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friday five
because even the kids who double-checked that i was having extra office hours haven't come to the extra office hours ...
1. What vehicle do you drive?
a 1999 volkswagen jetta. new body design, 5-speed manual transmission, 4 (i think) cylinders. used to be![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
datlowen's. they say it's a bad idea to buy a car from a friend, but they assume everybody's not a grown-up, i guess.
2. How long have you had it?
since memorial day weekend, 2001.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
i am totally in love with the one-touch power windows. nothing will ever be as cool as that.
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
that's a toss-up -- on the one hand, it has like no ground clearance, so i've had to reinstall the belly plate once and replace it twice (and once even had to replace the oil pan, after a pothole cracked it while it was killing a tire and a wheel), anddatlowen tells me he too replaced it at least once; and on the other hand, it still has most of the original belts, hoses, etc., which after the almost 60K miles that are on the thing are starting to give up the ghost, but only one at a time. seems like every few weeks something lights up and i have to take the damn thing to the shop. well, you've heard me complain about it.
5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
if money were no object, i'd have a couple of different cars. a mini, because i think they're fun and sooper-cyoote. a passat, but i'd make them put in a gear box so reverse was where it belongs in a VW (when i test-drove the 2001 passat, reverse was at the bottom, on the right, behind 5th gear -- exactly where it is on every other car in the world. not where you expect it to be on a volskwagen). something SUV-like with 4WD for winter-time.
and probably etc.
oh! a student is here. perhaps i should do my job for a few minutes.
1. What vehicle do you drive?
a 1999 volkswagen jetta. new body design, 5-speed manual transmission, 4 (i think) cylinders. used to be
datlowen's. they say it's a bad idea to buy a car from a friend, but they assume everybody's not a grown-up, i guess.2. How long have you had it?
since memorial day weekend, 2001.
3. What is the coolest feature on your vehicle?
i am totally in love with the one-touch power windows. nothing will ever be as cool as that.
4. What is the most annoying thing about your vehicle?
that's a toss-up -- on the one hand, it has like no ground clearance, so i've had to reinstall the belly plate once and replace it twice (and once even had to replace the oil pan, after a pothole cracked it while it was killing a tire and a wheel), and
datlowen tells me he too replaced it at least once; and on the other hand, it still has most of the original belts, hoses, etc., which after the almost 60K miles that are on the thing are starting to give up the ghost, but only one at a time. seems like every few weeks something lights up and i have to take the damn thing to the shop. well, you've heard me complain about it.5. If money were no object, what vehicle would you be driving right now?
if money were no object, i'd have a couple of different cars. a mini, because i think they're fun and sooper-cyoote. a passat, but i'd make them put in a gear box so reverse was where it belongs in a VW (when i test-drove the 2001 passat, reverse was at the bottom, on the right, behind 5th gear -- exactly where it is on every other car in the world. not where you expect it to be on a volskwagen). something SUV-like with 4WD for winter-time.
and probably etc.
oh! a student is here. perhaps i should do my job for a few minutes.