Your wish, etc. etc.

[icepixie]

For those of you who wanted to see the new car:



Uh, ignore the odd shadow made by the nearby tree. Didn't notice that when I was taking the picture...

Comments

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Pretty and shiny! :D

[icepixie]

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny. *g*

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Nice! Just remember to turn your lights on when it's overcast, or no one will ever be able to see you. /mom

Interesting choice of music for joyful posting of car photos ;)

[icepixie]

Nice! Just remember to turn your lights on when it's overcast, or no one will ever be able to see you.

Indeed I will. I would have preferred a brighter color, but this appeared to be the best-maintained, least-driven one that I was going to get within my budget, so I took it. It does at least have daytime running lights, which should help with visibility. (I'm tempted to stick neon orange phosphorescent strips on it or something, but perhaps that would be going too far. ;))

Interesting choice of music for joyful posting of car photos ;)

Heh. Perhaps...

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Ah, if it has daytime lamps, no worries. Nice to know they've added those since I was looking for cars (I really wanted them, but neither Honda nor Toyota had them, as I recall--or maybe on Toyota you could get them as an option, but not the Honda? Hmmm..)

[icepixie]

Ouch. I guess they really do put all the money into the engine and none on the conveniences over there, don't they? *g*

I believe these are standard on all Camrys for 2005--the manual seems to indicate as such--although I have an "LE" edition, so I may have features that aren't standard. (Doubtful, for what I paid, but you never know.) It also seems that they've started making ABS standard for all mid-sized car offerings--I looked at probably ten or twelve Camrys and Accords, all from the last three years, and I didn't see any of them without the ABS. Pretty sure you would still have to sell your soul to get them on the Corolla or Civic, though.

[asinpterodactyl.livejournal.com]

Wow. It looks so professional... like it should be part of a motorcade transporting visiting Scandinavian diplomats. Or something.

[icepixie]

It looks so professional...

Yeah, the dark color does take it away from "grad student" and more into "white collar job-holder," doesn't it?

like it should be part of a motorcade transporting visiting Scandinavian diplomats. Or something.

Heh. Perhaps it was, in its former life. I think it was a company car before it got to me...

[pezprez.livejournal.com]

Burn, 'Cado, burn! I give you ONE ride in the Kreme Puff and BAM! you have to match my Toyota and raise me a 2005. Dang. Mine's only a 2000. Ah well, MY Toyota only cost me $7000. What did YOUR Toyota set you back?

PS: You need to name it something snazzy, like 'The Lively Tomato' or 'The Thingie-mobile' or something ;)

[icepixie]

Heeeeee. That's what you get for putting the idea in my head. (Never mind that it was already there.)

What did YOUR Toyota set you back?

About double what yours did. Plus 10% sales tax, which adds another $1,000+.

PS: You need to name it something snazzy, like 'The Lively Tomato' or 'The Thingie-mobile' or something ;)

"Beccamobile"? Eh, boring. "The Lively Tomato" is interesting, although it has connotations of squishing, which is not something I want in a car...

[wildtiger7.livejournal.com]

Shiny. :)

[icepixie]

It is, rather. :D