That plate would look way better on the back of the roadster. Grrr, shame on me for not thinking of this.
And since I can't get cat butt I'm already losing this battle. I feel the same way about choosing a tattoo. I can never come up with something clever on my own, just see what other people do and wish I were that cool. And they even got it with the endless summer plate! That's the one I have always wanted for the roadster:
The roadster doesn't have a spare tire, both because there isn't space and because there are two different size tires on the car, so instead they threw this in the trunk. It's basically an air pump and then there's a can of spray sealant. Very James Bond.
So in all the times I've been in the trunk and seen this air pump I've never bothered to read what it says. It's that first sentence that I can't make any sense of.
"To be filled easily visible for the driver."
What? It's troubling because you get through most of the sentence feeling like it's going somewhere logical and then it all just kind of gets mucked up at the end. I am not filled with a lot of confidence by this, especially as it brandishes the BMW logo so brazenly. So this was clearly printed by BMW, do they not have proofreaders? Much less proofreaders, wasn't there anybody at the plant who read enough English to notice this and point out that it doesn't make any sense?
Speaking of, maybe one of you who speaks german can read the bottom part of that and tell me what the translation is trying to say. Perhaps it's just one of those lost in translation situations, there's no way to really capture what they want you to do with the air pump. Rest assured though, the tire will be filled easily, and it will be visible for the driver.
I'm having some trouble getting the roadster started. Yes, again, Andrew you are right and I was wrong. I should have sold the roadster when I had the chance.
But I didn't, and this is what I have to deal with now. Heather aptly described it as "a spectacle".
At least we had Mia watching over us and making sure we were doing things correctly.
It was too beautiful not to! Besides the fact that I hadn't driven it in a while I also wanted to take it out for a cruise before I headed out of town.
As fun as it is and as much as I love it, I've been thinking about letting it go more and more though. It would be such a shame if I had the james bond car for this long and Meghan never got to ride with me in it though.
Contrary to all the other aspects of owning two cars, when it comes to insurance it actually works to my advantage. Thanks to a sweet multi car discount my insurance is actually less than it was before. Not too shabby!
It's a little uncomfortable when I have to talk to Progressive and the person on the phone gets to the part where they see that I have two cars, each as pretentious as the other. That's why Jon needs to move down here and take one of them off my hands.
Then I can go back to having a normal, slightly less ostentatious, insurance card.
I had to get the roadster back from Elliot yesterday so I could take it to the shop to fix the scars that Norland left on it.
Having taken two weeks off from driving it I had forgotten how fun it is. It's like a rocket ship! Heather was nice enough to take me down to Aventura to get it and then she followed me back up to Ft. Lauderdale. It was really fun anytime we were at a stoplight together, particularly when it turned green and I saw he getting smaller and smaller in my rearview mirror : p
Sadly I had to turn it over today so I will not be driving it again for who knows how long. He said they might have to order a new door from Germany. UNfortunately they won't be replacing the lock, which means I will have a new door with a still busted lock.
I think when I get the roadster back from this adventure, and once I've recouped my losses from buying the benzo, I am just going to get it tricked out. I have always thought about racing stripes, I think it would be fun to do the paint job from the toy versions.
I like them both, Elliot said I would look like a tool if I got "roadster" on the door panel like that but I think if people knew it was from the toy they would appreciate it. But I also like the subtle M logo on the door panel of the Matchbox one too, I just don't know how it would look on black. Perhaps I should get a glittery silver paint job all around...
I went out to my car yesterday and was delighted to find my other car parked right in front. I felt like Batman.
Apparently Elliot didn't even realize he had parked the roadster in front of the benz, which made the scene even better. They just belong together.
This makes me anxious to move in to a place where I can have both cars available like this. But for now I'm still enjoying the benz enough that I'm fine with Elliot having the roadster. My drive up to Sarasota yesterday was so luxurious. The only thing I need to figure out how to do is how to lower the volume of the woman who gives direction. I don't get why they wouldn't have it linked to the volume of the music but they definitely do not.
Otherwise though, it was a dream. And when I stopped for gas I realized that I finally have a car that I don't have to hunch over while I fill it up. That is luxury!
This is how he sleeps. Also note that his butt and tail would be extending well in to my sleeping area as well. Why does he have to put his paw on things like that? "Hold on guys, I just gotta take a snooze"
Speaking of bracing oneself, I am probably going to have to fill up the benz for the first time on my way home from work today and I am not looking forward to it. At least I've already been accustomed to premium gas but I assume that the benz has a bigger tank than the roadster. I don't think I've ever broken $50 in the roadster. I am scared to imagine what it's going to be for the benz.
I also haven't gotten a paycheck since wiring a huge chunk of change to mercedes benz of ft. lauderdale so I've been feeling very frugal lately. Of course, a new car comes with all kinds of unexpected new expenses, so I've still been running my card more than I would like to. It will be a long time before I can spend money on silly things that I want for no reason. Like an iphone.
"You don't have an iphone? But you have everything else" -Auntie Suzanne
I took the beemer out yesterday to get it some exercise as well as a good cleaning before I deliver it to Elliot. Who should I see on my brief journey but this guy. When he finally noticed me he gave me a very approving thumbs up.
I was reading old reviews about my car from back when it was new and the funniest was comparing my car to the hatchback version, as seen above. The author of the article basically said that the hatchback was a true driver's car while the convertible was more of a "hairdressers car".
WHATEVER.
As cool as that looks I'd still rather have the ragtop.
You have no idea, the moment that I realized I could take my coffee with me to work, it was huge. It was also the moment that I realized Dan was right all along, you do need the lid to go with your tervis tumbler. I was a fool for doubting you, I apologize here for the record.
I am in love with my new car. I can't even begin to describe. As much as I love the roadster it feels so much more appropriate to park this in the mall parking lot.
My sister and I always talk about how so much of our experience with something is dependent on who we work with, especially for big ticket items like this. I will definitely say that even though Heather and I went to a bunch of places and had a lot of different cars in mind, it was working with Daniel at the Mercedes dealership here that made me feel good about getting this amazing car.
So my new project is to make a playlist featuring songs that reference Mercedes. Here's what I have so far:
"Got a new Benz the color of bacon bits" Hold Yuh - Nicki Minaj
"Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz" Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
"Boom boom baby pick you up in my Mercedes" Selfish - Britney Spears
"Think I wanna drive your Benz, I don't. If I wanna floss, I got my own" Love Don't Cost A Thing - Jennifer Lopez
"Smoke a L in the back of the Benz-y" Ride Wit Me - Nelly
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
I was also trying to think if my car was featured in any other pop culture references. I don't think mine has been specifically because this model is still too new and it's not really all that fancy or anything. But if you want to let me have some creative license I can say that they drove Mercedes SUVs in Jurrassic Park II:
I imagine if I ever get another cat this is the fate that will befall me when I leave them at home too long together to conspire. But at least I'll go out in style!
For now I'm holding on to my roadster, hopefully Elliot is going to be able to fix it for me and then I will figure out what I'm going to do with it. In the meantime I feel a little bit like this. My favorite part was the description of the Rolls' steering wheel that had melted off. I also thought it was interesting that the luxury car dealers were hoping that the cars would never get back on the market again.
At least I can comfort myself knowing that I'm not that ridiculous. But it does seem insane to look at two different keys on my counter. I told Eliza that I have finally realized my 8 year old dream. She seemed impressed.
I keep having annoying situations present themselves in which I am handicapped by my tiny tiny car. The more it happens the more I think about looking for something a little more practical.
But then there are those perfect days when I take it to the beach and wonder how I could ever think of giving up such a fun car. The other day when I took Heather to get her windows tinted I asked the guys in the garage if they worked on bmws and they were like, "That's your car?! That's an awesome car, you better not be selling it". Not that they were offering to buy it but I do get at least one person a month who does ask me if they can buy it. My instinct is always to say no and protect my precious baby but then later I think, 'I should have seen how much they would have paid'.
I can't sell it though! I just need to find a friend with a big car who can drive stick shift and doesn't mind trading with me every now and then.
I can't believe today is the year anniversary of me leaving nyc.
I can't decide how I feel about it. I'm pretty happy with the way things have turned out down here but I do miss the big city and all my friends.
Is my blog more or less interesting since I left nyc? Somebody told me that leaving new york was a mistake because I wouldn't be able to find things to stimulate me down here. I did do two entire posts about some birds on the side of the road...
Haha speaking of my blog I was talking with a friend and I mentioned my blog and he said, "oh yeah I saw something about that on facebook, what's it called, the adventures of a cat?" I LOVE THAT NAME! I kind of want to change my blog to that. But not yet, I'm pretty excited about getting my first full year of blog posts under my belt. Only a few days to go!
But for today I'm headed to work where I will be reflecting on my crazy year and how much more fun it is to drive a bmw convertible to work instead of taking the 6 train, among other perks of living in south florida.
It's been a long couple of days. I have a feeling today will be the longest, we'll see.
Yesterday afternoon I could feel myself reaching the breaking point so I dropped the top and went for a drive.
I went the usual route, down longboat key, stopping at bradenton beach to watch the sunset.
I even took a video of the drive over one of my favorite bridges but it seems you all will not get to witness it as I can't seem to get it to upload to my blog. It's probably for the best as I held the camera above the windshield to try and give the best view possible, not realizing that the sound of the wind was going to be deafening.
Next time I'll be better prepared. And from the way things have been going, next time might be in a few hours so stay tuned.
The guy in the red one flew past my car initially but quickly braked and then reversed in to that spot next to me. I've seen a few of my car in traffic but this was the first real life encounter I've had.
It was kind of weird but overall not a bad experience. There was lots of hemming and hawing over gas mileage and idiosyncrasies of the vehicle. Apparently he gets on average like 3 miles more to the gallon than I get, and he claimed that he drove it aggressively while I try to drive responsibly when I can.
Now I'm always on the lookout for this foxy red version of my car, if it weren't for the older gentleman who drives it we would be just like this:
Except I guess these aren't the same cars, and I would want to be Famke...so it's not really like that at all, I just wanted an excuse to post that clip.
It's like it never got smashed by an angry youth in a Ford Ranger!
When I asked about the damage to my rims she said they were sending it to a tire specialist which I was skeptical of at first. I have been proven wrong however, the wheels look fantastic. And not just this wheel, they cleaned all four of my wheels and put all kinds of shiny product on them. I love how much depth it gives them when they're cleaned up all nice. And however they filled in the scratches seems to be flawless as I can't even tell where they were.
I apparently have to wait for them to return my car to the body shop so they can "clean it up" before they give it back to me which seems silly. Besides the fact that I had just detailed it not but a couple hours before it got smashed it looks like the wheel person and the BMW people cleaned it as well.
I'm hoping that they won't drag this on any longer than it's gone on. All I wanted to do in Ft. Lauderdale was drive down A1A with my ragtop down so all the girlies would see me fly by. Is that so much to ask?
I'm glad I snuck in to the lot this morning to see my car by myself so I don't have to deal with the awkwardness of inspecting it while the mechanic is hovering over my shoulder. Now I can just grab the keys and go baby go.
