Official New Car
Nov. 20th, 2016 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetNew car has been official since Wednesday :3 I've been busy being distracted by other things, but it definitely exists and is mine.
I moved some money around and paid the entire thing off in one go. On the plus side, no car payments! On the minus side, ouch, my bank accounts x_X
That said, it does get 37 highway mpg, and it's fairly new and reliable, so hopefully that'll help build up my savings again by being less expensive in both fuel and repairs.
Anyway! It's a 2012 black Nissan Versa, and for the first time in my life I am actually thinking about naming an inanimate thing with real enthusiasm??? Usually I'm just like, "I should name it, other people seem to have lots of fun naming their things, it's a cute tradition," and then I never actually name things, or I name them and I feel super weird about it. And to be honest, this time started like that as well. And then, well...
I mean, it's a Nissan? And I know it's not actually the same word, and there's probably subtle pronunciation differences that are currently lost on me, but I started thinking, "LOL, I should name it after some anime character that's called 'big brother' a lot, because Nissan Nii-san." A-and then the first character that came to mind was Edward Elric.
And I mean, I can think of a lot worse characters to name a car after. Plus, I can call it the Fullmetal Vehicle for kicks and giggles. And I'll bet there's also a bunch of cool FMA decals and stuff that I can stick to my new-ish car.
So I guess my car has a name now.
No this definitely didn't influence my decision of whether to buy it, what are you talking about, don't be ridiculous.
I moved some money around and paid the entire thing off in one go. On the plus side, no car payments! On the minus side, ouch, my bank accounts x_X
That said, it does get 37 highway mpg, and it's fairly new and reliable, so hopefully that'll help build up my savings again by being less expensive in both fuel and repairs.
Anyway! It's a 2012 black Nissan Versa, and for the first time in my life I am actually thinking about naming an inanimate thing with real enthusiasm??? Usually I'm just like, "I should name it, other people seem to have lots of fun naming their things, it's a cute tradition," and then I never actually name things, or I name them and I feel super weird about it. And to be honest, this time started like that as well. And then, well...
I mean, it's a Nissan? And I know it's not actually the same word, and there's probably subtle pronunciation differences that are currently lost on me, but I started thinking, "LOL, I should name it after some anime character that's called 'big brother' a lot, because Nissan Nii-san." A-and then the first character that came to mind was Edward Elric.
And I mean, I can think of a lot worse characters to name a car after. Plus, I can call it the Fullmetal Vehicle for kicks and giggles. And I'll bet there's also a bunch of cool FMA decals and stuff that I can stick to my new-ish car.
So I guess my car has a name now.
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Date: 2016-11-21 04:05 pm (UTC)Congrats on new car, and new name.
Edward Nii-san sounds adorable.I have a Nissan too. They're good stuff.
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Date: 2016-11-22 03:29 am (UTC)I know, right? :DMy mechanic did a real good job of selling me on them. He said that the only problem he'd heard of the brand having was something he called "Socchan's Dad* Syndrome", wherein it has the tendency to lose hubcaps :P If that's the worst problem this make of car tends to have, I think I can live with that, and then some.
* Except he used my dad's actual name, natch.
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Date: 2016-11-22 04:41 pm (UTC)Yeah, the radio is lacking in mine too, but it has an aux port - which puts it ~10 years ahead of the next most recent car I've driven, lol.
I hadn't heard about lost hubcaps! That's a pretty minor problem, yeah.