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Sunday January 15, 2006

January 15, 2006, admin

The hunt for a used-car has officially begun.

I’ve been driving Green Bean – otherwise known as my moped – around town for about five months now. Although I love her, she is making me very, very cold and wet. I have a feeling that my friends and family are tiring of driving me around and lending me their cars. So – I’m reaching deep into my savings to purchase a vehicle.

Now… “deep into my savings” may make you think I’m spending $5,000 or $10,000… oh no…. my savings only dreams of being that deep. I’m all about the $1,500 – $2,000 beater cars. (Can I get a what, what?)

So, my plan of attack is this:

1) Visit craigslist:portland a borderline-obsessive amount of times a day
2) Go up to Portland on Tuesday to look at a couple (so far there’s a ’92 Prelude   and ’95 Jetta for sure on the list)
3) Test drive them and pretend I know something about buying cars
4) Try and find a mechanic in Portland who will give them a quick thumbs up or down
5) Drive back to Corvallis in my very own new (to me) car that hopefully won’t die anytime soon
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10 Responses to “Sunday January 15, 2006”

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    basementdweller Says:
    January 17th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

    I hope you find a good car…happy shopping, you could stop by if you want!

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    maggie4chr1st Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 11:19 pm

    Girl, it’s all good to have a “beater car.” Mine is a 95 Ford Probe, I’ve had it 3 years, & she’s still going strong. Praise the Lord! :) Love ya.

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    lew829 Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    I absolutely love your new profile pic!  Perhaps you have had it up for a while and my lack of internet access is only now noting it, but it is beautiful!

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    ChildOfZion_1984 Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 4:36 pm

    I just read that satire of Jesus speaking to the Republicans.  Very amusing!  I find it sad, though, how Christian political activism has alienated so many people because many Christians are more concerned with getting their Christian-themed laws passed than actually going out and LOVING people.

    Jesus didn’t go around protesting Roman policies.  He hung out with prostitutes, drunkards, thieves, liars, swindlers, homosexuals, criminals, etc and showed them love.  He didn’t get into political arguments at the expense of treating others the way they should be treated.

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    RegularGoy Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 11:52 am

    I hate buying cars. God go with you.

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    AlishaMania Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 10:10 am

    Hey my hubby has a red jetta, I forget the year, but he’s gonna sell it for $2,000 I’m not sure exactly when, so I’ll get back to you. It seems like a pretty good car.

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    lucentblue Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 5:30 am

    i have a mechanic here that might be helpful. i trust them, i just don’t know how they work the appointment, check out cars thing.

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    cute_chelsea Says:
    January 15th, 2006 at 10:51 pm

    “what what!!!” heck yes! Get the Jetta, They are good cars. Mine is a 97 and has 197,000 miles on it. I’ve driven it coast to coast 4 times and numerous other places. with regular maintennce it has hardly given me any problems (knocks on wood)…fun I wish i was free, I would invite myself to go with you, but i’m not. It was a good thought though

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    presvlisa Says:
    January 15th, 2006 at 2:35 pm

    Hope you find what you are looking for Esther. : )

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    turabiangirl Says:
    January 15th, 2006 at 1:17 pm

    Hey good luck with that. Trying to get a vehicle can be so stressful. I’ll pray God leads you to the right one for you.

    As I was reading your post, I realized I had a dream about hanging out with you and Bull Meister last night. Very strange. I rarely dream about xanga people. It was some sort of missions trip, too.

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