Here is our 1989 Subaru Legacy. We named it Jordan because that is the name of the young guy who originally drove us around in it for our test drive (more precisely after the smell the car had that we all associated with Jordan the person). Our version of car talk will just tell adventurous stories, no mechanical solutions to the many problems we might have. Adventure is constant with Jordan seeing as how first of all, the steering wheel is right in there on the right side. It's a standard which means while you're driving on the left side of the road you are trying desperately to be kind to a very old clutch while shifting with your left hand. Left turns are dreamy and right turns are confusing and scary at best. After handing over the 900 NZ dollars to the owner, Maegen drove away. About two minutes from the shop we bought it at she went to pull down her visor and snapped it clean off. You should know that we did have the car inspected and got two new tires and a cv boot (what the inspector told us to), so it should work out, but it's old and the visor really broke the ice. The next day when we went to leave Auckland, the driver's seat belt wouldn't work. To our great surprise we fixed it, drove off and about ten minutes later Mae, still driving at this point cause the rest of us were too scared, went to shift and pulled the whole gear shaft (the thing you hold to shift, I think it's a gear shaft) off the little knob. We all freaked out but she shifted with the tiny knob until we could pull over and push that back on, which we'll have to keep doing all year it looks like. Then finally we had several hours of peace with Jordan until Bobby pulled into Whangarei. We heard a ticking which scared us again so as he went to pull over it turned into a gigantic crunch and our collective heart sank. Again it turned out to be cosmetics as it was just the liner to the wheel well. We try to compliment Jordan as much as possible, seeing as how that is about the best we can all do for a car, and thus far he has responded in the most exciting way.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Car Talk - Meet Jordan
Here is our 1989 Subaru Legacy. We named it Jordan because that is the name of the young guy who originally drove us around in it for our test drive (more precisely after the smell the car had that we all associated with Jordan the person). Our version of car talk will just tell adventurous stories, no mechanical solutions to the many problems we might have. Adventure is constant with Jordan seeing as how first of all, the steering wheel is right in there on the right side. It's a standard which means while you're driving on the left side of the road you are trying desperately to be kind to a very old clutch while shifting with your left hand. Left turns are dreamy and right turns are confusing and scary at best. After handing over the 900 NZ dollars to the owner, Maegen drove away. About two minutes from the shop we bought it at she went to pull down her visor and snapped it clean off. You should know that we did have the car inspected and got two new tires and a cv boot (what the inspector told us to), so it should work out, but it's old and the visor really broke the ice. The next day when we went to leave Auckland, the driver's seat belt wouldn't work. To our great surprise we fixed it, drove off and about ten minutes later Mae, still driving at this point cause the rest of us were too scared, went to shift and pulled the whole gear shaft (the thing you hold to shift, I think it's a gear shaft) off the little knob. We all freaked out but she shifted with the tiny knob until we could pull over and push that back on, which we'll have to keep doing all year it looks like. Then finally we had several hours of peace with Jordan until Bobby pulled into Whangarei. We heard a ticking which scared us again so as he went to pull over it turned into a gigantic crunch and our collective heart sank. Again it turned out to be cosmetics as it was just the liner to the wheel well. We try to compliment Jordan as much as possible, seeing as how that is about the best we can all do for a car, and thus far he has responded in the most exciting way.
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ok, i suck at this, I just typed a whole bunch of info and when I went to publish and sign up it erased everything, argh! I'll make this short. Eli had first day of kindergarten today, was emotional, had a great day, he cried afterward, sensitive little bugger. Getting ready to camp this weekend with Dad, he is excited and so are we, we leave sat. Talked to Mom, she is sick, go figure! Jack comes home today. Gracie is a fireball, our latest disagreement was over gum and she wants cheetos for breakfast. love you, m-
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