spoiled chinese girl

• Fucking R.I.D.E. Need new exit off 404 because they’re always off 16th since its a turn and you can’t see them until it’s far too late. ZOMG #
• I find hilarious that FB keeps changing their gift price unit of measure. It’s a dollar a “gift” no matter how you slice it! Still a ripoff! #
• feels excessively civilized this morning… for she is eating her breakfast off a plate (paper, whatever) rather than off of a paper towel!! #
• just told my car will be getting picked up Wednesday. 2009 Honda Fit. Obnoxious Orange. Manual Transmission. 6 days to learn to drive stick! #

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Well, maybe not. But I’m nervous all the same. My Mazda3 was returned like mid-March the day after my dad flew out to spend three-ish months in Hong Kong/China, and immediately upon his return I realized just how much of a pain it is to not have my own car. And being the spoiled chinese girl that I am, I want my own car.

Tuesday night we hit up the Honda dealership (since there are no more 2009 Mazda3’s and the 2010 version looks like a big dumb emoticon, and no, I do not want to drive a big dumb emoticon) to test out the 2009 Honda Fit.

I liked it. The inside feels big and boxy while the outside doesn’t look like a toaster on wheels. The gas milage is insane for a non-hybrid car (even more so on the manual transmission) and the trunk can hold many many MANY unicycles.

Sat around for a few hours trying to hash out a price in three different languages. (Well, my parents and the salesman did) Sale was pending on some sort of insentive program, that I was approved for, so on Wednesday I was told to hit up the bank for about 20 grand in cold hard cash.

But assuming all goes according to plan, I should be picking up one of these things on Tuesday or Wednesday night.

P.S. Who wants to teach me how to drive a manual transmission?!?

Somewhere around the Kawartha Lakes, originally uploaded by lilfunky1.

This was just really pretty. We parked where Brandon was staying (his house is being re-built) and the sun was just setting so I grabbed my gear and headed down to the lake rather than into the house. Frozen lake, and I guess the snow mobiles that have been racing each other back and forth. I just really liked the colours in this shot. You can’t get sunsets like this in Toronto.

Car gets picked up next Wednesday. Srsly. Who has a stick-shift that I can practice on this weekend?!???

Well, maybe not. But I'm nervous all the same. My Mazda3 was returned like mid-March the day after my dad flew out to spend three-ish months in Hong Kong/China, and immediately upon his return I realized just how much of a pain it is to not have my own car. And being the spoiled chinese girl that I am, I want my own car.

Last night we hit up the Honda dealership (since there are no more 2009 Mazda3's and the 2010 version looks like a big dumb emoticon) to test out the 2009 Honda fit. I liked it. The inside feels big and boxy while the outside doesn't look like a toaster on wheels. The gas mileage is insane for a non-hybrid car (even more so on the manual transmission) and the trunk can hold many many MANY unicycles.

Sat around for a few hours trying to hash out a price in three different languages. (Well, my parents and the salesman did) Now the sale is pending whether or not we can fudge an incentive program, and also if I can get a bank loan to pay off the car.

But assuming all goes according to plan, I may be driving one of these things next week.

P.S. Who wants to teach me how to drive a manual transmission?!?