I must have seriously pissed off the weather gods. First, no winter. I love winter. I'm sure I've mentioned that before. Now, only a few days of spring and straight to summer. I hate summer. It's 85 freaking degrees here today. It's only April. This is just ridiculous! But Harry is loving it. He's out on the porch in a sunbeam as I write this. I was out with him at 8:30 this morning. Then it got too hot for me so I decided to go out into the world and do my Saturday errands.
I needed to take my car for a drive anyway. I figured out that it is much happier when it gets to go places. I live in the city and work only a few blocks from home. Going there and back I never make it out of second gear. Last week I was off for a few days and went all sorts of places. The check engine light went out and stayed out until last night after a full week of stop and go driving. So this morning my car and I went off in one direction to pick up a few things and then all the way in the other direction, to my mom's. Along the way I used 4 out of 5 gears, let my zippy little car, a champagne-colored Saab 900, go much too fast as it tends to do, did not get stopped for speeding, something I'm always a bit concerned about, and cleaned out whatever value or gizmo is getting gunked up. While at my mom's I washed it so now it's really happy. I guess I'll have to plan weekly outings to keep it that way.
This is the second car I've owned that seems to heal itself. I truly like that feature in a car. No, they don't list that with the other features. It's more a feeling you have to pick up when searching for a car. I suspected this one might have it. It was so strong I didn't even bother to test drive it. I sat in it and that was enough for me. That was something the boys at the car lot simply didn't understand, not driving it first. That's okay. I did and that's really all that matters. I didn't test drive the last car that liked me either. Why change things that work?
Wow, I'm rambling today. I think my point was spring and how pretty the flowering trees were everywhere I was today. I'm glad I went out and about since it's so hot that they won't last. Yep, I think that was it. What did you do today?
I needed to take my car for a drive anyway. I figured out that it is much happier when it gets to go places. I live in the city and work only a few blocks from home. Going there and back I never make it out of second gear. Last week I was off for a few days and went all sorts of places. The check engine light went out and stayed out until last night after a full week of stop and go driving. So this morning my car and I went off in one direction to pick up a few things and then all the way in the other direction, to my mom's. Along the way I used 4 out of 5 gears, let my zippy little car, a champagne-colored Saab 900, go much too fast as it tends to do, did not get stopped for speeding, something I'm always a bit concerned about, and cleaned out whatever value or gizmo is getting gunked up. While at my mom's I washed it so now it's really happy. I guess I'll have to plan weekly outings to keep it that way.
This is the second car I've owned that seems to heal itself. I truly like that feature in a car. No, they don't list that with the other features. It's more a feeling you have to pick up when searching for a car. I suspected this one might have it. It was so strong I didn't even bother to test drive it. I sat in it and that was enough for me. That was something the boys at the car lot simply didn't understand, not driving it first. That's okay. I did and that's really all that matters. I didn't test drive the last car that liked me either. Why change things that work?
Wow, I'm rambling today. I think my point was spring and how pretty the flowering trees were everywhere I was today. I'm glad I went out and about since it's so hot that they won't last. Yep, I think that was it. What did you do today?
