February 27, 2005
Jetta Wagon
Thinking the unthinkable about the Gray Ghost, I have been looking at a new car with the following features:
* rusty bits do not fall off of it from time to time
* starts in cold weather
* runs even when the gas tank is below 1/2 full
* room to keep and restrain the dog
* room for big bags of dog food
* power locks
* working A/C and heat
* gas pedal doesn't "stick" sometimes
* defrost works
Well, just about any car will meet these requirements. Other requirements:
* not $20,000+
* not $15,000+ if possible
* not a boring stupid American car
* can be parked in LIC and other places I go
* evokes cool Volvo Wagon 240DL I used to love so much
* wood paneling? OK maybe not
* handy for trips to Home Depot etc.
* not sporty, not family, not mainstream, not big, not small
At the moment, I am thinking (partly because of the Pavement song "Passat" and partly because this was the single most popular car on the roads of San Francisco/Bay Area) of a 2-3 year old Jetta Wagon which I will park on the street in front of our building the way I do now with the Gray Ghost who is ailing more and more these days. Reactions?
Posted by amol at February 27, 2005 01:24 PM
