Comments | linneaah: "new" car

linneaah

"new" car

Mar 22, 2008 20:39

I bought a car yesterday. It's a 1989 Volvo 240 DL, and I got it (of course) in Ballard. I need to take it into the shop for a checkup and fluid change on Monday, so I'm not driving it until then. That also gives me time to change the title, put the registration in my name, and buy my zone 13 pass (parking ( Read more... )

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linneaah March 24 2008, 00:19:40 UTC

153,000... which is only just middle-aged for a Volvo. We don't use AC in Seattle, but the car does have seat warmers (probably not just hot air...). I'm making sure that I don't drive frivolously, using it for things I need to do but wouldn't have time to do without the car. For everything else, I have a bus pass and my feet. I need to get myself a car-first-aid kit, too: some jumper cables, the owner's manual, a flashlight, etc.

I got gas today (so it'll be ready for the shop tomorrow), and I was a little scared with prices looming around $3.60, but I put in about 3/4 of a tank for $20. Not great, but not as bad as I thought it would be. No I just have to see how long that tank will last me...