The [not] new car (LOL)
Monday, 23 June 2025 16:06![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elusivekBut before about the car, this is an official photo of the yoga event thing I went on Saturday. I've made the decision, I am going to join their studio. I've booked a trial session for coming Sunday, and then I'll see which package I'm going to join after seeing what facilities they have in their studio.
Apparently, Boy-boy (orange cat) is now very good friends with Frankie. Boy-boy isn't very orange-cat-y. He's not boisterous as they say tabbies are, he's a scaredy cat really, so, it was surprising to see him now sticking to Frankie so much. I guess because the Baby cat sometimes bites Frankie so he doesn't always like the Baby lol. Serves her right.
So I picked up the Mini Cooper yesterday. Oh boy how I hate it already haha. It's so... low. Starting the car is so cumbersome. You place the key (that's more like a... totem figure) onto a slot, then you step on the brake, and press the start button. It's like switching on a computer. As I expected, the swiper and the indicator lever are swapped, the window button is not on the door of the window, but in the middle console, where the radio is, the handbrake is partially blocked by that middle container compartment thing which I tried to push it away but it doesn't budge. What else. He didn't tell me how to control the air-con, but he said "just leave it on, it's fine." Hey, I remember since when I was a kid, the rule was to "let the engine warm up first before switching on the air-con," maybe new cars now don't have this worry? If one thing is good, it's that this car's air-con is REALLY COLD. (Mine was a bit wonky, which I asked him to check out as well)
It is very fancy though, all race-car like and such. It's a 3-door, so backseat passengers will have a sucky time getting in and out. The aroma the mechanic is using is such a.... old Portuguese guy fragrance LOL (mechanic is not a Portuguese guy, but as I understood it, he bought this car second hand from a Portuguese guy.... still using the same fragrance?????)
Today when I drove over the bridge, I had a momentary panic because there's a speed limit on the bridge, but I couldn't see the speedometer. The dial there was just for the gear shift (it's an automatic transmission but the dial shows the gear the car's in) and I totally didn't see the speed figure right in the middle. Also, fancy car has a back camera when you put the car on reverse. But damn the camera is crooked LOL. The first time I tried parking I was like "why is my car not straight?" Then I decided to just park normally by looking at the mirrors instead of the screen and figured, oh yeah, it's crooked to start with.
Apparently, Boy-boy (orange cat) is now very good friends with Frankie. Boy-boy isn't very orange-cat-y. He's not boisterous as they say tabbies are, he's a scaredy cat really, so, it was surprising to see him now sticking to Frankie so much. I guess because the Baby cat sometimes bites Frankie so he doesn't always like the Baby lol. Serves her right.
So I picked up the Mini Cooper yesterday. Oh boy how I hate it already haha. It's so... low. Starting the car is so cumbersome. You place the key (that's more like a... totem figure) onto a slot, then you step on the brake, and press the start button. It's like switching on a computer. As I expected, the swiper and the indicator lever are swapped, the window button is not on the door of the window, but in the middle console, where the radio is, the handbrake is partially blocked by that middle container compartment thing which I tried to push it away but it doesn't budge. What else. He didn't tell me how to control the air-con, but he said "just leave it on, it's fine." Hey, I remember since when I was a kid, the rule was to "let the engine warm up first before switching on the air-con," maybe new cars now don't have this worry? If one thing is good, it's that this car's air-con is REALLY COLD. (Mine was a bit wonky, which I asked him to check out as well)
It is very fancy though, all race-car like and such. It's a 3-door, so backseat passengers will have a sucky time getting in and out. The aroma the mechanic is using is such a.... old Portuguese guy fragrance LOL (mechanic is not a Portuguese guy, but as I understood it, he bought this car second hand from a Portuguese guy.... still using the same fragrance?????)
Today when I drove over the bridge, I had a momentary panic because there's a speed limit on the bridge, but I couldn't see the speedometer. The dial there was just for the gear shift (it's an automatic transmission but the dial shows the gear the car's in) and I totally didn't see the speed figure right in the middle. Also, fancy car has a back camera when you put the car on reverse. But damn the camera is crooked LOL. The first time I tried parking I was like "why is my car not straight?" Then I decided to just park normally by looking at the mirrors instead of the screen and figured, oh yeah, it's crooked to start with.
