looking at is still available. I have to say, when I looked at it I had a fairly strong sense of affinity -- maybe it's just that it's a little weird, but I could very much see myself in that car. This isn't the same thing as liking. I liked the other car better, but... Well, we'll see. I'm partly posting this because I'm hoping that by doing so the universe will be obligated to prove me wrong. Kind of an invocation of Murphy.
(It's not that I dislike the car. Though the interior non textile surfaces being painted white is a little weird... But I've had a car with character for quite a while, and I'd almost prefer to have one that was a bit more bland and innocuous for a while. But in many practical ways it would be a good car for me. Assuming it is mechanically on the up and up... which seems more likely than with the last one, really. Certainly, it has been well maintained...)
It's not even that I mind not having a car so much (though the whole living in Woodinville and spending six days a week in town is of course more wearing without one). But I do need a car, at least sometimes, and I really don't have a lot of time to spend on shopping for one.
Mind you, I just had one of the better experiences I can imagine not buying a car -- the seller was a complete sweetheart, and dealt with finding out that his car was in worse shape than he thought quite gracefully. (The fine folks at Northwest Automotive being willing to sit down and explain the whole inspection helped, I think. And he's had a few bad experiences with buying cars that turned out not to be quite as advertised, so I think he can away fairly cheerful and educated.)
But I still don't have a car.
The other car I was looking at is still available. I have to say, when I looked at it I had a fairly strong sense of affinity -- maybe it's just that it's a little weird, but I could very much see myself in that car. This isn't the same thing as liking. I liked the other car better, but... Well, we'll see. I'm partly posting this because I'm hoping that by doing so the universe will be obligated to prove me wrong. Kind of an invocation of Murphy.
(It's not that I dislike the car. Though the interior non textile surfaces being painted white is a little weird... But I've had a car with character for quite a while, and I'd almost prefer to have one that was a bit more bland and innocuous for a while. But in many practical ways it would be a good car for me. Assuming it is mechanically on the up and up... which seems more likely than with the last one, really. Certainly, it has been well maintained...)
It's not even that I mind not having a car so much (though the whole living in Woodinville and spending six days a week in town is of course more wearing without one). But I do need a car, at least sometimes, and I really don't have a lot of time to spend on shopping for one.
