The Scion is in my possession. We went and met Bob at the title place, which worked out in my favor as it meant I could register the beast and get a plate for it. All I have to do now is insure it and switch over my drivers license. I've never had anything but a MA license. This feels like a milestone but I think we all know it's just another way to stay in favor with the law.
Mr. F asked if he could drive it home and I agreed after getting over the absurdity of the question (and realizing I would be driving it every single day). There was an ice cream cone in my hand while I mulled it over and I truly believe that was a huge help. If you want me to say yes to something, ask the question after placing an ice cream cone in my hand. It's amazing how accepting, friendly and outgoing my mind becomes when paired up with cold sugary ice cream. If you want an automatic yes, use the buddy system: put it in a waffle cone and make it Oreo flavor. Anyway, we're heading home and he decides he's done and pulls over. So I jumped in and let me tell you, this thing is zippy! There is some air intake thing the previous owner had put in it and whatever it does, it's working! This is a fun little vehicle. I got it home Friday night and I haven't driven it since due to becoming sick. At least this time it's physical. I also have to find something to protect the seats while waiting for my seat covers. Jim, Tab & I are something like a vehicle interior wrecking crew. Them with the drool and hair and me with my accident prone behavior and need to always have something edible or flammable while driving. So the first thing I now do when I get a new vehicle is protect everything. You should see the Dodge when the floor mats and seat covers are removed and it's had a good vacuum. You'd think someone neat and tidy owned it the whole time. Ode to rubber backed seat protectors!! The most exciting part of this is that I found rear and front covers that not only match but were about $40 all said and done. VALUE! The mats are proving a little harder to find in that price range. I want rubber. Carpet just comes across as some radical challenge we are willing to undertake with relentless abandon. So the search is on. I'm not worried, I'm resourceful. The seat covers kind of prove that.
The other part needed is a cruise control kit. It surprises me that Scion never put that in. I found it and it's on my to do list for today. Mr. F can put it in (and save me some dough) thank goodness. Handy people rule.
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Handy people do rule. It was big of you to let him drive it home, I think this ice cream thing shows Mr F is not just a pretty face, but is shrewd. I like it. I'd love to hear about the seat covers, as I'm on the verge of making some. Because I'm obsessed with sewing and all these days. I had to have another person in my car the other day, and the whole "don't mind the bedsheet tucked in around the corners, it's just that I didn't want to get dog hair on your nice suit" convo was a bit awkward.
p.s. I'd like a side of rye, not too well done, with butter. Always with butter.
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