About my new (2-month-old) car…good and bad in no particular order
1. As it is black, it gets dirty very quickly. My sister warned me about this beforehand.
2. I love that the seat lifts. I knew that when I first got it, but only figured it out about 10 days ago!
3. I like the feel of the indicator lever. I know this is weird but there is a little groove which I play with while driving - quite soothing in the traffic.
4. This car has a temperature gauge - quite a useful tool, if only to corroborate my feelings about how hot/ cold it is.
5. Central locking - love it, love it, love it. One click and everything is locked. Saves me so much time.
6. I love how when I remove the key from the ignition, the doors open automatically.
7. My old car didn't have a side pocket and this one does. Very useful to hold my water bottle. The water bottle in my profile picture is exactly why I chose that picture. I always have a water bottle (and an apple) with me.
8. Power steering. My word - what a difference it makes to parking! Just a flick of the wrist turns that whole car. Before, it was turn, turn and turn some more before the car would turn.
9. This is a neurotic car though. The petrol tank sign starts glowing when there is still 5L of petrol left. I can go to work and back 2 whole days on that. But wait! It then annoyingly starts blinking when it gets right down to the bottom. (My husband would say I shouldn't even know about the blinking light!)
10. And the hooter…is an excuse for a hooter. It is a pathetic little beep-beep.
11. Oh, and the joys of airconditioning. I am only now fully appreciating it as we're at the end of spring going into summer. And it's nice and powerful so I only need it on for a few minutes to last me about 10 minutes.
12. And I love how, when I approach the car and click the button to open the door, the light comes on inside the car. V useful at night so I can see the ignition.
13. And last but not least, it is extremely zippy. I can weave in and out of cars very easily with it. I even feel cooler in it. Now that's got to count for something, does't it?!
Here she is - beautiful!
i love it! my car is white and it gets equally as dirty. silver stays the cleanest. shoulda got silver.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about white cars, Becky.
ReplyDeleteMy husband drives a white car and I swear it's worse than the black car.
Somehow, I just can't get into silver cars - they seem so "in the middle of nowhere" for me.