Nick Postagulous
Monday, March 29, 2004
Well, I Shaved Off My Goatee
That's not exactly true. But my four inch long chin part of my goatee, that's been cut back. It's all been cut back to about 5mm. So, not only did I go from long (4 in) to short (5 mm) but I also changed from imperial to metric. Now it's more of a starter goatee. It's not trimmed down to the "sleaze-stash" level, as Alison would put it. Besides, can you really have a sleazestash if it's a goatee? Perhaps if you meticulously trimmed your tiny goatee.
Cars, Wonderful Cars!
Christine, my niece, is 16 and is looking for her first car. The limits are that it needs to be under $2500. I know her mom would prefer a car that's underpowered, like her sister's 1992 Accord, and I know I generally think that FWD is the best for first time drivers. Front wheel drive is usually more stable for an inexperienced driver than rear wheel drive. That said...
...the two cars that I can remember in the classifieds yesterday that fit the bill were a 1988 Lincoln Mark VII and a 1987 Nissan 300ZX. Chris had asked me to look through the classified and find her some good stuff.
I'm not sure which car I'd love to see Chris in. There's the moderately overpowered, at least for a teen driver, Mark VII. Let's face it, I was a rolling example of why you don't give first time drivers a V8. But, that said, I think Chris isn't going to try to be Speed Racer. But, if she got the 300ZX, who could resist. The 300 is an automatic, that's one of Christine's requirements on the car. So, it's not like it's going to be that sporty with 15% of it's power going to viscous couplings in the transmission. But it'll look nice, and hey, it'll be a hatchback. Hatchbacks and college go great together.
Oh, and I said I wanted to detail Jessica's car. Fortunately, I didn't say this to her, as once I saw her clearcoat failure on top, I'm not interested. What's the point? The car's paint is dead. If I clayed the sides and made it shine like a mirror everywhere except where she has the clearcoat failure, heck, it'd be a pig in a dress.
Maybe that's the wrong analogy, but it's fun to say "pig in a dress". If they made Pig in a Dress 75w90 gear oil, I'd be putting that in my car, since saying "pig in a dress" is just slightly more fun that saying Royal Purple every once in a while.
Buy More. Consume More. Consume And Be Happy.
And speaking of cars, the third and final bottle of my Royal Purple 75w90 finally showed up. Though I didn't change the transmission and differential fluid over the weekend. I just wasn't in the mood.
And you know that mini-CD MP3 player that I bought when it was $30 and then the price went up to $60 but it was on backorder and we all knew that I'd never get it? They shipped it on Saturday. Wow. I actually got a great deal on something. Woot!
Christine's Car Update
This just in:
Yeah, my mom was like: the Lincoln is a tank. So, I called the Accord ad and one other, but one was sold, and the other didn't answer. So, no luck. Oh well.
~Christine
Dangit, and that Mark VII had so much street cred. I think it was "Hood Rich" thought I'm not totally sure what that means.
