Car on the Rocks

I was trying to be stealthy and take this photo so you can't see as well as I would have liked, but this car has rocks behind all four tires. The parking space is fairly flat, and I saw this same car like this last week. Apparently they have no faith in parking brakes.

Please Yield to Goose Fights

This morning as I was navigating my auto across our campus, I came upon a trio of gooses. Geese are very common around campus this time of year, along with goose poop, but they are usually in a large group or a pair. A trio is rare and indicates trouble. This particular trio was having a very vocal spat, and they were having it in the road. I had to yield my progress until it was safe to go into the oncoming traffic lane, leaving them to sort out their difference, hopefully in a safer location. No idea what the argument was about, but I'm guessing somebody was moving in on someone else's territory and/or goose.

Milest00000ne

What, two posts in one day? Well, I knew I needed to start posting on the kitchen, but I can't miss sharing this milestone that was reached yesterday.

And I drove nearly every single one of those. Only 9 miles on the car when I bought it!

Deja Vu

I'm pretty sure that I had the same rental car two weeks ago that I have this week. I remember it had no remote and you have to push the lock button twice. But what sealed the deal was the radio stations. They are the same radio stations I program in every car, in order. It's a random selection of things, including NPR. Who else would do that?

What Is Your Car Not Telling You?

After last week's incident of the car talking too much, this week I found out my own car had been keeping a secret for almost six years. Six years I've had the car and never knew that the back seats not only lay forward, they also flip up, creating lots more space for hauling.

Not that big a deal to most people, but I was dumbfounded that I never knew. I only found out when I was vacuuming. The dumb part is there is a three step picture that shows that on the back of the seats, but I always assumed it had to do with attaching the child seats. Why didn't my car announce that while I was driving down the road. "Hey, by the way, the seats fold up!" Who knew!

And then I found five dollars. No, really, I did. It was on the floor at the mall where I get dinner.

What Does Your Car Say?

Have you ever heard your car talk? Probably not, because you would remember if it did. Today Erin and I were driving back from the hospital chatting away and all of a sudden the car yells "WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN THE VEHICLE REPORT? CLICK OK TO CONTINUE." It was so loud and startled both of us. I can't imagine how scary it would be if you were driving along by yourself. It didn't say anything else the rest of the way home!

Yaris, Car of the Future

Last week we had a Toyota Yaris, which has the unique feature of having the speedometer and all the other gauges in the middle of the dashboard. Hard to get used to - it felt a little like being on the passenger side of a car in Sydney (left side), only with a steering wheel. My co-worker said it felt like we were in a spaceship.

What Color Would You Call This?

Besides ugly, of course. Avis calls it gold. I think that is an understatement. I'm not sure the picture does the color justice.