Souvenir

Good. Remember to always put a return address on anything you mail here.

dbd33

Me too.

Partially discharged

Wow, you live in the Canadian version of Mayberry.

iaink

And I count my blessings for it every day!


Sadly I dont expect it to last forever. My boss had a communal box foisted upon his neighbourhood, I expect another restructuring or two and it will be our turn in the name of efficiency*




* Canada Posts, NOT the customers...

mandymoochops

hahahaha now thats funny

dbd33

We have a mailbox at the end of the drive and it usually contains a billet doux from Canada Post complaining about something. "Inadequate snow clearance", "pot holes to be filled. Next inspection Wednesday fortnight". My this postman loves love to whine, we heard nothing from the previous incumbent.

iaink

We take care of him, he takes care of us. After a winter of vicous ploughing we did once have to fix the box (really a row of three boxes) so that it was no longer leaning back from the road at 45°, but that seemed like common sense to me anyway... Besides, doing tasks around the house armed with a chainsaw is always fun, right?

dbd33

Indeed. I have a chainsaw in the Beetle right now, in case of seeing something sawable on the way home.

iaink

Your Beetle certainly seems to lead an alternative lifestyle. (probably at least as alternative as the typical Beetle owners lifestyle anyway) You might well be the first person to ever carry a chainsaw in a beetle convertible?


Hope you have it on some newspaper or something....that chain oil doesnt stay nicely in its little tank....you wouldnt want to stain the upholstery

dbd33

It's in a garbage bag on to of the dog blanket (a furry paw printed thing) but, tbh, the upholstery is pretty much shot anyway. It's leather and the pipeing has peeled so it now looks as if it's deliberately white in contrast to the general black colour. The frame of the passenger has broken on one side and the back leans a bit. The driver's seat has sagged in the middle and really needs a cushion, only then you wouldn't feel the heater in the seat and you need that as the engine driven heater has packed up.

iaink

Another quality Mexican product then?

A neighbour recently got a pontiac G6 convertible....I never thought I would say this about a Pontiac, but it actually looks quite good.

dbd33

It does have quite a hard life but still it was disconcerting to hear the dealer say that it wasn't really worth replacing the worn out catalytic converter. It's only just two years old.

Can't place it but I like the outside of the Pontiac Solstice, some Pontiacs have style.

iaink

The solstice is nice enough looking (based on a vauxhaul or something?), but I couldnt bring myself to buy one in place of a real sportscar like a Miata. The G6 is bit like a poor mans VW Eos or Volvo I suppose.


It has back seats...a major selling point for us

dbd33

Ah yes, I've seen those around. Perhaps they're a bargain right now.

The Beetle has back seats but the Mustang's were more usable. You really have to be a very small child, or a dog, to be able to sit in the back of either for any distance. Still, what's a bit of child suffering if it allows an open car?

Miss Clinique

I love this car.